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phoebepheebsphibs · 2 months ago

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Snow Day

Title: Snow Day Prompt: There's a snowstorm, and someone's been gone since before it started. They were supposed to come home hours ago, so a member of the group heads out to find what happened to them. Fandom: ROTTMNT Word Count: 3681 Author: PhoebePheebsPhibs Rating: Gen Characters: Casey Jones Jr, Raphael, Leonardo, Baxter Stockboy cameo Warning: Casey gets real freaked out and has a minor anxiety/panic attack Summary: Casey goes out just before a snowstorm happens and gets caught right in the middle of it... Notes: No Beta, We Die Like Gram-Gram! Reused old art for illustration lol, you can see it on AO3

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"I won't be gone long," Casey promised. "It's only a few things."

"Still, it's your first time buying groceries alone," Leo mumbled, the tap tap tap of his crutch echoing against the floor. He didn't always need it, but some days were harder than others. "I could go with --"

"No," Casey interrupted him, holding a hand up and stopping Leo in his tracks. "If I'm ever going to figure out how to live in this time period, then I need to learn to do these things on my own."

"Sheesh, alright!" Leo joked. "And don't say 'time period', this isn't the Victorian era! It's only what, 20-plus years into the past? Time period. Woof! You make it sound like we're ancient wizards or something..."

Casey laughed at the idea. The only one he could truly call a 'wizard' was Mikey, but he hadn't really gotten to that stage just yet. Mage, yes. Wizard? Maaaaybe in a few months, if he kept up the training with Draxum.

Casey and Leo went over the list one more time, adding one or two last-minute items that Leo suddenly thought of as they made their way to the exit. Casey stuffed the list into his pants before shoving a large and slightly oversized jacket over himself, struggling slightly with the arms.

"Don't forget your hat and earmuffs," Raph reminded him as he walked past. "It's really cold out today."

"Gotchya," Casey nodded, handling the earmuffs like they're some new and exotic species. "We didn't really have cold weather in the future..."

"Really?" Leo asked, his head tilting to the side. "What were winters like?"

"I dunno, like 60 degrees at the lowest?" he shrugged. "What with all the planetary devastation and laser blasts and global warming... weather became sorta nonexistent."

Raphael shuddered at the thought of such a thing. No weather meant no rain, no snow, maybe even no real wind or cloudy days.

"Well, try to be home soon okay? I think there's a call for heavy snow later."

"Sure thing," Casey replied, half-paying attention to Raph as he walked out the door. After all, this is the past, and everyone has it so cushy! There's nothing dangerous here except for idiot muggers and a few mutants. What could possibly go wrong?

"And don't forget the mittens!" Raph called after him. Casey walked back into the lair, retrieved his gloves, and then walked back out.

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Casey Jones Jr was starting to really like New York City, circa 2020. It was a different kind of hectic, but Casey had lived his entire life in chaos.

Instead of dodging missiles, he was dodging taxi cabs.

Instead of wild krang dogs, there were people walking a dozen angry chihuahuas and poodles and dobermans to earn money.

Instead of corpses laid to waste on the ground, there were a few homeless people sleeping in cardboard boxes.

Differences with small similarities.

The biggest difference was the turtles. Sensei Leonardo was no longer a tall and hulking king of the apocalypse with a robot arm who took no slack from anyone or anything -- he was now an ego-stripped teenager with a knee that had been so twisted up that it counted as a physical condition and they could qualify for disabled parking with the tank. Master Michelangelo was no longer someone who looked older than time and could create lavish magic spells with a flip of his hand, but an untrained child with an unbridled adoration for drawing and reality cooking shows. Uncle Tello was not the cybernetic scientist in overalls with a hundred extra technological advancements, but a nerdy teenager with 'secret' plans for anarchy against the US government. Raphael... well... Casey couldn't remember Raph firsthand. There were some photographs and video recordings of him, a few stories passed down, but the big red giant had been killed in action a few years after Casey Jr was born.

But this time period -- er, the past was still nice. It was crazy how many people he recognized. Baron Draxum, Commander O'Neil, Master Splinter, Todd 'The Sasquatch' Capybara, Big Mama... Casey would just be walking down the street and he'd see a couple with a child, and he'd realize the kid was one of the medics that helped him when he'd broken his leg. He would be buying pizza and the cashier was one of Uncle Tello's tech apprentices. In the Hidden City, an octopus Yokai would offer to sell him some mystic potion and Casey would recall they were one of the cooks in the mess hall who always gave him extra portions to help him grow, even when rations were low.

Casey reached the end of memory lane when he found the grocery store he'd been looking for. He casually walked inside just as a few unnoticed flakes of white began to fall from the sky above him.

"Hello, and welcome to the Stock & Shop!" an older woman greeted. "Holler if you need anything!"

Casey nodded with a smile as he started to gather everything on the list.

Chicken soup: got it.

New batteries for the remote: donezo.

Flaming-hot chips: three bags procured.

Four different brands of soda: orange blast for Mikey, sugar-free cola for Raph, flavourless juice for Donnie, and diet blueberry bubble waters for Leo. Check.

Popcorn for movie nights: not yet.

The popcorn in question was placed on a hard-to-reach shelf high above him. Of course, this one particular brand that Mikey so desperately needed was at the very top. As Casey was reached up for the requested snack, a voice chimed in behind him.

"Better hurry, there's supposed to be a wicked snowstorm tonight!"

Casey jumped back, startled by the sudden sound. He looked down and saw a short, scrawny kid with a comparatively huge head looking up at him.

"Oh, hey. You look familiar...?"

"This is my parent's store, I work here all the time. Or maybe you've seen my videos? My channel? STOCKBOii?? Cybersleuth??"

"Stockboy? As in Baxter Stockboy?" Casey wondered, his eyes widening as the corners of his mouth turned up.

"Yeah! You've heard of me?" the child asked excitedly.

"Kind of," Casey replied, not exactly sure how to explain that Baxter had worked as one of Donatello's apprentices to create warships and mechas during the golden age of the Resistance, despite Sensei's reluctance. "I heard about the whole 'Mutant Menace' fiasco."

Baxter groaned loudly.

"Uggggh, that whole thing. My parents still won't let me leave the house unsupervised. It's ridiculous! One mass panic and riot instigation, and they turn on me! At least the judge agreed to let me work off community service in the store..."

Casey smirked just a little.

"Hmm. Anyway, you said something about a snowstorm?"

"Oh, right. The weather report says it might get up to two inches."

"What might get up to two inches?"

"Um... the snow? Look, it's started snowing already!"

Baxter Stockboy pointed out towards the front entrance. A small sprinkling of white could just barely be visible beyond the glass.

"Oh," Casey shrugged. "Doesn't look too bad."

"You say that now, but it's supposed to get below 30º Farenheit!"

"Oh. That is kinda cold," Casey agreed. "...But I'm sure it'll be okay."

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Ten minutes had passed.

Raphael received a notification from the weather app, informing that the previously predicted 'heavy snowfall' was now a full-blown snowstorm.

That probably wasn't good. But it wasn't terrible, either. Just some snow.

"Boys, it looks like tomorrow is another snow day!" he announced to the rest of the Hamatos.

From various rooms in the lair, Raph heard them shout in excitement.

"Yes!"

"Alright!"

"Snow day, hooRAY, baby!"

Raph smiled. He couldn't wait to introduce Casey to his first snowfall...

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Casey had finally gotten all the items on the list and was preparing to check-out, when an announcement went over the loudspeakers.

"Attention shoppers -- we encourage all patrons to finish up their errands, as we will be closing soon due to the weather. Thank you."

Huh. They sure were getting all riled up over this 'snow' stuff. Casey had witnessed a few storms before in the months prior, but it was never too bad. Thunderstorms were freaking terrifying, but only because they were loud and Casey's first thought was always that an air attack was happening. But he loved watching lightning. It reminded him of a few magic spells Master Michelangelo had performed on occasion...

Casey finished up the last of his errand and purchased the items. He needed a little help when trying to decide on paper or plastic, and for a moment he forgot the pin number for the card Splinter had given him, but other than that all had gone well.

He stepped out of the store, the glass doors sliding past him gracefully.

And he was greeted by a harsh blast of cold. It almost knocked him over, the icy wind biting his face so much he dropped the bags of groceries in order to cover his face with his regrettably un-mittened hands.

Okay. He was starting to see what people meant now. He hurriedly pulled his mittens on and scrambled to cover as much of his head as he could with his hat and earmuffs.

It had been cold these past few months, sure, but not like THIS! This was arctic.

And what's more, the sky was raining ash. That only ever happened when Uncle Tello sent missiles to blow the Krang vessels to kingdom come. So why was no one terrified, or hiding? Besides, there were no more Krang ships to incinerate. So then, what was...?

Casey happened to glance to the side and saw a kid sticking their tongue out. Their parents did the same. They caught a few of the flakes on the tips of their tongues, laughing as they shivered. Casey watched in wonder. He held a hand out. A single fleck of white flittered down to his palm, delicately touching down onto him, and melting upon impact with the glove. Casey was gently bewildered. He looked up at the sky. The heavens above were masked over with clouds of grey, hiding the universe from him, guarding him from the wonders he couldn't understand or comprehend. And yet, the universe deemed this wonder fit for him to comprehend?

Casey's mouth hung open as he gazed at the sky, confused. Snowflakes fell against his cheeks, his eyelashes, his lips, his chin. He stuck out his tongue and closed his eyes. It took a few minutes, but finally he felt one land and melt in his mouth.

...Underwhelming, if he was honest.

