crucio (crucio) wrote in cwf,
@ 2010-01-20 05:33:00

Open to Basil
Vance was a smart kid, but math was not at all his strong suit. He did all right, but he was anxious about a test that was coming up, and he it was easy for him to figure out that a good person to help him study was Basil. Of course, sometimes he asked Wendell for help, but the older wolf could sometimes have his hands full with the little ones or his work so Vance didn't want to overload him. Plus Basil and Vance were schoolmates, and packmates, and Vance liked the kid. At school, Basil was the only real person he felt comfortable talking to. He liked Joshua, too, so far but Joshua wasn't enrolled just yet though Vance had a feeling the boy would be soon.

At the moment Vance was sitting at the kitchen table in the mainhouse with Basil, both working on their homework quietly. Vance was anxious to get done so that he could spend time with Pirate, and he was sure that Basil was just as anxious so that he could spend time with Emmy. Vance was pretty happy to be back in school, especially since he'd had to miss out on the first semester while he got use to shifting and the ways of being a fully fledged wolf.

After a quiet twenty minutes, he got up to get himself a glass of tea, and he got one for Basil too. He carried both glasses over to the table and set them down before he got settled again.

"Jason Claymore asked me to the Valentine dance," he told Basil after a moment. "And he said Davey Salerno wants to ask you."

Vance, of course, had said no just as he knew Basil would. But it was surprising that two very well known guys at school were interested in them. They were sort of outcasts, but apparently very pretty outcasts.

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crucio
2010-01-21 11:47 pm UTC (link)

"He was being a jerk," Vance said simply, as if that explained everything. "He just looks that way because he doesn't like to get close to people, that's all. You have to really work for it." How Vance had accomplished it, he still wasn't entirely sure, but he was glad that he had. More than glad. "And he does judge people sometimes, I don't think he really realizes it. He'll come around." He had for Vance, so why not for other people, right?

He grabbed his bag up off of the floor and started to pack his homework away while he listened to Basil, and he couldn't help but offer the other boy a smile.

"I know how that feels," he said honestly. He'd been afraid of the same thing with Pirate at first. "I really thought I was going to be too young for Pirate, you know? Sometimes I'm still surprised he gives me the time of day."

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-22 03:11 am UTC (link)

Basil wasn't quite finished with his work, but he liked to have a little left so he could do it in the morning. It gave him something to do, something to stare at intently when he got to school early. God forbid he talk to anyone. He shut his books and finished his tea as he stood up. "Vance, isn't their pack here temporarily? What will you do if they can ever return to their home?" He'd considered himself leaving because of college, but he didn't want to make Emmerson leave and he knew he couldn't live without him.

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	crucio 2010-01-22 05:23 am UTC (link)
	"I'll probably go with them," Vance said simply as he glanced over at Basil. "Wherever Pirate is, I wanna be. He's home to me. I know that probably sounds a little ridiculous, but it's just the way I feel, you know? I can always come back here and see you guys, and Vaughn, but I belong with Pirate. You know?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-01-22 05:27 am UTC (link)

Basil shook his head. "It doesn't sound ridiculous at all." It made a lot of sense to Basil, but he also hadn't been a part of this pack as long as Emmerson had. "Depending on where I go to college, I want Emmy to come with me, but I worry a little about asking." He didn't want to put him in a difficult position. Even though schooling wasn't forever, it could take awhile depending on the level Basil wanted to achieve.

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crucio
2010-01-22 06:22 am UTC (link)

"There's no harm in asking," Vance said simply. He was the type who always spoke his mind and put himself, and his feelings, out there when he felt it was right. "Just try. See what he says. At least then you'll know for sure, yes or no. It's better than wondering, isn't it?"

He went to rinse his glass off in the sink before he tucked it away inside of the dishwasher, and then he turned to face Basil again with a smile.

"What if Davey Salerno asks you to dance?" he asked, all ready thinking ahead. What if they got to the dance and Davey asked Basil to dance? It would be kind of cute, and harmless, at least Vance thought so.

