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Tweak says, "I know who you are."

lydia martin (futureimperfect) wrote in somerealityrpg,
@ 2019-09-12 18:57:00

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inactive: lydia martin, inactive: scott mccall, inactive: stiles stilinski

WHO: Lydia, Scott, and Stiles
WHERE: The High Line & beyond (maybe)
WHEN: Thursday evening
WARNINGS: only a pair of idiots so far ;)
SPOILERS? Unlikely?

It felt nice to get out of midtown. Even though Lydia traveled to Morningside Heights several times a week, that generally didn't quite feel like an escape. And after the week they'd been having so far, an escape was definitely desired. Things seemed to be reaching a safe equilibrium, so she'd jumped at the chance to get out of the apartment and do something with Stiles and Scott.

The golden hour was just starting as she dug into the gelato she'd grabbed from a vendor, and the warm glow combined with their elevated view almost made the island feel like a gilded gift. They didn't have views like this back home, certainly. Or much in the way of art installations. Pausing in front of one, an involuntary sigh escaped, seemingly loosening every muscle in her body at once. Yea, this was definitely something she'd needed.

"There are galleries at the end of this park that have free wine and cheese on Thursday nights." Not that she needed to do more than wander through the park, but the boys might. Then again, free wine in an art gallery might not exactly be their thing either.

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truealphascott
2019-09-12 11:51 pm UTC (link)

It had been a tough week, for everyone in Goodland, or so it seemed. Scott was just thankful that his people were all good and accounted for after the recent cull. Right now hanging out with his two best friends and just enjoy chilling out for a while was what he really needed.

"You eat any more ice cream you're going to turn to ice," Scott said as Lydia stopped for gelato. He'd seen her capacity to consume after their movie night and it was, frankly, impressive. He wasn't going to deprive her of this simple pleasure, especially when both Lydia and Stiles seemed in need of a little fun time. Not that they weren't perfectly capable of that without him!

Scott shot Stiles a grin, "wine and cheese night? I know we're adults and all but isn't that a little full-grown for us?" he asked. "Or maybe we just chow on the cheese and enjoy the fart-joke that come after?" Okay, definitely not a Lydia-thing.

"I like it out here," he told them as they walked through the green space. "The whole city-vibe is a lot and there aren't enough green places to enjoy here," and could he sound less sophisticated right now? "Honestly, I have all I need right here," Scott said moving in between Stiles and Lydia and slipping an arm around each of them. "What do you want to do Stiles?"

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sarcasticfriend
2019-09-13 12:52 am UTC (link)

Getting out of the apartment had been a good idea. He had been staring at the board far too much especially after a ton of people just disappeared. Not only that, Cisco's bad mood was starting to get to him as well.

"Maybe I should help her eat it so that doesn't happen," he jokingly said as he stole a bite of Lydia's gelato.

He looked at Lydia and then at Scott. Wine and cheese. Yeah, okay, that didn't seem like their thing, but it was free. Who could pass up free? "I doubt they would give us the wine. But if we want to swipe the cheese, I'm all for it."

This place wasn't bad. it was pretty cool that they turned a train line into a park. "I would say that's New York for you, buuuuut this is fake York." Stiles scooted over a bit since Scott was pushing his way in between himself and Lydia. "Are you sure about that?" he asked. He put his arm around Scott's waist. "This," he said before giving Scott's side a hard pinch. "Okay, seriously, I'm up for whatever. I'm just glad to be out of the damn apartment."

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futureimperfect
2019-09-13 01:05 am UTC (link)

"Gelato and ice cream are totally different," she protested, easily giving up a bite to Stiles. They'd been generous with their scooping anyway, she really couldn't finish it. But he didn't need to know that as she levels a fake-annoying glare his way. "I told you I'd get you one of your own."

This place had put her in a good enough mood that she wasn't even that upset when Scott wormed his way in between her and Stiles, even though she'd been perhaps a bit too anxious of late that he might disappear at any moment. Sure, he'd been here without her for months but that didn't mean she wanted to live the inverse experience. She'd just done that at home, thank you.