It was just water. He kind of expected a flavour.

The wind suddenly whipped against him. It had calmed for the brief moments that Casey stood there, but now was circling back in full fury. Casey gasped at the fierce chill, bundling himself up more and more before gathering the supplies and shuffling back to the lair. The wind swirling around him, the snow raining down with a vengefulness.

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Twenty minutes had passed.

Raph had started to feel like he was forgetting something. He wasn't sure what, though...

Donnie had re-fortified the lair and central heating system, so now it would stay extra cozy despite the freezing temperatures outside. You could hear the wind start to roar if you went to the exterior tunnels and big exit door.

Raph remembered how in the early years when they were all teeny tiny turtle tots, Splinter had them all stay in the same room to conserve heat. He'd set up tons of heat lamps and space-warmers, bundle each one in extra-fuzzy blankets... Looking back, he could clearly see the panic that Splinter would be hiding at the idea that maybe they could all freeze to death if they weren't careful, or maybe that the power would go out when they weren't expecting it and he'd only have a few minutes to come up with a plan before hypothermia could creep in like a ghost. It was probably extra terrifying considering that they had minor cases of brumation when it got way too cold. They got better at combating it, wearing warm clothes to help stay warm. And it helped that they also had some minor mammalian DNA too, meaning that they had to be utterly and agonisingly cold for brumation to actually take effect.

Still. Raphael had mad respect for Splinter now. He'd kept his cool and kept his calm, never once displaying the fear that probably filled his mind day in and day out. Raph wished he knew how to do that...

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Was Casey even going the right way?? He couldn't tell anymore.

The downpour of snow particles was starting to get so heavy that Casey couldn't even see ten feet in front of him, even with his mask on. Constantly blinded, he relied mostly on the lights from cars or neon signs to help guide him down the sidewalk. He couldn't remember the last time something like this had happened...

Maybe... during the dust storm incident. Sensei and Casey were in a losing battle against the Krang one day and in a sheer panic, Leonardo portaled them away and into some random place far, far away. Leonardo had initially assumed it was some inhospitable desert in the middle east or something, based on how much sand and wind there was. But after a quick look at the tracking device Donatello had installed, they realized that it was actually just New Mexico. Or, what was left of it. Sensei Leonardo had sent them right smack-dab in the middle of a dust storm, where the drought-riddled land had become so dry that the wind created massive walls of dirt and dust that engulfed everything. It could suffocate you, dehydrate you, blind you, etc. The might've died if Leonardo hadn't thought quickly and found a shelter for them to hide out in. He'd dropped one of his swords during the storm, so the two were forced to wait it out. Sensei Leonardo never did find that other sword. He'd had to create a new one with his ninpo.

Anyway, this snowstorm felt like the exact opposite of the dust storm.

Rather than hot and dry, this was cold and wet. But the stabbing sensations of small things constantly flying into you was the same. The wind that threatened to carry you away was the same. The loneliness was the same.

Casey was convinced that he'd gotten turned around somehow... He wasn't sure where he was.

Forget being able to see ten feet away, he could barely see his own hands in the storm!

This was not good. Casey reached up, feeling around his mask for a specific button that would activate a distress beacon. He'd modified it so that Donnie's tech could receive the call, and hopefully it would go through. But if the storm was as severe as it felt, then it was possible that the lines would be down and the lair's internet access and phone lines wouldn't get the message.

Casey found the button. He'd have to hope that they'd get the signal.

He pressed it, and then pressed on, hoping that he could find his way home on his own...

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Thirty minutes.

The lair was starting to get terribly frigid. Raph waltzed into the kitchen, shuddering from the chill as he did, hoping that maybe Mikey would start making something hot to eat and that in turn would warm up the kitchen. He only found Leo in there, swirling a mug of hot cocoa that he'd heated up.

"Brr-rr-rr, it's cold! I thought Donnie fixed the heat?"

"He did, but it's still pretty frigid," Leo sighed. "I'm starting to get worried..."

"You think the power might go out?" Raph asked.

"No, I'm wondering where Casey is."

Casey?

OH SHOOT, CASEY.

"Raph completely forgot that Casey was out!" Raph screamed, hands flying through the air. "I thought he came back fifteen minutes ago! You mean he's still out there?!"

"Relax, it's just snowing. Not that big of a deal," Leo said as he took a long sip of cocoa from his mug.

"Leo, you do realize that Casey's never seen snow before?!" Raph reminded him. "And this ain't no ordinary gentle snowfall, this is practically a blizzard!"

Raph huffed angrily before rushing to the lair entrance. He grabbed a coat, some galoshes, a scarf, gloves, snowpants -- the whole shebang. Leo followed casually, sipping his cocoa gently as he walked after him.

"Where'ya goin'?" he asked with a smile.

"I'm goin' after Casey, of course!" Raph yelled.

"Do you know where he is?"

"I got him right here on the little tracker thingy."

Raph held out his phone to display to Leo the small signal coming in from Casey Jr's mask.

"Mhm," Leo hummed. "Okay. Well, when you get back, maybe bring home a pizza too."

"Leo, can you be serious about this?!"

"Okay, fine. When you find him, call me and I'll portal the two of you home. Okay?" Leo suggested. "No sense trudging through the cold back and forth."

"Great, thanks," Raph grumbled before running out the door, pulling his collar up to prepare for the wind and wet.

Raphael ducked out. Down the corridors, up a ladder to the top of the street. He pushed the manhole cover aside with ease. He was instantly met with a barrage of wind and ice, the snow and slush that had been atop the cover sliding down and splashing onto his face.

Raph sputtered softly, wiping his face off before heading into the fray...

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Casey was huddled against something. A wall, a stone, a tree, a car -- he could hardly tell. It was so cold, his skin felt like it was peeling off. His eyes stung from the wind, his feet ached from the chill, his arms hurt from the cold and from carrying all the groceries with him this whole time. The straps on the plastic bags were digging into his arms, cutting off his circulation. It was so windy and loud, he couldn't hear the traffic of the city anymore. His jacket was coated in white.

He'd hoped that he could shield himself with whatever he was leaning against, but the wind came from all sides.

It was terrifying. Being alone. He hadn't felt alone like this in so long...

He remembered sitting alone, like this, long ago...

The wind whipping around, the sky dark, the battlefield torn and scarred, white flakes of ash raining down from above. It was cold that day, too. Casey couldn't be older than four years old at the time.

The ground was covered in grey and white from all the ash and cinder. Casey was covered in the powdery residue himself, his face white as a sheet, his messy and greasy hair holding in the flakes and embers from the explosion that had decimated the world around him.

But the worst was the silence that followed. Nothingness. Loneliness. Agony.

Casey started crying. Four years old, having watched the world end, having seen his mother die, and so many of her comrades, and only to be left alone and scared? Of course he was crying.

In the distance, a figure began to move. Casey gasped, trying to cover his mouth and keep silent as the looming creature lumbered towards him. The monster was huge, it must be a krang mecha or --

"Casey?"

He recognized that voice. It wasn't Sensei, but it was just as comforting.

"Casey, where you? Casey!"

The child meant to answer. But his voice was lost in his own throat.

"Casey! I see you! I'm coming, kid, I'm coming!"

Casey reached out for the Red Giant to take him home... The silhouette of his figure in the smoke and smog that surrounded them...

But as the figure stepped through the fog, it wasn't a red giant.

"Casey! There you are!! I was so worried, what happened?!"

Casey Jones Jr was taken back to the present moment, and stared at Raph in shock.

"R-Raph..?"

"Geez, Case, you look frozen solid! Are you okay?"

Casey nodded softly, getting back up on his feet as Raph gave him a hand.

"I'm fine," he whispered. "It... it, uh, started snowing."

"Yeah, I see that," Raph chuckled. "Sorry, we had no idea it would get so bad."

"It... it's okay," Casey responds quietly. "How did you find me?"

"Well the snow's dying down a bit, so it ain't as hard to see," Raph mentioned as he pointed up. Casey did notice that during his anxiety attack, the wind has calmed a bit more and the downpour of frozen particles was much gentler. "Besides, the tracker helped. Although, I am curious how you managed to get all the way into Central Park?"

"Wha-huh?" Casey gaped, turning around and examining the area.

He had been huddled against a tree trunk, and a few feet off in the distance was a playground. Ahead of him was the cityscape, behind him the rest of the wooded little area.

"Wow. I didn't realize that I came this far..."

Raph chuckled as he grabbed the groceries from the ground.

"So, you ready to get home? All I gotta do is call Leo and we can be back in the lair with some hot chocolate!"

Casey glimpsed at the park behind them. It was... actually quite lovely.

It was a magical world, sparkling and quiet. Undisturbed. Serene.

Raph noticed Casey's stare and looked back at the scene, smiling knowingly.

"It sure it pretty, ain't it?"

"...It's peace," Casey awed. "It's absolute peace. This... I've never seen anything like it before."

Raph took in a deep breath, inhaling the peace with gratitude for a world that could give you something so gorgeous after something so terrible.

"Yeah. It's really beautiful. Tell ya what, the guys can wait for a bit. Want me to show you around the Winter Wonderland for a bit?"

Casey nodded with a dumbfounded smile on his face.

The two walked out into the park together, enjoying the peace that they both had fought tooth and nail for.

