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Tweak says, "I'm such a stud!"

Zacharias Smith (puffheir) wrote in wished,
@ 2010-09-29 14:21:00

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!2003: 09, !complete, merlin toke, zacharias smith

Who: Merlin Toke and Zacharias Smith.
When: September 29th. Late afternoon.
Where: Merlin's place--> Zacharias's family home.
What: Horseback riding!
Rating: Low?
Status: Complete/Closed.

Zacharias wasn't sure if he was making the least bit of progress with Merlin. He thought he was, but it was hard to tell sometimes with that one. Who was like a closed book in many ways, and also like a deer ready to bolt at any moment.

It was a good thing that Zacharias enjoyed a challenge. And that when he set his mind to something, he was fairly determined to do it.

He had told Merlin that they'd be meeting in the late afternoon (after 2:53, whatever was going to happen at that time) and that he would pick him up. After walking him home after their dinner last week, he now knew where Merlin lived. And so going to pick him up was easy enough.

He was dressed in the casual side, in a pair of trousers and a thin blue sweater, because the chill of fall was settling into the air. He reached the place where Merlin lived and stepped up to the door, knocking smartly before stepping back to wait for Merlin to answer.

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oh_merling
2010-10-03 09:37 pm UTC (link)

Despite himself, a shudder of fear went through him imperceptibly at that until Zach turned the horse around and Merlin wanted to kick himself for being such a pussy.

He nodded to the get out clause, unsure as to how this would work with what he'd seen, but then he had to shake his head irritably because he was hearing, of all things, the strains of 'you've got to hide your love away' - what were the fucking Beatles doing in his head and what did they have to do with anything anyway?

"You will know me. We're going to fuck. And I know you said you wouldn't-" he cut himself off there because he couldn't even say the 'r' word. "It's going to happen. You don't have to do this." It was just as much for Zach's benefit as for his in any case; he had no idea why it made a tacky twisty feeling in his chest turn up.

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puffheir
2010-10-03 09:41 pm UTC (link)

Zacharias's upper lip twisted. "I won't. And we won't," he said, because that angry feeling was twisting his gut and pushing away anything else that might have been there. He clammed up and went through the rest of the ride in silence.

When the stables came into view, he urged Ransom towards the rail of the outside fence. He slowed the horse and then stopped him. Once the horse had stilled, Zacharias slipped down with ease, landing on the ground with a soft thud.

He held up a hand to help Merlin down, letting him go as soon as he was on the ground. "I won't be contacting you anymore," he told him as he fastened the lead onto Ransom's bridle. "Whatever you saw - well, you were wrong. Or that future won't happen." His blue eyes had iced over.

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oh_merling
2010-10-03 10:20 pm UTC (link)

Merlin caught Zach's tone and he wondered if he hadn't kidded himself believing Zach's initial disgust at the idea that he'd rape someone - who knew what he'd do if he was that angry. Merlin held his tongue, afraid but unwilling to be.

He took Zach's help in getting down only because he didn't want to end up faceplanting himself and potentially being more vulnerable - to say he had trust issues would be a hysterical understatement.

He wanted to tell Zach that he was wrong, that he'd try every possible way around it but he knew that it would happen. He couldn't though, just shook his head and apparated away with an angry crack like the sound of their strange little fake dance of a burgeoning friendship, if that's what it was, breaking.

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