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-22 06:09 pm UTC (link)

Basil considered that scenario and had to think on it awhile. "Well, it is a dance so I suppose it would defeat the purpose of going if I didn't dance." Basil hadn't considered that part until just now. "I'm not very good at dancing," he said with a sigh. He'd attended a few big balls when he was little and he'd hated every minute of it. If people thought he was stuffy, then they hadn't even begun to see the extent of his father's stuffiness and his friends.

"Do you think they waltz and foxtrot and things like that? It's seemi-formal, isn't it. Of course they'll waltz."

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crucio
2010-01-22 08:11 pm UTC (link)

"They won't waltz, or foxtrot," Vance told him with a smile. It was difficult not to find the seriousness with which Basil spoke cute. "They won't do any sort of formal dancing, trust me. It'll all be, you know, spazzy dancing you see in music videos on MTV and VH1. If I were you, I'd stay away from fast songs and only dance to the slow ones. And dancing to the slow ones entail just putting your arms around someone and moving in a slow swaying circle, back and forth."

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-23 12:05 am UTC (link)

"Spazzy?" The word sounded utterly foreign on his lips. He tried to imagine people dancing in spasms. Tes had forced him to sit down and watch MTV for a whole hour once, claiming that he needed to get more in touch with his age. It had been an interesting excursion into modern popular culture. "I'm not sure I can dance like that either, so it's a good idea for me to sit fast ones out." He spoke as if he were making himself a list of do's and don'ts for the dance, which he was.

If anyone asked him to dance, he was going to have a heart attack, but he was going to try. "So we're definitely going? Do you have anything to wear?"

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	crucio 2010-01-23 01:44 am UTC (link)
	Vance leaned against the countertop and watched Basil with an amused smile. He nodded his head at the other wolf's question, and he reached out to tug at Basil's shirt. "I do, probably just some nice shirt and some dress slacks an my converse," he said with a shrug. "What about you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	impotentwaffle 2010-01-23 07:19 am UTC (link)
	"I think I have a tuxedo in my closet that still fits, but I suspect that will be too formal and I'll end up looking ridiculous by comparison." There was so much to be concerned about. He glanced down at what he was wearing right then, a polo shirt and slacks. Certainly not semi-formal. "I'm sure I can find something," he said with uncertainty. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crucio 2010-01-23 07:50 am UTC (link)
	"You suspect right," Vance grinned. "I'll help you, don't worry. I think that one of the wolf's in Kingston's pack is a clothing designer, bet you he can help." "Help with what?" Emmy asked as he came in from the cold, and obviously a run. Emmerson had no shoes or shirt on, which Vance found insane due to the cold. He was a wolf, but he was a baby about the cold. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-01-23 05:20 pm UTC (link)

When Basil noticed Emmy looking and smelling like that, his head went sort of numb and he stared, still able to be floored by how much he wanted the other wolf. If the possibility that they ever broke up existed, Basil wasn't sure he'd survive it. He couldn't even answer the question right away because he was so busy breathing in that rich scent of lingering wolf and wild.

"Um," he finally said. "Oh. Actually that's something I wished to speak with you about." He quickly fell back into his formal pattern of speech once he regained his mental faculties.

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crucio
2010-01-24 07:10 am UTC (link)

"Oh really?" Emmy smiled as he went over to Basil so that he could lean down and press a kiss to the boy's mouth. "You don't have to wish that all, just do it whenever you want. Vaughn made dinner at home, are you two hungry?"

He considered his home Basil's home, the kid had all but moved in, and Emmy wanted him around as much as possible.

"I'm eating with Pirate and Louisa, but thanks for the offer," Vance said as he grabbed his bag up and went for the back door. "See you in the morning, Bay."

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-24 09:21 am UTC (link)

The nickname had always struck him as odd, but at the same time he liked it. It felt personal and special. "I'm hungry," he said once Vance had left. He didn't think that ever wasn't the case.

He pulled his bag over his shoulder, glad to be done with homework for the evening. Slipping his hand into Emmerson's, he headed out so that they could go home. "There's a Valentine's dance coming up at school," he began. "Vance and I want to go together. Well--not together, alone together. Stag, I think he called it."

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crucio
2010-01-24 09:34 am UTC (link)

Emmy slipped his fingers in with Basil's and led the way out of the door. It was clear that he'd come to the mainhouse just to walk Basil home, and as the boy spoke he lifted their hands up to his mouth so that he could press a kiss to the back of Basil's.