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punkscowardschampions · 2 years ago

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Janis & Casey & Jimmy Pt.7

Janis: I’d bang whatever footballer I had to if they’d pay it off for him forever, no one needs to be worrying about the money

Casey: no you wouldn’t, tah very much

Janis: it’s a bit of a weird request to bring up mid-session so you’re alright

Casey: good, don’t be

Janis: don’t be cute

Casey: don’t be making me knock out footballers mid massage, it’d look well gay

Janis: but you’ve made it sound doubly appealing now

Janis: rude

Casey: you’re rude

Janis: nope, no one’s EVER accused me of that before, soz

Casey: they’ll have a job to if they fancy it now, ‘cause you’re also mine and I’ll not have nobody accusing you of nowt

Casey: unless it’s being the fittest girl in Dublin

Janis: you still want me

Casey: more than anything

Janis: I miss you

Casey: shut up, I’ll cry in a minute

Janis: You know that’s why I couldn’t say goodbye

Janis: that and I wouldn’t be able to leave if I tried

Casey: come back

Casey: please, just come back even for a bit

Janis: Casey

Casey: it’s unfair of me, I know it is

Casey: but

Janis: it’s not that

Janis: but it’ll have to be different, we can’t, and I know we shouldn’t have in the first place but

Casey: I’ll do whatever you tell me to do

Casey: I can’t be on my own here, I can’t fucking stand it

Janis: I know, it’s not fair, it was an unfair idea from the off

Janis: we can work out another plan whenever things change again

Casey: any number of plans, it don’t matter how many

Janis: right

Janis: I’m sorry, I’ll come back

Casey: okay, I’ll be on my best behaviour

Janis: me too then

Casey: I love you

Janis: I love you too

Casey: drive as safe as I do drunk

Janis: in theory less hysterical than I was on the way here so 🤞

Casey: 😏 dunno about that

Janis: oi, you heard I was on my best behaviour

Casey: you said me too then, sounded a bit forced, to be honest, mate

Janis: what kind of mate, doubting me already

Casey: sort who knows what you’re like

Janis: hate to bang on about it but me too, like

Casey: you’re meant to be driving anyway, stop banging on about owt

Janis: alright, sod you then 🖕

Casey: you’re leaving your sister’s not your mum’s, be here before you actually fancy swearing at us

Janis: Hmm, just a good thing I didn’t get into the full details of the whole marriage breakdown or unpack my bag, ain’t it

Casey: never get a word in with him going on about his injuries

Janis: well duh, how do you think we 🎣 him in first place

Casey: What did you even pack, state of your head when you was

Janis: I’m good at it, and it was basically done before the appointment bullshit anyway

Janis: luckily, had to pull over before I went there, looking well tragic on the side of the road

Casey: oi, nah, I’m not having that, who’s good at packing

Janis: me, dickhead

Janis: all you really need is a pair and a spare but I did do a bit more than that, before you start

Casey: long as you’ve left me something to wear

Janis: only the best 👙 for you

Casey: tah

Janis: I only took 1 thing of yours, swear

Casey: what did you leave for me though

Janis: loads of stuff

Janis: broken table and chair for one

Casey: don’t count, I’ll have to fix it however much I miss you

Janis: okay, so what do you want

Casey: I’m not thinking about it

Janis: Hey, I’m nearly there

Casey: go on, tell us what you nicked

Janis: [whatever t-shirt you were wearing and would’ve taken off when you were getting ready for this day like literally out of the washing pile vibes]

Casey: and you’ve still got the 1 I gave you, yeah, said it’d be adding up, like

Janis: are you keeping count?

Casey: reminding you, and myself an’ all

Janis: I won’t forget

Casey: I’ll not let you

Janis: you promising

Casey: I get how bad you wanna break my finger, but too right, and gutted for you I’ll be keeping it

Janis: 🤏

Janis: I’ll cope

Casey: don’t doubt that

Janis: maybe you should but

Janis: 🤫

Casey: [not replying for the bants as if he’s 🤐 lol]

Janis: 😒

Casey: What’s that face for

Janis: ignoring me

Casey: best behaviour remember, I were only doing what you told me to

Janis: sounds like me

Casey: but you can’t claim being good, as you’re still not here

Janis: are you planning on making it that much of a challenge or

Casey: I should, since you love when something is

Janis: but we’ve both got other things we have to do

Casey: we do

Janis: get us a pen and paper, I’ll make a list

Casey: you’re already on your phone

Casey: and there you go reckoning you ain’t old

Janis: I’m going to stick it on the fridge, knobhead

Janis: be a bit too pointed sticking it to his forehead but I ain’t CC’ing him into anything either

Casey: you and technology, you’d send one of us the wrong thing

Janis: not gonna be sending you nothing keep on like this

Casey: believe that when I don’t see it

Janis: 💀⚰️👻 your DMs

Casey: RIP to nowt but your willpower you’re fronting you’ve got now and won’t have when you get in

Janis: I can and I will

Janis: watch

Casey: I will, there’s your first hurdle

Janis: [do pull up to this house because wouldn’t have been too far, even with driving more carefully ‘cos you’ve been blabbering]

Casey: [bringing Chubby out to meet her from the car so he’s not barking up a storm inside, that’s obviously the only reason we’re that eager, yep, not been waiting or anything]

Janis: [leaning over to give this dog all the love like oh I’m sorry, as if he has any clue who actually lives where yet because so confusing for him lmao then straightening up to give him a hug to prove you totally can but also because you just legit have to because what a time]

Casey: [watching her love upon this dog as if we’re only doing it because he said he would be watching her and not because we’re actually shamelessly checking her over how they do, it goes without saying he’s hugging her back so dramatically, even if he tried to keep it casual for a sec at first there’s just no way he isn’t then immediately clinging to her like his life depends on it in the next sec]

Janis: [‘hey’ from inside this hug which of course we need to have, it’s been a day for us all honey]

Casey: [saying it back, ofc, with all the feeling]

Janis: [breaking it enough to check you over too, likewise ofc and giving your hand a SQUEEZE like alright, we can do this, before gesturing like let’s go in]

Casey: [at least he can let her go in first because gotta manhandle Chubby back into the gaff cos he’s probably being nosey in the nosey neighbours’ front garden or something lol]

Janis: [just doing a shit lmao, get your life boy, we’re on a mission to do this better, somehow, and we’re genuinely writing a list of all the things we can do as if any of them are going to resolve this but we are trying for god’s sake; today all it’d really be is getting the house back in running order fully like okay so chores and doing a shop and all the mundane things that adults need to do and then attempting to talk to Jimmy again for us]

Casey: [I fully imagine him just already getting on with some of said chores even before she’s finished writing the list because most of them are pretty obvious, tidying up and actually properly attempting to fix the table etc]

Janis: [just doing the appreciative smile but trying to just let you get on without interrupting ‘I’m going to make tea’ ‘cos clearly we’re going to make something Jimothy likes like would you please eat this thank you; but we getting up to go upstairs first ‘cos we need to go in the loft, brushing your hand over his back like brb]

Casey: [‘have a think what you’re gonna be after from the shop’ as she goes cos obvs he will go shopping to be helpful but even more so does genuinely need to get out of this house for a minute too because it’s v quiet and he feels trapped]

Janis: [‘I’ll message you the list’ ‘cos they collate them for you now usually so by this time deffo, looking back over our shoulder like ‘cos I’m NOT old 😏]

Casey: [doing his own smirk back at her, you just know he’ll be going off list but in such a cute and thoughtful way, he’s that sort of boy]

Janis: [we love to see it honestly, also pretend that list is here lmao]

Janis: You can take my car and fill it up with petrol, another ✔️

Casey: I’ll take it through car wash as well, seeing as we’re mates

Janis: Wish you could take him, he’d not know what the fuck that was about

Janis: thanks though, be as long as you like, big Tescos a trek from here and I’ve got it for now

Casey: in a bit, Janis

Janis: 👋

Casey: [get out of here, sir, jobs to do]

Janis: [meanwhile we’re putting up an airbed/campbed moment in what I imagine was meant to be the dining room but is definitely Jimothy’s office for ourselves after having got that down because it’s a more permanent solution than stealing Bobby’s bed whilst he is not here or crashing on the sofa, also going to knock on the bedroom door but not expecting a response so will also send a message like at the same time]

Janis: I had to come back, that was me, if you’re awake

Janis: you don’t have to talk to me right now, or we can just stick to, I don’t know, but I’d like to make everything a little less fucked

Jimmy: [Definitely not an immediate reply because I doubt you were awake but not leaving you waiting hours either because that’s simply impractical for our purposes]

Jimmy: How?

Janis: I’m not saying I’m 100% but

Janis: I can definitely start by not treating you like a dickhead, for one, not running away for another

Jimmy: okay

Jimmy: What do I do?

Janis: We can trial and error but I reckon you might feel better if you can have some meals, it breaks the hours up into more bearable chunks again

Janis: what do you want to do, though, most of all

Jimmy: I wanna give Bobby a ring

Jimmy: what time’s it?

