#also tbr this is how i react to spiders

[sionisjaune]

22!

[setting asks]

"So, I used to play here when I was little. With Cisca. I guess Dad didn't keep it up since we, like, grew up." Lando just barely fits under the roof of the treehouse, but Carlos has to hunch over so that he doesn't hit his head.

"I like it," says Carlos, even though he can't possibly like it. It's dirty and some of the floorboards have rotted through, and fingers of light shine through the holes in the walls. "Hey, watch out for that--"

Lando jerks his head around to find what he should watch out for, and backs directly into a giant cobweb. The instant he feels the threads on his neck, his entire body feels like it's crawling with insects. Carlos rushes forwards.

"Lando! Lando, calm down." Carlos pins Lando's limbs to his sides with an arm around his body. Lando didn't realize how bad he was freaking out. His eyes sting like he's going to cry. Oh God, he's going to cry.

He squirms in Carlos's grip. "Is it on me? Is it on me? Get it off. Get it off."

Carlos tightens his grip and rakes his fingers calmly through Lando's hair. "It's gone. Just a little spider."

"A spider?" Lando shouts. There are probably more on him. It probably laid eggs in his hair--

Carlos presses his lips to Lando's hair. He wouldn't kiss Lando's hair if there were spider eggs in it. "It's gone now."