"That sounds fun," he smiled softly. He liked that Vance and Basil got along, and he was glad that his mate had a friend his age. "I wish I could take you."

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-24 06:28 pm UTC (link)

"I wish you could too," he agreed with a firm nod. He couldn't wait to be older so that the age difference didn't really matter as much to the rest of the world. Basil had learned to be about proper appearances, especially to hide what he was to the public, so if people found out about who he was dating, he got the feeling he'd get anxious of what they'd think. "Vance said a boy from school was going to ask me. A human." Like he needed to specify.

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crucio
2010-01-25 01:09 am UTC (link)

"Yeah? Well, that doesn't surprise me, you know," Emmerson told Basil with a smile as he led the way up the porch steps to their house. The smell of steak, potatos, corn on the cob, and freshly cooked rolls could be smelled. "You're smart and attractive," he added as he held the door open for Basil to slip inside first before he followed. "And you have a cute butt," he added with a swat as the boy passed him by.

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-25 01:58 am UTC (link)

Basil let out a loud squeak of surprise and he wheeled around with a pink face. "I do not!" he laughed in an uncommon burst of mirth. Basil was usually so dry and serious. The swat had set a smile on his face though. "Would you be jealous if I danced with other people? Vance says I should slow dance. I doubt i'd be very good at spazzy dancing." He used Vance's word and it sounded awkward coming from him, like he was trying out a word from an entirely different language.

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crucio
2010-01-25 02:16 am UTC (link)

"Yes you do," Emmy said with a grin as he stepped forward to wrap his arms around Basil. He let his hands slip down to cup at the boy's ass and he gave a playful squeeze. He pressed a quick kiss to Basil's mouth before he let him go to dish up their plates. "I might be a little jealous, but in a good I'll his ravage you when you come home kind of way," he grinned. "Dancing is harmless, as long as nothing else happens."

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-25 02:38 am UTC (link)

The very notion of dancing with someone else, all the while thinking about how Emmerson was going to act possessive when he got home and take time to lay claim to him again was enough to make his knees go weak. He may have been quite hungry right then, but he really felt like kissing Emmy again.

But he controlled himself and went to make the plates up. When he was done, he took them to the little kitchen table. "Then I'll dance and work up an appetite for you."

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crucio
2010-01-25 03:07 am UTC (link)

"You do that," Emmy grinned as he poured himself a glass of juice, and one for Basil too. "Are you nervous? Probably wondering what to wear?" he asked as he set the glasses down and had a seat. "That new fox from the Portland pack makes clothes." Vance had said wolf, but he hadn't met Shannon in person yet. "He's really good. He made Aryk some pants and a vest, really nice."

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-25 03:41 am UTC (link)

Basil had lots of expensive clothes, but they weren't all very stylish or modern. He was also growing rapidly and growing out of all the clothes he'd brought from home. "A vest?" He perked up a little. "That sounds sharp." He liked the way vests looked under suit jackets, but that was a little to formal, but maybe just a vest would be relaxed enough. "Do you think it wouldn't be too much of a bother to ask him to help?" He hated to be a burden.

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	crucio 2010-01-25 04:11 am UTC (link)
	"I think he'd like to it, he seemed really happy when he found out how much Aryk was into vintage clothing," Emmerson said as he started to cut up his steak. He all ready knew that Vaughn was upstairs with Ever, and Ever was writing, so he wasn't expecting them to come down. "I'd ask him to make me something, but I don't wear a lot of clothes," he grinned. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-01-25 04:20 pm UTC (link)

"And i'd like to keep it that way," he said quickly. "No use in altering a good thing." He smiled a little and took a bite of steak. He ate with meticulous precision, back straight, exact motions of his hands. It was impossible to break that kind of training. The idea of slouching and shoveling food into his mouth, no matter how hungry he was, was apalling.

"All right, I'll ask him." He was even more excited now and he was trying to hold it in.

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	crucio 2010-01-25 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Watching how precisely Basil ate, Emmy couldn't help but smile in adoration. He imagined that they were quite the odd couple. Basil and his need to perfect everything probably seemed strange paired with Emmy and his oh so easy going behavior. "You're dating a hippie you know," he teased with a playful grin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)