Janis: ‘course, it’s nearly tea time

Janis: I’ll make you a cuppa, actually, so you aren’t all croaky

Jimmy: and you can tell us what I look like

Janis: no problem

Janis: if you want a shower or just a quick going over, plenty of time

Janis: I’ll be up with the brew in 5, okay

Jimmy: 👍

Janis: [come on up with this tea and obviously you’ve got one too, trying not to STARE at him but also not act so nonchalant like you aren’t bothered at all because it’s not true and we don’t want to portray that ‘hey’]

Jimmy: [actually looking at her even though it’s probably not full eye contact just in her direction when she comes in, because he’s trying]

Janis: [trying not to immediately start bawling but the relief is so real, at least you can smile at him, even if you don’t wanna be too much with that either, just giving him a little hug as you lean to put this mug down on the bedside drawers]

Jimmy: [not hugging her back in any way but equally not retreating into himself or pulling away so that’s great news]

Janis: [doing a little nod, purely to herself like that’s okay, that’s good because your immediate innate response would to be like OUCH but obviously, it’s a very warranted and real reaction so you have to remind yourself, handing him his mug and picking your own back up to have a sip]

Jimmy: [holding this mug because it’s warm and comforting and also just such a natural thing to this boy because he loves tea ‘I thought-’ a pause that feels like it spans a million years but obvs doesn’t ‘you’d gone’ because watched you go, sis]

Janis: [nodding to confirm you did and that’s correct because no need for gaslighting ‘I only wanted to go to make it easier for you and-’ being unable to say and maybe that time will come, shaking our head because it’s too painful ‘I think it’s better if I stay, for now, if that’s alright…’]

Jimmy: [‘I wanted-’ because wanted and v much still do want this gal to stay, obviously, a look on his face like didn’t I say that, because everything is confusing and jumbled and what happened when, what did he say in his head and what was out loud, we’re not sure here and accidentally looking adorable about it]

Janis: [reaching your hand out but not making contact about it yet ‘you didn’t outright tell me to fuck off, but I reckoned you wouldn’t and you know I know best, yeah’ rolling our eyes at ourself like ugh but shrugging like that doesn’t matter now, seriously ‘I want to be around you, not on my own and pregnant, and I wanna see you back to your old self’]

Jimmy: [picking up her hand and drawing lots of little ? on it, unaware that he even is, really, as he tries to make sense of everything as well as remotely trying to take in what she’s saying, eventually, again after a pause that’s longer than feels right ‘what about you and the baby, are you alright?’ because realising we asked 0 about the doctor’s appointment actually]

Janis: [locking our lips and doing the pause hand gesture to ourselves like sorry, I’m going too fast and I’ll chill, drinking your tea because you haven’t talked in so long that you’re now word vomiting at him, just watching him draw these ? quietly and then looking up when he asks, doing the kind of laugh you do when you wanna happy cry but are not ‘yeah, it’s really early for-’ pointing at your stomach ‘cos still all kinds of weird about the subject ‘-but all good, far as they can tell… how are you?’ even though we know the answer isn’t going to be anything pleasant, because we’re trying to show we’re not here to kick you up the arse today]

Jimmy: [visibly breathing slightly more normally because she said she’s okay and that’s one thing to stop worrying as much about, because obvs will never stop worrying entirely, he’s just not that bitch, taking a sip of tea instead of answering though because again, not even deliberately trying to not, it’s just who he is, but eventually saying ‘how do I look?’ because not trying to scare the shit out of Bobby on this facetime, v much the opposite]

Janis: [matching your breathing to his because it’s comforting to be able to do so and not feel entirely sick, also not pushing you to say how you are, it was more to make a point of asking because we do care, we can see how you are without actually needing to be told; looking at him, properly, like you’re critiquing a piece of art ‘not bad, bit pale’ putting your arm against his like you’re comparing shades, ‘cos now isn’t the time to lie but it’s also not the time for brutal honesty about it ‘reckon if you have your tea first, let him have his’ like that’ll get a bit of colour back into you ‘we can shower but it is me here’ v much like I won’t be leaving the bathroom, so bear that in mind]

Jimmy: [‘give you chance to find out your fake tan and crack on with it’ because we all remember those bants and I simply must]

Janis: [😏 ‘ask Gracie what filters look ‘natural’ these days’ just trying to have a convo whilst you look like a Kardashian, nbd]

Jimmy: [‘if I don’t look like I’ve seen the lass who does her lip fillers I’m not doing it’ always such fun to shade Grace, soz girl]

Janis: [‘priorities’ said like you’ve got them SO right, babe, even if you are sneaking a look at his actual lips for a sec there]

Jimmy: [‘you got round to hiding the razors yet or what?’ because I’m picturing when Nico looked like a homeless hippie in peak panny d, also if we don’t have dark humour what do we have]

Janis: [‘you’ve got terrible facial hair’ ‘cos clearly y’all cannot grow beards, we’ve seen your brother, unfortunately, and we’re allowed to be rude about this like yes, you should sort that ‘encourage him to copy you again, he’ll look like a right dick’ ‘cos teenage boy bumfluff, God bless; looking faux offended ‘what kind of amateur do you take me for?’ lifting up the covers feet end like we’re checking he hasn’t got shoelaces on]

Jimmy: [‘Oi’ could be to the facial hair slander or making his feet cold or both, truly, point is, it’s being said and it’s more like his normal playful tone not as soft and sad for a sec]

Janis: [lowkey so !! but trying to be genuinely lowkey about it aka normal ‘and your hairs getting long’ gently pulling at a strand like honestly ‘gonna let me cut it’ like LOL go on]

Jimmy: [‘you can do’ so sincerely and unthinkingly because like Casey he do have them trust issues af but not with this girl and that wouldn’t have changed in his head yet because it really has not sunk in about the whole cheating thing, we know why]

Janis: [‘not as long as his, anyway’ shaking your head like no, you’ll do because can’t be going there, letting go of this strand of hair from around your finger]

Jimmy: [just being lost in Bobby related thoughts for a bit, how could you not]

Janis: [we know you so we know you are, and letting that be because you don’t need to be the chattiest of Caths out of the blue to be doing better, obvs; but we are chipping in after a while to let you know the summary of he’s all good that we’ve clearly got from mcvickers whilst he’s been there ‘be good to get him back home’ we definitely mean for you ‘cos we know it won’t be for us but that’s okay lol]

Jimmy: [drinking this tea and listening, I wanna say he remembers something like a school project or whatever that Bobby has due idk but you know the vibes, something he should’ve signed or something Bobby needed that he’s not forgotten despite everything because he’s still him despite everything, so telling her]

Janis: [just assuring him Bobby would have sorted it and it’s all under control ‘cos even if it wasn’t it isn’t important, it’s just school ‘he can tell you himself though’ reminding him like you can talk to him and ask]

Jimmy: [‘if I can get a word in about owt but the dog’ over exaggerating but we do know what bibi are like lol so it’s a fair piece of bants]

Janis: [doing an oopsie kind of shrug like you know me ‘dog never stressed no one, yeah’ full lol lol RIP Twix]

Jimmy: [‘thought it were her’ because at some point half asleep he’s defs heard Chubby and thought he was Twix because that’s just what half asleep peeps do and we know he loved her really]

Janis: [doing the sort of sad smile you do when you remember her ‘he’s not as bad at pissing everywhere, be glad to know’ looking to the door you’ve clearly closed ‘you want me to get him?’ like do you wanna meet this man because why not, he’s just bumbling somewhere lol]

Jimmy: [‘comes from having none of Ian’s shoes about to aim in’ because Twix hated that man and we stan, following her gaze to the door ‘you tell me’ like am I gonna hate this dog too, as if you ever hated Twix you liar and fraud]

Janis: [‘I’ll go nick some’ with more seriousness than the claim requires because we all know you would shamelessly, even though you are an adult lady now lmao, getting up to open the door and shout for this pup, turning back like oh please ‘Gonna get Libi one too but shh’ like mwahahaha as Chubby is bounding up the stairs like an elephant to come get you like oh hello new friend]

Jimmy: [when he’s a gorgeous giant baby and absolutely jumping on this bed and licking Jimothy’s face immediately so how could he not genuinely smile and give Chubby love, breaking my heart a little bit]

Janis: [just watching Chubby work his magic from the doorway so genuinely happily for this moment, just giving him praise and love too whenever he acknowledges her like yes good boy]

Jimmy: [we all know he’s gonna put his head in Jimothy’s lap once the initial excitement of meeting him is over because dogs know when you are sad and I’m not okay]

Janis: [coming back in and giving his giant head a little pat because oh Chubby ‘see’ gently like you love him and he loves you]

Jimmy: [after however long of just gently loving this dog ‘How’s this one look like you an’ all?’ part bants but part a genuine question, looking from this dog to her because he knows there’s something but he can’t place why, doing the pisstakey finger measurement against their heads like oh is it because you’re both big heads but shaking his own like nope]

Janis: [😲 and pushing him a little like how DARE you but obviously we love to see it, putting your head beside Chubby’s like there is no comparison actually, can’t you see, which is a bit of a whoops move on your part but recover like your head wasn’t just in his lap there too, only slightly flushed ‘his eyes’ nodding at him like see]

Jimmy: [actually making eye contact and keeping it because gotta look at your eyes, soz, not at all romantic af or upsetting me because he hasn’t looked at this dog’s again to check, just purely looking at her here]

Janis: [maintaining it because we don’t want it to be a thing that we cannot or something ‘you can say it’ with a sigh ‘his are better’ like I shall accept, because if you don’t at least try and joke, you’re just staring back at him too]

Jimmy: [‘I can’t’ soz for the accidental shade there Chubby, you do have beautiful eyes too sir but]

Janis: [you have to be the one to look down, have some decorum, girl, even if you’re still 😳 ‘hurt his feelings’ mumbled like Chubby is sat here like in front of my salad]

Jimmy: [giving this dog some more love in a soz mate kind of manner but we all know damn well he’s looking at her still after the briefest of initial look downs at Chubby]

Janis: [ahh, everything is so confusing and you know you have NO right to do or say anything about this right now because that isn’t fair but as if your feelings are gonna just turn off like that to nothing, obviously not]

Jimmy: [we all also know he’s playing with her hair rn, I cannot stop him ‘I’m sorry I hurt yours’ because we are, much more sincerely than those words could ever suggest]