"No cheese," she decided, not yet in a headspace to endure the jokes afterward. "This place is a mile and a half long, and you're right, just being out of the apartment's enough for me."

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truealphascott
2019-09-13 01:29 am UTC (link)

"And for her next course, Lyd'll be eating frozen yogurt, which is entirely different too," Scott teased back. He raised an eyebrow at Stiles, "and if I'd tried that I'd be picking bone out of my teeth about now," he said with a chuckle. "Ahh, young love!"

He winced as Stiles pinched him, "just because I heal fast doesn't mean you get to hurt me, buddy! How many times?" Scott said with a shake of his head. "Bad Stiles. Put him in the corner and deny him cheese, Lydia!" he wiggled his eyebrows.

"Have you ever noticed how no one ever has chocolate and candy nights?" He gave a small pout, "cause that would really get the crowds out. Maybe even a fun crowd too," but it wasn't to be. And now Lydia had vetoed cheese it seemed they were all happy to just enjoy being together for now.

"So which one of you's going to tell me why you're both desperate to get out of the apartment tonight?" Scott asked curiously, seeing as they'd both mentioned it. "Usually it's all I can do to pry you out of bed!"

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sarcasticfriend
2019-09-13 01:45 am UTC (link)

"I know," Stiles said, "but yours tastes better since it's yours." He stole another bite and then smiled oh so sweetly at her. "And," he looked at Scott, "you would be getting a headache right about now from all the smacking up across your head you would be getting," he joked.

"All I hear is blah, blah, blah." He pinched Scott's side once again to show that he was ignoring his best friend. "Hey! I don't deserve to be punished. I haven't done anything."

Stiles thought about it for a moment. "We should do our own chocolate and candy night," he suggested.

He glanced over at Lydia after Scott asked his question. "Well, my reasoning is because I needed to stop staring at the board of information I've been collecting about this place. Annnnnnnnnnnd, Cisco keeps being a big downer and it's rubbing off on me, dude. So, coming out here with you two was a good idea."

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futureimperfect
2019-09-13 02:03 am UTC (link)

"You're lucky I love you," she murmured, the affection behind her words showing clearly in her expression as well. "And you are lucky you don't make it worth it." She'd probably hurt herself before she hurt Scott with how fast he healed.

Lydia got a glint in her eye. If Scott was going to insert himself, he deserved it a little bit, right? "If I deny him cheese, I'm denying myself cheese. Besides, there are much more fun ways to punish him."

Chocolate and candy night sounded like a recipe for stomach ache morning. Well, for everyone except the human pits that were teenage boys. And there were a fair amount of teenage boys in the complex. "Halloween is next month..."

Catching Stiles' eye, she nodded. "Cisco's in a bad place," she agreed. "I've been trying to make sure he takes care of himself and knows there are still people here who care about him, but it's kind of exhausting to do that and work and go to school..."

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truealphascott
2019-09-13 03:03 am UTC (link)

"Should I, like, leave you guys to date night?" Scott asked as he watched the smushiness between the two ratchet up a gear. "And now I feel included," he said with a grin Lydia's way. "Ahhh, the imminent threat of violence in the evening..." he said wistfully as he strolled along with his two best friends, happy to have the band back together again.

"You always deserve to be punished," he answered almost without a thought, "and if we don't know why you need punishing we probably will eventually." Scott gave Stiles a gentle poke in the ribs back, "please tell Lydia that I don't want to hear about the handcuffs and whips now?" he said with a pleading frown of dismay, knowing Stiles had almost as few hang-ups as Cora and wasn't beyond over-sharing either.

Scott perked up at the idea of their very own chocolate and candy night but when Lydia mentioned Halloween he knew that he and Stiles were about to be outvoted. "So we're saving all the candy for Halloween now?" They could always shop for more, right? "You just don't want to deal with our sugar-highs, right? I mean, I've seen Stiles on sugar and I don't blame you, but I'm a total model citizen," he said with a wiggle of his eyebrows.

