"Me either..." Josh admits. "Not complaining though."

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Giving a shiver, Avalon hugs onto Josh a bit more tightly for a moment and then sighs out a breath as he tries to let go of all his sudden tension.

"Yea.. I'm not either. Just kind of surprised is all." he then admits softly.

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Josh reaches out and gently pets one of Ava's wings a moment.

"Yeah. I'm surprised too...but I really love you guys. Glad it did happen," he says, blushing.

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Josh's touch is soothing to Avalon, and he sighs out a breath and allows himself to go boneless against the other boy. "Yea.. me too." he then admits.

A bit of a smile plays on his lips, and he slides up enough to press a kiss to the corner of Josh's lips. "All is and will be well.. Remember when I told you that, when we first met?"

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Josh smiles after the kiss. His eyebrows arch and he smirks. "Before or after you threatened to cut me to ribbons for being over Henry?" he teases. "Yeah...I remember."

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"I have a secret to confess." Avalon then says, his eyes bright with amusement. "I can not cut with my constructs the way Henry does with his. If I wish to harm someone, I must do it with my own hands.. You were never in danger of harm of becoming a ribbon; but I certainly would have made sure you regretted touching him had you meant harm."

Avalon leans in then, nuzzling at Josh's throat as he whispers, "Henry is my partner.. but now so are you. You have no need to ever fear me."

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Josh blinks and glances at Ava's hand. He mutters something about crazy space rings and shakes his head.

The nuzzling brings a deep blush to Josh's face. "I am?"

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""Yes. You are." replies Avalon in a warm tone, before he sits up a bit, arching his spine in a stretch while he arcs his wings towards the ceiling. His body is stiff after all the previous gymnastics, and his feathers are all out of whack.

Coming to curl up against Josh's side, but sitting up, Avalon asks shyly, "Want to help me straighten my feathers?"

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Joshua just watches Ava, smiling the whole time. He shuffles into a sitting position and nods. "Sure. Just tell me the right way to do it."

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Ava presses up to Josh's side and then gives the other boy a grin as he pulls one wing around the two of them and starts to gently twist the feathers that were out of place, back into proper alignment.

"It's rather easy." he says softly, "You just get them all turned the same way.."

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Josh scoots over and lets out a thoughtful noise. He watches and then nods. "Alright," he replies, reaching out to straighten the feathers.

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It's a rather delicious thing for someone to help Avalon with his feathers, and he shivers some before he sets to work, his hands moving through the feathers of his other wing as he leaves one to Josh's efforts.

Avalon just works in comfortable silence, enjoying his place cuddled up against Josh's side. Things are warm and happy right now, and he's content to just bask in those emotions as they lay thick and heavy in the room.

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A few minutes later, Henry steps back into the room with three plates with sandwiches and three tall glasses of milk, carried on a green floating tray.

"Here, guys," he offers as the tray floats to them; he shimmies back out of his pants and rejoins them on the bed.

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Josh hums as he works, just a happy little song. He's just as happy doing this sort of thing as he is with the...acrobatics. Sensing Henry coming back, Josh grins. He nods his approval when Henry strips again and licks his lips. "Thanks," he says, blushing again.

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"Welcome back, Henry.." replies Avalon warmly. He shifts himself back so that his spine is against the wall, giving all of them more room. "Ooh, thank you for coming back so soon.." he then says with a bit of a smirk as he reaches out and urges Henry to join the pile on the bed. After all, things were much more lovely when the three of them were all there.

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Henry snuggles up against both of them. "I was hungry, and figured you guys wouldn't mind a bite, too."

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Josh gives a playful little nip to Henry's lip and then snuggles in. "I don't mind some bites," he says. "Just glad you're back."

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Avalon just shakes his head a bit and then grunts as he reaches over Josh to grab a sandwich off the green tray. He then flops back and sighs, promptly beginning to munch. Yes. He was hungry as well.

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Henry takes a bite from his sandwich, then nuzzles against Josh's shoulder.

"Got your feathers straightened?" Henry asks Avalon.

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Josh eats his sandwich pretty quickly but surprisingly neatly. He grins to the others and slips and arm around each Lantern.

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"For the most part, though soon it won't matter any more." replies Avalon with a little smile to Henry. He reaches out with a free hand, and trails his fingers through Henry's hair, scritching at the other boy's scalp.

"Thank you for.. everything." he then said sincerely. "Every day it is reinforced to me that I made the right decision in staying..."

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Henry lays back, resting his head on Avalon's chest while draping an arm over Josh. "I'm the one who needs to thank you two," he purrs. "I... rrr... owe you two so much."

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Josh drains his milk quickly as well. For such a neat eater, he really puts the food away. Leaning back, he reaches over to start massaging any parts of Henry he can reach. "I love you guys," he murmurs. "No need to thank..."

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Feeling languid in his warm and snuggly place, Avalon found himself pressing soft little kisses to Henry's hair, while he simply basked in the heady emotions around him. Who needed alcohol when you had empathy?

"You're so sweet, Josh.." he says with a soft flush to his cheeks.

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What...in the heck was going on? All of a sudden it had gotten really quiet in the house whereas it had been a bit noisy earlier, with new furniture and Avalon audibly giddy about it. Her own room had come pretty much already together--benefit of being the lone girl so she had gone straight there after school. But now it was just too quiet.

"Are you all alive in here?"

She didn't knock. She just walked right in. And stopped, blinking a bit.

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