Janis: [‘me too’ because we really are, and it’s good for you to be able to say that to each other, even if this is very !! ‘really sorry’]

Jimmy: [‘I’m so, so fucking sorry’ it sounds like he’s just trying to outdo you here but there are no bants or competitiveness detected rn we’re just !! and very sad]

Janis: [breaking on this ‘me too’ but not in the absolute hopeless, I have 0 idea what I’m doing or how to solve this manner of before of being purely terrified for you and ourself but just because it’s fucking sad, lads, reaching out like can we hug this time please and thanks]

Jimmy: [do even though he’s for sure crying and I want to]

Janis: [Chubby will be unhelpfully kissing y’all but also cockblocking y’all from doing so so thanks for that because you would]

Jimmy: [he so nearly did and my heart cannot take it sir so don’t]

Janis: [you seriously can’t girl, you know what you’ve done, I will slut shame you, dry your eyes like fucking hell ‘won’t be saying hello now’ like the state of me]

Jimmy: [‘be having to ring Gracie first if we keep on’ like give us your puffy eye after crying tips please]

Janis: [a noise that is just like GOD NO ‘anything but that’ wiping his eyes, not softly but like bants roughly like let’s sort this now then]

Jimmy: [‘there’s the one other way to go about it’ in a thank god for that kind of way, and moving to try and get up, despite the loaf that is Chubby not really helping, like I’ll go shower or whatever and everything will be fine, no Grace necessary]

Janis: [moving Chubby like excuse me sir, please cease and desist ‘you alright for…’ ‘cos do you want me to come help or nah but saying that feels awkward to just say like that]

Jimmy: [‘only really the one way to find that out, an’ all’ cos I’m gonna go and let him try and do this but then probably have him message her in a sec like actually help, because that feels like progress but also realistic for where we are]

Janis: [nod and get more comfortable on this bed, giving Chubby some attention like you must stay here and not follow too, thank you but gesturing at her phone and the general proximity to the bathroom ‘cos we’d hear if you needed us if it was an emergency, not to be dramatic]

Jimmy: It’s no use

Jimmy: I can’t

Janis: No worries, I’m gonna come in now, see how much we can get done together

Janis: [because not going to just bowl in like oh hi but also don’t want to leave you any sort of time so we’re doing a little knock and coming in back first so you can sort yourself however much you feel comfortable to]

Jimmy: [when you’re just here like you’re in someone else’s house and don’t know how the shower works or what to do]

Janis: [taking off any heavier layers of clothing so the stuff you do get wet isn’t weighing you down or making you v uncomfortable but you don’t have to fully strip off like you’re trying to make a move on him ‘shower?’ like you can have a bath if you think that’d be easier]

Jimmy: [getting in said bath rn even though it’s clearly got no water in it like we’re testing to see if we can and that will work, bringing back so many bad mems to all the times he was injured, thanks for that Ian, because truly how it feels, everything is so difficult]

Janis: [‘good practice’ without really thinking about what you’re saying ‘cos have to bath the baby, of course ‘don’t want you getting wedged’ like he’s massive for the bants but really it’s like yeah, probably easier to get you out of the shower, so putting your hand out like come on, let’s do that instead ‘you had it right’ like that was my stupid idea, gently and chill as either of you could be in this moment]

Jimmy: [looking at her stomach for the first time since I think he did when pregnancy test reveal, because you’ve bathed baby Bobby we all know you have, sir, when that handhold is as life depends on it as the jc hug was earlier and I’m FINE]

Janis: [when you know he’s looking at your stomach ‘cos spidey sense, even though you’re very much just trying to focus on getting him in the shower in the most comfortable way for him, which is probably leant against the wall or sat against it, either or, getting in with him so you can pass him the soap etc and direct said shower at him, very casual, nbd at all that we’re still holding hands]

Jimmy: [they’re doing an us, he’s me and she’s you]

Janis: [truly, ‘cept she’s half-clothed which would be something you could be like lol what are we like about]

Jimmy: [I like to think he’d at least try to take some part of said clothes off her when he realises, not remotely in a suggestive way but yeah like what are you doing, you don’t need these, how successful he would be is debatable in this state but the attempt is there]

Janis: [‘they’re wet now’ like it don’t matter vibes but at least stripping down to your bra and pants like alright, there we go, spritzing him in the face for a sec for the bants like okay let’s start there]

Jimmy: [thank god that would distract him and then he’d be focused on actually trying to shower and get clean which would feel like an impossible task because we don’t need him looking at her bruised af body and shutting down again]

Janis: [again, another mistake on your part, clearly not thinking clearly are we, thank god that it’s steamy and we’re both trying to make this as effective as possible like let’s get you feeling fresh because it does help]

Jimmy: [it really does, as will eating something, however much he actually manages to]

Janis: [at least when it comes time to get him out you can wrap a towel around yourself too and get those out of view before either of you realises and wants to die, directing you to the sink ‘cos have to shave your face ‘won’t have any arguments’ like we cannot stand your facial hair that hard]

Jimmy: [the way he’d be trying to do this without having to look at himself a single time in the mirror, same boy, and it’s heartbreaking, thank you, please take over so he doesn’t cut himself gal]

Janis: [we clearly will, just putting our hand over yours like nay nay ‘won’t leave a Hitler tache’ crossing the fingers on our other hand directly in view like hohaha but then focusing on cleaning you up, soz it’s an intimate task but needs must]

Jimmy: [not me thinking about him teaching both his brothers how to shave, because is Ian going to, no, cheers for that brain, if I’m thinking about it Jimothy definitely is and the Casey of it all really hurts]

Janis: [nope, none of this is okay, respectfully get this done as quickly as you can miss, like to think we’ve brought your clean clothes in here because our plan is to see if you’ll go in a different room for a change of scenery too ‘best light this time of day is in your office’ because you would need good light to be able to sign and the implication you’ve been doing work is better than hi I’m in bed, which we assume you’ll pick up on too]

Jimmy: [doing the photographer camera hands without even thinking about it because that’s what good lighting brings to mind, like he’s gonna take a picture of her rn, because how often that’s been a thing]

Janis: [nodding like yeah, exactly, even if you’re only making eye contact via a steamed up mirror rn, pretending you’re looking at some stray eyebrow hair or whatever on your face]

Jimmy: [I’m so glad Chubby will be waiting impatiently for y’all and that’ll hurry you along because that gesture of his made me nearly cry for some reason, I am not okay, lads]

Janis: [just whining at the door how pups do ‘popular’ like he misses you, sir, giving him a hand with his t-shirt without taking over]

Jimmy: [it’s the quiet ‘you’ for me and the therefore stated obvious fact that Chubby misses her actually because she’s been living a life that he’s only been vaguely overhearing that’s really upsetting me rn]

Janis: [shaking your head a little too insistently like no he wants you actually like we don’t have to address the rest of what that does and could mean this way ‘I’m making you [his fave], Bobby’ll be gutted’ ‘cos I’m sure it’s likewise your fave sir]

Jimmy: [when you on autopilot say ‘you’ll have to make it to welcome him home’ without thinking or wanting to have to think about when that’ll be or if she’ll even be here or if she is what a normal cosy fam meal that won’t be, but then of course you are]

Janis: [‘if you want it that many times on the trot’ like he’ll be home that soon because that’s the plan in our head and it also is like so you don’t need to be thinking all the things I know you are]

Jimmy: [soz he’s too in his head and those horrible thoughts to acknowledge what you did there, but I see it hun]

Janis: [‘do you want a bit of time whilst I go make it?’ putting a hand on his shoulder to use some physicality without being like hey look at me and listen too aggressively]

Jimmy: [‘what?’ because he’s far away and did not hear you but he felt that]

Janis: [‘where am I steering you?’ and putting your other hand on his other shoulder and standing behind him like lead the way then]

Jimmy: [‘where are you going?’ because he feels like if he doesn’t stay near her he’ll just fully disappear into his own head and be back at square one and we all want this phonecall to actually happen]

Janis: [an okay then sort of confirmation noise ‘kitchen it is’ and coming to walk more naturally beside you rather than lowkey pushing you like we’ve got this, you’re all good]

Jimmy: [reaching for her hand again because I can just about stop y’all kissing but not the handholding]

Janis: [you can definitely handhold, it’s allowed, get in this kitchen ‘right, put the radio on’ at him like you’re head chef in this moment as you’re getting the ingredients you need out]

Jimmy: [I’ve never been happier that I made sure your brother fixed that kitchen table than I am in this moment, put the radio on, boy, if nothing else you’ve always loved your bops]

Janis: [just letting you chill and have your bops, ‘cos clearly this is something we’ve made a million times and isn’t anything fancy pants ‘cos none of you are, singing and humming along when we wanna, even if it’s somewhat forced ‘cos we’re not that relaxed but we are trying to get into this ‘new normal’]

Jimmy: [it’ll be so northern, there’ll be gravy involved and probably pie lol, because everything starts as bants, we know that, but now it’s your genuine fave]

Janis: [who doesn’t love pastry and gravy tbh, glad you’re also making enough noise that Casey isn’t going to just walk into the kitchen but she probs needs to send a little like, btw, message too]

Janis: Alright, managed to get in the kitchen with him to make this tea so if you’re done before we are, could you leave the bags in the hall? The slower we take it, the better, do you think?