Cisco. Right. That explained why the dudes wanted out of the apartment tonight. "Sorry he's feeling crappy," Scott said with a sigh, "and I'm sorry you guys have to deal with the fall-out." The way Lydia described it was pretty damned bad and he winced at the sentiment, even as he nodded. "Can we back up past Cisco a moment?" He said with a double-take and look directly at Stiles. "You have a murder-board? Of Goodland?" He looked at Lydia, "what kinda freak are you dating here?"

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sarcasticfriend
2019-09-13 03:17 am UTC (link)

"I feel very lucky or you would probably claw me with those nails of yours." Stiles rolled his eyes. "If this was date night, you wouldn't be here."

Stiles gasped. "I do not deserve to be punished. Anyway, if I'm going to get punished it better be the good kind of punish." He smirked, knowing Scott was going to hate that he said that. "I'm not going to stop her. You're trying to deny us cheese."

Well, she was right. It was going to be Halloween soon. "We should get costumes!" They hadn't been able to do anything dumb like that in a long time, so why not do it this year? "Okay, my sugar highs aren't that bad. Overdoing the Adderall is a whole other story..."

He liked Cisco. He was pretty cool most of the time. But the constant sadness that seemed to hover around Cisco was just beginning to become far too much. "It is exhausting..." And the subject got changed. "Oh, pfft, are you really shocked I have a murder board here? Anyway, Lydia is the one who gave it to me. Somebody has to keep track of all the weird shit that is going on around here."

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futureimperfect
2019-09-13 03:42 am UTC (link)

"You didn't mind my nails clawing the other night." Really, Lydia knew it was mean to keep teasing Scott like this, but he'd kind of asked for it. Besides, they were both consenting adults and they were having fun.

"I didn't say you had to save it, I was just pointing out that a holiday built around chocolate and candy was right around the corner. I'll figure out a way to keep you both at bay if you do get hyperactive." The costume idea, though... "Are we going to wear them in the living room?"

She was just about to tell Scott it was her idea when Stiles beat her to it, so instead she raised her chin proudly. "We shouldn't let his brain go to waste just because we're here."

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truealphascott
2019-09-14 12:52 am UTC (link)

Scott couldn't help but glance down at Lydia's nails and wince Stiles' way. "They could be registered as deadly weapons," he said with a shake of his head, "though not quite up to Cora's standards." If they were going to play the game, he could do it too and were-claws made speedy-healing a must! "You guys have some seriously weird kinks. For all I know dragging me along to watch me blush is part of your foreplay," he told Stiles with a grin.

"Just around the corner's a bit of a stretch," it was over a month away! "Oooh, yeah, we could be the Three Musketeers!" Scott said with more enthusiasm than any grown man should show. "Hey, Halloween costume talk only! You discuss the other costumes on your own time," he told Lydia when she twisted it elsewhere. Jeez. It was like being between two bunnies. "I can handle my candy," he said with a wiggle of his eyebrows, "I've had a lot of practice. So are we saving the candy-party for Halloween?" Scott asked his friends.

He shook his head, "I really shouldn't be shocked, on either front. You shouldn't indulge him, Lyd," Scott said with an affectionate smile, knowing full well that she was right. If there was any pattern to what was going on in Goodland Stiles and his murder-board would pick them up. "So what have you found so far?" he asked Stiles, really curious to learn more. "It all seems so random to me, but then I never had the methodical approach you do," which was why he was going to fix animals for a living and not try to solve murders.

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sarcasticfriend
2019-09-14 01:27 am UTC (link)

"That was different," he told Lydia with a smirk. "You should see my back." He rolled his eyes. Scott could talk about what he and Cora did all he wanted. It didn't bother Stiles one bit. "We're kinky?" he asked, eyebrow raised. "Nah, we just like seeing you squirm."

He looked between Lydia and Scott when they spoke. "Doesn't mean we can't have a candy night in September," he tossed in. "The Three Musketeers? Really?" He wasn't really going for that idea.

"I thought I found a pattern. But showing up at the beach kind of threw the pattern out. Other than that, I really haven't found anything." And it still bugged him. Shouldn't they be seeing something by now? "If I see something, I'll let you know."