Casey: Top idea, long as you keep the dog out of them til they can get put away

Janis: No problem, he’s got a new bed to crash in currently

Casey: gutted he’ll probably not fancy pissing off out to the pub with us, I’ll go on my own then, like

Janis: Sure he’ll hear you come back and be up for it

Janis: should I save you some then or you rather have pub grub

Casey: you’re alright, don’t know how late I’ll have to stay, do we

Janis: Potentially not, he’s going to call Bobby after in his office though, I’ll let you know?

Casey: back with the shopping in a minute anyway if there’s owt you’re hanging on for as far as making tea goes

Janis: it won’t be this the whole time, one step after another

Janis: see you in a sec then

Casey: still technically a roof over my head, what more could I be after

Janis: we’ll work it out, what does and don’t

Casey: [just come back and put these shopping bags down as near to silently as you can before sneaking out again, obviously Chubby will hear him even if Jimothy and/or Janis do not and I’ll let him go with you because it breaks my heart to think about this boy sitting in the pub alone otherwise]

Janis: [there’s no way you’re ever going to all be able to just be in the same room, not like this but at the minute there isn’t another option so do what you can guys, I like the think we tried to catch you when we went to get whatever ingredient we needed but perhaps we missed you]

Casey: [that’s cinematic and so real of you, boo]

Janis: [just come back in and finish making this dinner so it can go in the oven, the smell of will also be v comforting, can make him another cup of tea whilst you wait for it to be ready]

Jimmy: [I just picture him drawing, not literally on her list but on the pad of paper it came from and with that pen, and even that makes me emosh cos what are you doodling sir]

Janis: [we love that for you though because more like yourself, the temptation to be nosey but also do you wanna know, potentially not]

Jimmy: [I hope you’ve drawn Chubby and not something fucking heartbreaking, but honestly, who can say, technically me but you know]

Janis: [we don’t need to know honey, passing him cutlery like you need to set the table for the two of yous]

Jimmy: [do that please]

Janis: [dish this food up and clearly have extra because most things feed a family but that’s fine ‘cos you can have leftovers ready for him which will be easy to heat and eat, get cold drinks as well and turn the music down a little bit but still leaving it on]

Jimmy: [a not at all casual meal being had, we’re all fine about it]

Janis: [the fact we’re going to have to get the fridge and freezer stuff away before we sit down, like it’s just appeared lol]

Jimmy: [you’re welcome for it being winter instead of in the middle of a heatwave so you could leave it til he’s on this phonecall if you wanted and it’d be okay, slightly less awkward]

Janis: [we’re already making concessions by not letting him come in and be in the same room right now, we don’t need to pretend that he hasn’t done the shopping when he has so it’s what it is]

Jimmy: [my boo says we can’t all pretend he doesn’t exist and she’s so right for it]

Janis: [are we making a point? Yes, but we’re not being cruel about it this time so you know, progress, obviously living together isn’t going to be a viable option long-term but as that convo hasn’t been had yet, and on some level you know he’s here and has been helping you, at least because she told you so like, soz it’s better that you address it in whichever way you’re gonna have to eventually]

Jimmy: [I love to see it, it’s important, as much as Jimothy is within his rights to act like this rn and honestly forever if he wants because of how y’all behaved, it’s simply not feasible when you do live together rn and Casey is literally taking care of him]

Janis: [literally, like if you want him to leave, which is understandable, you still have to say it and you haven’t]

Jimmy: [mhmm, that convo is gonna be horrific when it finally happens but you can’t just not have it ever]

Janis: [no one is saying this isn’t weird but like there’s no right way to deal with it, they couldn’t just leave you how you were, that wouldn’t be any fairer than what has happened]

Jimmy: [you’d have to really not care to do that and neither of jc are those bitches]

Janis: [you might think they don’t care, understandably so, but we know they both do and so do you about both of them, otherwise none of this would be as fucking sad, it’s the point lol]

Jimmy: [what a web that bitch Winnie has weaved, but I’m so glad he’ll have eaten something, if only not to look like death on this facetime but regardless, I’m happy about it]

Janis: [it’s a big step and we’re buzzing, trying to keep this a casual silence more than awkward as much as that’s possible but we don’t wanna stop it being weird by asking you pointless questions when we’d rather you just enjoyed your food]

Jimmy: [the definition of walking on eggshells because she wouldn’t wanna say the wrong thing and send him backwards]

Janis: [mhmm, we just need to get to this phonecall ‘cos we know facing the reality of Bobby also still existing will also help you endlessly so we must get there however]

Jimmy: [agreed, get in that office and speak to your little brother even though you have no clue what the hell you’re gonna say clearly, will have to walk him there gal as if he doesn’t know his way around his own house, but more handholding can never be a negative]

Janis: [unintentional but at least you will also see our bed setup so you know we’re also trying there, even if you don’t know you’ve taken that in, get him set up in his chair and put the desk lamp on so it’s all cosy, giving his face a once over like let’s check you aren’t covered in gravy boy ‘all good?’]

Jimmy: [‘What’ll I say?’ so quiet because it’s to himself as much as it is to her, because v lost on how to handle this, which is another level of heartbreaking in itself because he always knows what he’s doing as far as Bobby’s concerned, even when he was shamelessly a kid out of his depth]

Janis: [propping yourself on the side of the desk for a sec here ‘well, he’ll probably ask what’s going on, you’ll wanna work out what you want to say or don't there’ ‘cos true, what else would he ask ‘but then it’ll just be wanting to know how you are, when he can come back, probably… ask him what school’s been like, what him and Libs have been up to’ just trying to give you the basic rundown without roleplaying this through with you beforehand]

Jimmy: [‘I’ve left it ages’ with hardcore I fucked up energy because shutting Bobby out is just not something he’s ever done before this and we know how freaked out and confused he will be and we hate it]

Janis: [shaking your head ‘it only feels long to us’ ‘cos it actually isn’t out of the thick of it, I think like three days, maybe? But don’t quote me lol]

Jimmy: [nodding because he has to trust her on this, he has literally no concept of time rn because he’s been sleeping so much and nothing has had any structure]

Janis: [biting our lip ‘you could just say we’ve been having problems, he’ll know that means don’t ask for more info right now?’ ‘cos we know you wouldn’t know where to begin with that and how else can you really explain without doing so ‘say what you want though’ ‘cos not being like you cannot say obvs]

Jimmy: [doing the sign for problems like he’s trying it out because we’re forever just trying to play catch up on processing anything rn, like yeah okay]

Janis: [nodding like okay, good, he didn’t take that horrifically, using his shoulder to pull ourselves up and towards the door ‘I’ll be out here’ literally pointing to the sofas so it goes in, like if you do need me but also this convo is for you so we aren’t going to butt in]

Jimmy: [reaching out and giving her hand a squeeze because don’t want her to go but she has to or y’all will just sit here and time will pass and this convo that needs to happen won’t]

Janis: [giving it a squeeze back ‘he’ll want to talk to you’ like Bobby won’t have been worrying about us, this is for you, boy]

Jimmy: [‘and you’ll be out there?’ like she has to promise because the fear that she just suddenly won’t]

Janis: [‘right there’ with the I promise being in the tone, giving her suitcase a little kick like see, I’m staying ‘set up camp, haven’t I’]

Jimmy: [his face is 🥺 af @ her but actually calling so there’s no backing out and he’s allowing her to leave before this call connects]

Janis: [giving his cheek a kiss ‘you’ve got this’ and making your exit, you’re not going to be able to fully relax, lowkey just here trying to guess how it’s going in there, but at least you’ve got some time to just be by yourself]

Jimmy: [the torture of not being able to overhear anything because they aren’t speaking, my nosey ass would hate that]

Janis: [honestly lmao, at least the fact that he hasn’t just come out or called for you or anything means they probably are in fact having the phone call so that’s something, I will now send Casey an update text in this time]

Janis: They’re on the phone, can’t tell how it’s going, obviously but yeah, another step

Casey: He didn’t cry off instead of ringing, it’ll do

Janis: I couldn’t take the piss, it’s going to be shit but nah, deffo called him, I saw that far

Casey: our kid’d be turning up to have the convo if he left it much longer, in fairness

Janis: yeah, exactly, this is easier on him

Janis: like you said before, that could backfire, bringing Bob back if Jimmy’s not ready

Casey: they’ll be ages, you’ll wanna get that shopping away

Janis: Already did

Janis: how rude of me to let your quality picks wilt in the hall, like

Casey: you’re alright, some lass with a name badge did most the work

Janis: 😏 fact I’m not a slacker remains, dickhead

Casey: how else were I gonna change the subject though, like

Janis: didn’t know awkward conversation was catching

Casey: I dunno when I was last sober for this long, must be why it’s awkward

Janis: He’s sorted and I’m here now, you can have tonight

Casey: I’m not my dad, can’t be getting off my face on my own

Janis: not a great look

Janis: but you’re not in a room with the curtains closed and your fly open

Janis: you always make friends wherever you go, right

Casey: when I’m in the mood, maybe

Janis: fair, I wouldn’t be, even if I could

Casey: stay here and I’ll only start on someone

Janis: You can come back

Janis: not that I can offer that that’s gonna feel any better but just so you know

Casey: and put myself where, in my room with the door closed

Janis: I did say, wasn’t promising fun

Janis: but you live here too, ‘til he wants to say otherwise, that’s how it is

Casey: you’ve covered yourself, girl, don’t worry, no dickhead can say I don’t get it

Casey: but fuck it, I’ll take the dog another walk

Janis: There’s no point pretending you don’t exist, that isn’t how we resolve this

Casey: it ain’t up to me, I wronged him by fucking his missus, I don’t get no say in how he fancies treating us after