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futureimperfect
2019-09-14 01:49 am UTC (link)

"If we're calling Stiles a kink, then he is seriously weird." With a few bites left of her gelato, she handed it off to Stiles to finish and wiped at her fingers with a napkin. It was a good thing they'd vetoed wine and cheese, she would have been way too full.

"What Stiles said. There's that ridiculously overpriced candy place over on 60th." It was expensive but there was a lot of variety. And the rent here was comparatively cheap when Goodland didn't have income tax as far as she could tell. "There were technically four musketeers anyway." Plus, she didn't harbor any fantasies about running around with a sword and a big floppy hat on. "And I meant that we're a bit too old to go trick or treating so what are we planning to do."

Reaching around behind Scott, Lydia rested her hand on Stiles' back. He was really trying. It wasn't his fault this place was predictably unpredictable.

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truealphascott
2019-09-14 02:20 am UTC (link)

He leaned around to look at Stiles and winced and looked back at Lydia, "he's definitely a kink. Totally one I'm not into," Scott flashed his friend a bright smile. "You're really weird," he told Lydia with a face of total innocence, knowing the chances of him avoiding violence from one or other of the couple at this point was slim. "Well if you wanted to see me squirm, you should have invited me," he said pulling them both tight to him and wiggling. "I have moves!"

"I'm open to September-candy," Scott replied almost too eagerly, "and I'd even pay too much for it if it was good." So, that was the plan. Candy in September, it was something to do, for sure and it seemed their inner five-year-olds were happy to accommodate their wishes. "So we drag Cora in to be d'Artagnan?" Scott suggested with a small shrug, "and I'm really not selling you guys on the Musketeers, huh? Okay, what are we dressing up as and please skip out the cheesy 'sexy girls' outfits cause they're terrible."

Scott wasn't going to mention the reassuring hand, chances were Stiles needed it. He could imagine his friend's brain was in overdrive trying to work out everything that had happened to them all since they'd arrived here. "If there's an answer to any of this, I have faith you'll find it, but don't go breaking your brain on an unsolvable puzzle, dude," he told him softly. "Some stuff is random. Like my undying affection for you," he said with a bright smile.

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sarcasticfriend
2019-09-14 02:39 am UTC (link)

"Why am I getting called names now?" He fake pouted. "You know you're into me," he teased as he leaned into wards Scott and acted like he might kiss him. After that, he took the gelato from Lydia and finished it off.

"Does this mean you're buying the candy?" he asked, smiling. "How expensive are we talking about anyway?" he asked Lydia since she's the one who brought up the shop. "how about we ditch the musketeer idea," he suggested. "Hmm, I don't know. We could have our own little Halloween party? Or find some adult Halloween thing going on in the city. I'm sure there will be something to do in costumes."

Stiles looked over at Lydia and gave her a tiny smile. She knew how he really felt about this stuff. It was always nice to have her reassurance there. Even when it was just a simple touch. "I'm not going to break my brain. But I'm going to figure this place out." Oh yes, he was going to do just that. Just not right now. "Pfft, your affection for me isn't random. You fell in love with me the moment we met in the sandbox."

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futureimperfect
2019-09-14 02:57 am UTC (link)

"We believe in equal opportunity mocking," Lydia replied primly, barely hiding her grin. Scott's comment on her weirdness could slide... for now. "Are we sure those moves translate to human Scott?" She may have dated a lizard and a werewolf but she was not into beastiality.

She tried to remember exactly, having only stopped in once. The bright colors and slick branding had been too irresistible not to go window shopping. "I think the bulk candy was ten dollars a pound? They had some nostalgic candy, too, but I didn't check the prices. Probably just as ridiculous." She could be talked into a Halloween party much more easily, whether they were hosting or not. "Scott, I'm surprised you don't want to dress up like a sexy girl."

Her expression softening, she gave Stiles a small nod of encouragement. She had his back, and she believed in him. "Should I give you two some time alone?"