Janis: fine, enjoy your walk

Casey: no need to give me that

Janis: what

Casey: you know what

Janis: I meant it, however insincere it feels when you’re exiled out on another one

Casey: alright

Janis: no it’s not, because look what happens, you two don’t acknowledge each other, again, and I’m the fucking go-between, again

Janis: this is ridiculous

Casey: It is, yeah, but I fucking guarantee you don’t want us to force him to acknowledge me, ‘cause what happens then’ll undo whatever is at the minute

Janis: I’m just sick of this

Casey: you reckon I’m not

Casey: I’d be chuffed to bits to have it out with him, least I would til all that bloody comes from it is he’s back in bed on mute

Janis: I can’t do any of this like a normal fucking person would because he hasn’t

Janis: I should be skulking somewhere in shame, not trying to fix the mess I made for him

Casey: I can’t keep on asking you to do the bollocks you did today again just ‘cause I wanna give him a smack hard enough to snap him out of all this

Janis: We haven’t got a choice though, we both know that

Janis: not one we can stomach, even if this is just… bullshit

Casey: I’ve got the choice to hit a different dickhead and not set him back to the start, nowt else

Janis: I can’t judge you for it

Janis: at best I could do some fucked up kind of jealousy but I’m just glad for you, really

Casey: I’ll try not to go to that place in my head where I can’t remember, that way you can have the retelling and less to be jealous about

Janis: you’ve got better self-control than you reckon, or you would’ve gone for him the second we got back

Janis: I know you’ll know when to stop, you’re not allowed to piss off to prison without me

Casey: be like kicking the dog is why, or waiting for you to have your kid and slapping that

Janis: well you waited a whole decade to touch me so my point is still true

Janis: if you wanna smack someone, I’m not worried about you, not just because you made it sound hot, alright

Casey: you know what I really want, and that it’s none of this

Janis: of course I do

Casey: I can’t hack a decade of this sort of waiting

Janis: it won’t be

Janis: barely made it the first time ‘round

Casey: I’ve been so fucking worried about you

Janis: I’m sorry, I wanted to talk to you, way more than I let myself but

Janis: I just want this part over so badly

Casey: I’m so fucking proud of you too, you did it, you got him up and talking to Bob

Janis: he ate too

Janis: I just wish he got that you were helping too, not just me but

Janis: I know that’s not what we wanna focus on, just getting him functional, that’s all

Casey: there’s no changing habits that old, but you’re right, it don’t matter, I’ll live

Janis: I’ll tell him one day, when we’re at that screaming phase, I guess

Casey: they need me to be what dad’s never gonna, it’s alright, he’s not about or bothered enough, I get it

Janis: it ain’t when you’re not him

Casey: to them I am, it’s all the same

Janis: I’ll be whatever new role they want me in too

Janis: that is what it is

Casey: as long as it don’t change things between me and you, I don’t care

Janis: you know me, I know you

Janis: I’m not interested in the fantasy I can’t live up to

Casey: I can chuck you loads better fantasies

Janis: yeah, no challenge there

Casey: only challenge is in the no touching now

Janis: you had to remind me, like I don’t already miss you

Casey: you never stuck your head out into the hall, can’t miss us that bad

Janis: Um yes I did

Janis: you must’ve run out like there was a rocket up you

Casey: I had to, how bad I miss you, I’d have lost as soon as, else

Janis: hard to see how it’d feel like losing rn

Casey: he’s on a call, we could be an’ all, it’s not breaking no rules, couldn’t touch you if I wanted to

Janis: I’m meant to be waiting outside in case he needs anything though

Casey: you are and you still can do

Janis: we could sign too, or do you want to talk to me?

Casey: hearing your voice means having to keep on waiting til you’ve stopped needing to for him and I can’t

Janis: then facetime me now

Casey: [do obvs and just be STARING at her for a full minute]

Janis: [I don’t know how you don’t speak when you can, it’s very unnatural and a totally different vibe to literally not being capable but anyway, of course we’re STARING back, even if that also includes checking you over and trying to work out where you are based on the limited background etc]

Casey: [100% checking her over too because any number of heartbreaking or horrible things could have happened whilst this JJ time was occurring so need to make sure she’s okay, fully showing her all of him like she’s looking him up and down, because clearly you haven’t gotten in a fight yet but it was close and she knows that]

Janis: [do the same but by getting well in your face to show you’ve not been having a total meltdown this whole time screaming crying throwing up like I’m okay, promise; as we know this whole time you’re signing unless otherwise stated at any point so I won’t say so after this because redundant ‘hey you’]

Casey: [doing SUCH a deep breath that Jimothy won’t hear because he’s booked and busy but she will because so relieved you’re okay and calming down as a result and we need you to know it, likewise putting Chubby on so he can sniff and lick the screen like it’s a hey back from both of us over here]

Janis: [doing your own intake of breath with a smile because just that pleased to see you, as well as this dog too, of course ‘how many treats did you wanna buy him?’ ‘cos tell me I’m wrong, you can’t]

Casey: [counting off on his fingers to 10 and then holding them up over and over like we’re saying oh hundreds obvs]

Janis: [‘nerd’ with all the affection ever]

Casey: [an unnecessarily big pout just to do it, we all know you aren’t remotely that heartbroken or offended, sir]

Janis: [pulling your own with your finger and thumb like if I was there, sir]

Casey: [biting his lip v dramatically like 1. Yes I know that’s what you’d be doing and 2. Because need to in order to not make a sound thinking about it]

Janis: [copying you for the same reasons as well as just to do it ‘don’t get too many bruises on your face’ like if you get in a fight]

Casey: [‘don’t you wanna kiss them better for me?’ like surely I should get all the bruises so you can]

Janis: [‘maybe I’ll be too jealous’ like of someone else giving you any kind of bruises, shrugging like I don’t know yet]

Casey: [‘piss easy to not let them get up after the first bruise I give out, but it’ll be over right quick’ because do you want that or do you want a story you can live vicariously through]

Janis: [pausing like we’re thinking ‘I want you back as soon as you can be here without being stuck in your room’]

Casey: [‘I’ll come back soon as you tell me to, wherever that means I have to be’]

Janis: [‘it’ll be worse if you’re here and I can’t see you’ like no neither of us wants that]

Casey: [STARING at her again because true]

Janis: [‘being in the kitchen was…’ no need to finish because we all know how confusing that would be on your feelings]

Casey: [‘the table leg stay on?’ because we’re all thinking it, he’s not a DIY expert it could have so easily not]

Janis: [doing a really little laugh that is more just the exhale of it but you can tell it would be if we could ‘thank god’ because imagine]

Casey: [‘still, probably a massive pisstake to ask you to get on it for us now’ because you know damn well he wants that to happen]

Janis: [LOOKING over at the kitchen area ‘cos of course we want to ‘I’m bound to the sofa’ panning to show you’re attempting to chill here ‘cos you promised not to go]

Casey: [when you can tell by his face he’s reliving all their saucy mems on that sofa, can’t not]

Janis: [watching his face with heart eyes and a smirk ‘could be worse’ like at least I’m not somewhere we have yet to bang lmao]

Casey: [showing around her wherever he is like yep it could, because definitely just was randomly walking away from the pub with no destination in mind except not the direction of home]

Janis: [do your own pout even though you mean it way more sincerely than he did earlier]

Casey: [running his thumb over his own bottom lip so slowly and deliberately because would be to you if he could hun]

Janis: [closing your eyes, just for a sec, so you can really try and imagine it’s happening to you]

Casey: [putting said thumb into his mouth because he knows she would and we gotta get the sensations of if she was biting or sucking it happening here, quiet as we have to be with it]

Janis: [back to STARING and copying for us ‘yours feels different’ very much unimpressed like I prefer it when it’s you thank you]

Casey: [‘yeah’ because hard agree it’s better when you do this]

Janis: [‘you look really good doing it though’ like that’s a pretty good consolation, considering]

Casey: [‘you too’ because it’s true and we’re gonna say it ‘you look really fucking good right now’ like full stop and regardless of what you’re doing or not doing]

Janis: [‘I think you’ll look even better when you win your fight’]

Casey: [‘I’ll feel better and so will you, baby’ with the energy of we’ll make sure you also feel all the good things we will]

Janis: [‘I want that for you’ because really do, soz not soz everyone]

Casey: [‘what are you after for yourself?’ like tell me exactly how you’d want this fight to play out if you could kick someone’s head in rn and I’ll try to give you it]

Janis: [‘any twat you won’t have to think twice about hurting’ ‘cos don’t need to give you any guilt with this release of pent up frustration and emotions, then just be vivid and v descriptive about all the enjoyable parts of fights you can remember and what you are imagining rn, you get the idea]

Casey: [it’s weird flirting and he’s into it, that would be blatant as he’s listening to this and then chipping in his own ideas and suggestions]

Janis: [we know you both are, to an inconvenient degree at this point, being so !! with how enthusiastically we’re signing and our eyes, always]

Casey: [likewise as !! of course, lowkey breathing too loud but it could be a lot worse, we know what this boy is like]

Janis: [‘you called me baby’ so happily, as if we just noticed ‘cos lowkey too wrapped up in this]

Casey: [‘you know you’re my baby’ like of course I did and I’ll do it again, have clearly never signed that before in your life have you, boy, because who else are you calling baby that understands sign language]

Janis: [‘I miss you so much it hurts’ like actually cannot deal with this]

Casey: [‘where?’ as if he can kiss it better rn immediately ‘show me’]

Janis: [‘you know where’ 😳 ‘cos can’t exactly show you that right now]

Casey: [genuine 🥺]