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truealphascott
2019-09-14 03:38 am UTC (link)

"Yes we do," Scott chimed in with a smug nod, mostly because Stiles was the one on the receiving end of the mocking for a change. "Ooof," he feigned a dagger to his heart as he collapsed to the ground and pretended to be dead. "Kiss of life, Stiles?" he said cranking open an eye and wiggled an eyebrow his way. "Seeing as you bailed on the other one?" Fine, he was playing to the wrong crowd here, clearly. He pulled himself to his feet and brushed his jeans down.

"At ten bucks a pound, if we're getting candy from there you guys are totally chipping in!" Scott told them, astonished that anywhere would have the balls to charge that much. "Do they think their selling class A drugs or something?" he said shaking his head, "how about we go to the store and buy in bulk instead? More bang for your buck and more sugar for your lover?" he said as the walked along once more. "Lydia, if you want me dressed as a sexy nurse, I'm totally game, but I'm not waxing so on your head be it," he told her with a nod. Yep, he'd definitely do it too.

Scott grinned as Stiles mentioned the sandbox, "and you've been breaking my toys ever since," he replied with a chuckle. "It's alright, I can share him. Or was that a touch of the green-eyed monster I spied there?" Scott slid Lydia a smirk, "I mean, I know the idea of me in tights gets you hot - I get it. Stiles shouldn't get all this good stuff, he should share," he said with a teasing nod.

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sarcasticfriend
2019-09-14 03:49 am UTC (link)

"Okay, now we're taking this in a whole different direction. Time for a detour!" Stiles rolled his eyes once more at Scott's overly dramatic death. "Quick, let's run," he joked as he quickly moved closer to Lydia and acted like he was going to pull her away. "No kisses for you, dead boy."

Stiles let his mouth drop open at the thought of paying that much for candy. "I'm not paying thirty bucks for three pounds of candy. I'm with Scott, store candy is better." Not to mention that it meant he could buy a ton of Halloween Reese's. "Might as well dress up like a sexy cheerleader instead."

Stiles looked at Lydia and shook his head. "Nope, definitely not. I think I've spent enough time alone with this weirdo." He flashed Scott a smile. "Wait, what? Why are we talking about tights now? Also, I'm not sharing."

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futureimperfect
2019-09-14 04:04 am UTC (link)

"I don't think the idea is to buy your bodyweight in sugar there." She rolled her eyes a little. Clearly they were going for quantity if a party was involved, but she was a little worried that the many many pounds of candy was really just going to be split between the two of them. The entirety of Ostrich's Villa might collapse under the sugar high-fueled antics that would ensue.

"Yea, why are we talking about tights? All they really do is cut you off in the wrong places. We need to introduce you to garters. Or leggings."

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truealphascott
2019-09-15 12:04 am UTC (link)

Scott blew Stiles a kiss all the same, even if he was being denied. Couldn't stop him laughing at his antics, though!

"See, I have good ideas sometimes," he said with a nod to Stiles' sentiment about the candy, though three pounds seemed like a lot, even to him. From the way Lydia was talking it was looking like he and Stiles would be eating most of her share. Scott was game, though. "Store candy it is. If we can't buy our weight in candy we should at least be allowed Lydia's weight, right?" He thought about it for a moment, "I'd make a cool cheerleader too," Scott agreed happily playing along. "I'll even shake my pom-poms for you if you're a good boy," he said with a faux leer.

"We're talking about tights cause Lydia wants to see me in a horny Halloween costume," he answered. "Not that I blame her," Scott added with a grin. "I'm totally happy to be introduced to garters. Do we start right now?" he asked, "and I think this is about as much sharing as I'm likely to get from Stiles right now..." he chuckled and gave his friend a pat on the back.

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sarcasticfriend
2019-09-15 12:23 am UTC (link)

"It's not?" Stiles asked eyebrow raised. "And here I thought that was the whole point of buying so much candy."

He looked between them. "Does this mean we're going to get the candy now?" He was kind of done with the park. "Ooh, pom-pom shaking too. Such a tease."

He shrugged. "It looks like you're introducing Scott to garters. Sooo, are we doing that first or buying candy?"