Janis: [‘you’ve given me loads to think about, I can show you in a bit’ like whenever we’re not stuck outside this door and can steal enough privacy to]

Casey: [making the sign for ILY which is literally 🤟 but making it obvious af that we’d be touching you like that rn in the most suggestive manner if we could like I’d show you]

Janis: [doing it back with a ? look almost as if you’re saying like this? moving said hand down like okay]

Casey: [nodding encouragingly like yes exactly]

Janis: [even if we’re not being as indecent as we could be/you would be, we’re doing enough to make us have to silent gasp at you]

Casey: [SO about it]

Janis: [‘YOUR baby’ like we’re * ourself because you said that after and even better]

Casey: [‘mine’ but spelling it out each letter in fingerspelling for the pure emphasis and !! instead of just doing the sign whatever that is]

Janis: [doing ‘yours’ back in the same manner]

Casey: [‘don’t stop, I’ll never stop loving you or showing you how much’ as if she can just keep touching herself with a ILY hand and stay silent]

Janis: [nodding so seriously as if you can too like okay]

Casey: [what an impossible challenge you’ve set sir, just LOOKING at her, obvs]

Janis: [at least you have more practice than him with this because you would have to when you were shamelessly thinking about him]

Casey: [mouthing ‘more’ at her because who is he if he doesn’t encourage her to go harder despite the danger]

Janis: [‘you’re so-’ with our lazy one-handed signing, of course, because we are]

Casey: [‘you’ with all the !! he can put into that]

Janis: [the way our face is looking so indecent because can do everything but let the sound follow ‘I’m bad at this’ obviously not meaning this lol but leaving you the hell alone]

Casey: [could not be watching her face more intensely rn to the point he has to ask her to say what she said again because totally missed it]

Janis: [😏 about this but do repeat it]

Casey: [smiling like yeah you are and we couldn’t be happier about it]

Janis: [fake pouting]

Casey: [‘seeing you like that is gonna make us have to for real’ like gal I know you’re faking it but I really will pout at not being there rn if you don’t stop it]

Janis: [‘you can look away’ like you cannot and we know it]

Casey: [shaking his head because he knows he cannot too ‘but you could pretend I’m stood there’ gesturing to the arm of the sofa like let’s pretend that’s me]

Janis: [pointing to the same spot like here? And nuzzling our face like okay, first things first]

Casey: [closing his eyes for a sec how she did before cos really trying to feel that]

Janis: [after wuggling on this sofa arm for a minute, blatantly gonna straddle it, even if it makes us make a noise, it’ll still be quiet enough to just be you living life out here so it’s FINE]

Casey: [can’t help doing a GASP at the noise she made but it’s v quiet too so also FINE]

Janis: [when it’s like it’s actually him with these reactions so you’re going harder ‘can you feel that?’]

Casey: [biting his hand because yes he can and gotta not be noisy about it]

Janis: [would like to point out that she’s still just wearing her underwear and a towel ‘cos didn’t take the time to dress herself ‘cos too much else to be doing so there’s that ‘I can imagine what that feels like exactly’ ‘cos how many times he’s bitten you at this point]

Casey: [thanks for pointing that out because I didn’t even think about it and how iconic, meanwhile he has all the clothes on cos outside frankly god knows where but nevertheless using something in this random location as a makeshift her too and being like ‘what about this?’ cos can you feel how extra he’s being, we know you can]

Janis: [yes I realised when she was making that dinner but could hardly be like oh brb whilst I change ‘cos what’s the point, just keep on going gal lol; mouthing his name at him because we truly can’t deal at this point]

Casey: [mouthing her name back at her too, he’s gotta, no notes]

Janis: [‘I want-’ can’t finish it]

Casey: [‘anything’ meaning whatever it is you can have it]

Janis: [‘spoiled’ @ ourselves like ugh but we’re incapable of being fully mad in this moment unless we chill with what we’re doing]

Casey: [‘tell me’ because wanna know so we can give you it]

Janis: [hiding your face in your hair for a sec, lowkey biting on it because gotta stay quiet however ‘show me you’]

Casey: [when a quiet moan escapes despite his best efforts because her biting her hair would really get to him like that, soz not soz everyone, but there’s no hesitation in giving her what she wants regardless]

Janis: [soz that if anything you gonna need more hair in your mouth now ‘cos you’re fully !! first at his lil moan and then at the obvious ‘mine’ with the fingerspelling again]

Casey: [holding his own throat to try and shut himself up and because can’t not when she’s got even more hair in her mouth now, he’s dying about it]

Janis: [copying him isn’t a good idea ‘cos that makes you feral but have to at least for a moment here, even if we quickly realise who we are lol]

Casey: [you’d definitely have the same realisation that it’s making things worse not better in terms of trying to not be feral af, the shakiest breath of all time when he lets go, realistically at the same time as her because they love to mirror]

Janis: [just LOOKING at him because how do we feel like this when we’re so limited with what we can do rn]

Casey: [LOOKING back at her ‘I-’ mouthed but almost whispered because we’re overwhelmed]

Janis: [pushing your hair back out of your face because it’s a mess and your face is too red and you need to cool down, literally ‘I know, baby’]

Casey: [stroking his own face how he would hers because his hands are cold from being wherever the hell he is outside]

Janis: [again closing our eyes to imagine it properly, doing some big breaths]

Casey: [always has water for Chubby so getting that and drinking some of it, indecently of course, so it’s not gonna help either of you that much, but anyway lol]

Janis: [lay back down in a more normal less suspect position on this sofa, still glued to watching you though ‘cos we don’t wanna be done but we did need to calm down there]

Casey: [gesturing that she should get the blanket and some cushions as if this is just casual chilling time but there’s blatantly the you can pretend I’m there snuggling you of it]

Janis: [do that, lowkey making yourself a pregnancy pillow vibe with these cushions so you can have it between your legs in a more chill way ‘I miss you��]

Casey: [‘I’m right there’ as if you can both be convinced of it because you both want it enough]

Janis: [‘are you cold?’ hugging these pillows harder like we can warmth you from here]

Casey: [‘not no more’ like she actually is warming us up by doing that]

Janis: [‘you know he won’t be up for much longer’ not trying to be shady we just know he has limits and today’s have been reached, like you can come back soon]

Casey: [‘then I can come back’ because shady or not, he can’t be staying out here all night, Chubby needs to be fed and to snooze, he’s just a bub]

Janis: [nod because exactly ‘I’ll look after you properly’]

Casey: [doing such a soft little kiss on this phone screen as if he’s kissing her on the head]

Janis: [‘wish I had an excuse to shower you too’ shamelessly like that would be nice]

Casey: [‘could pretend the dog needs a bath’ cos he is on a walk rn, maybe he’s getting gross, who can say, and he is massive so it would need two of you]

Janis: [just a look like could but we struggled enough being quiet then so let’s not kid ourselves lol]

Casey: [a look like think about how much noise this dog would be making if we were, not to mention how flooded the bathroom would be, tis the perfect cover]

Janis: [‘poor baby’ like Chubby is gonna see some things if we try that but we’re obviously thinking about it lmao]

Casey: [‘just think about it’ because really want you to imagine it hun and he clearly is rn too]

Janis: [‘it isn’t touching if I’m just helping you get clean and warm’ like there’s any justifying it that can or needs to be done]

Casey: [‘a mate wouldn’t leave us all bloody’ as if we’re gonna come home from brawling absolutely covered in it]

Janis: [doing your own lil moan but it’s v frustrated so you could just be annoyed at something you’ve seen on the telly or your phone but really you had almost forgot about that minor detail and how much harder that’ll make it for you ‘I would never’]

Casey: [‘you’re a proper mate and a really good girl’ gotta say it because it makes her feral]

Janis: [biting the inside of your cheeks ‘til your eyes water here ‘you need me, yeah?’]

Casey: [‘so much’ because an understatement rn]

Janis: [‘too bad he’s a boy’ ‘cos not getting away with saying that in person and truly gutted]

Casey: [‘still gotta be told how well he’s behaving’ cos just thinking about other times he’s told Chubby how good and well behaved he is but he was talking to her, like I can get round that lil obstacle, don’t even worry]

Janis: [‘don’t want him to get daddy issues’ 😏🙄 @ ourself for liking any of this]

Casey: [😏 shamelessly buzzing you do have them, soz about it]

Janis: [🖕 at you but would be laughing if we could too ‘only worthwhile thing he gave me so’]

Casey: [‘I dunno about that’ because looking at all her skin he can see despite this blanket, like the skin tone do be incredible, as much as you really do look like Tess and your mum more]

Janis: [‘Ian’s gonna be so disappointed’ like lol where has the lowkey racism gone]

Casey: [‘that you didn’t go for him, yeah’ like how dare you not cheat with Ian instead, the audacity]

Janis: [such a face like none of us need to imagine that parallel universe ‘not enough daddy issues, clearly’]

Casey: [‘you’ll have to stop signing it now’ like gutted you don’t have enough for us to keep talking about this, but actually the d word is just killing us]

Janis: [do it like you’re just saying it over and over to be annoying with it like ha ha]

Casey: [mouthing ‘don’t’ with all the daddy energy he can bring when he’s dying this hard because stop it please]

Janis: [zipping your lips like you were saying it out loud to begin with]

Casey: [shamelessly showing her the physical effect that had on him because she’d feel it if he was there with her rn]

Janis: [‘anyone would think you wanted me to say it’ !! here like mixed messages much]

Casey: [‘I want you to find the remote’ cos we all remember when he fucked and smacked her with said tv remote and you need that reminder immediately gal]

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