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futureimperfect
2019-09-15 12:36 am UTC (link)

"You're the only one here saying you don't have any good ideas." Which wasn't to say all of his ideas were good, but she knew he wasn't the clueless dolt he pretended he was. "How about you buy the amount you think matches and we'll see if you survive the night?"

With a long-suffering sigh, she pointed toward the nearest park exit. "Let's go to the grocery. The store with garters is further away and I have to decide if you're a belt or a thigh person."

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truealphascott
2019-09-15 01:30 am UTC (link)

"See, Stiles gets it. Quantity over quality in all things," he said with a nod and then reconsidered his statement, "except sex and pizza. Okay, maybe it's just a candy thing," Scott further amended. "I think we're going to get candy and see if I live out the rest of the night," he answered raising a hand in Lydia's direction, totally knowing that he'd loose that arrangement however he played it. "I was hoping Stiles would do the guessing?" Scott said with a grin, "seeing as he's... I'm not getting out of that so easy, huh?" Nope, didn't think so!

Scott couldn't help himself and adopted a cheer-stance. "C-A-N-D-Y, what does it spell? CANDY!" he yelled as he danced off towards the park exit, shaking pretend pom-poms in his wake.

Lydia's comment totally pulled him up short as he turned to look at her. "There's different kinds?!" he shot Stiles a look, "you knew this?" Now he was intrigued and was almost distracted from the candy-getting. "Why are girl-clothes so complicated? I mean, I always thought I was an ass-guy, but I could be persuaded to be a thigh-guy too?"

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sarcasticfriend
2019-09-15 01:40 am UTC (link)

Stiles was shaking his head while saying, "oh no, I'm not playing that game. I'm not about to get hurt for guessing wrong." Nope, nope, nope. He was out of that game. He'll just buy however much candy he wanted because he wanted it. "You forgot the curly fries," he pointed out.

He watched Scott, almost horrified before looking at Lydia. "Well, I guess we know he can spell."

Why was he getting that look for? "I guess so if she's trying to choose between them!" He didn't know. He wasn't a woman. He was lucky if he knew how to get half the stuff off of Lydia without getting his hands smacked away because he was doing it wrong. "I can't believe this conversation is happening," he muttered as hestarted heading out of hte park.

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futureimperfect
2019-09-15 01:50 am UTC (link)

Lydia could appreciate that neither of them were offering to just buy the least amount of candy in order to placate her about their perceptions of her weight. But it would have been fun to get mad at them for it. "Curly fries?" Had she missed something?

Fashion and all of the things that came along with it could be wielded in many different ways, and Lydia would be the first to admit she enjoyed it, but Scott did stumble his way into a point. "Because if we spend all of our time worrying about what we're wearing, then we can't take over the world. Obviously." Shooing Scott onward with both hands, she had to almost jog to catch up and keep pace. Tall people with their long legs and not wearing heels...

"I think your hips are too narrow for a belt. And they're more complicated anyway. The thigh ones are more like what you see at weddings, when the groom takes it off the bride and flings it into the audience." A terrible tradition in her opinion.

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truealphascott
2019-09-15 02:37 am UTC (link)

"I think maybe Stiles' brain tripped a fuse and went into curly-fry-mode," he said looking at his friend in just as much confusion as Lydia. "Maybe it was the guess-your-weight thing that did it? A girl shouldn't joke about those things," Scott told her with a wag of his finger, "see what it did?"

Scott looked up at Stiles and answered, "that makes a scary kind of sense..." and if women didn't have to wear bras and all the other things God only knew what they'd be capable of. "Hail the patriarchy and their invention of female-torture-machines? Wait. No. Pretend I didn't say that. Please?" he couldn't help but add the touch of pleading in his tone.

"Who knew, I have narrow hips? Excellent!" he said with a smile Stiles' way, like he actually had something to be proud of. "Those things? With all the lace? And what the hell is with that anyway?" Scott asked with a shake of his head. "If you ever try that on Lydia, I'm beating on you," he told Stiles sternly. "'here's my new wife, look at her goodies... wanna help undress her?' it's like some ancient bedding ceremony !" he said with disgust. "What? I know things!"