forum Boys will be boys (CLOSED MxM ROLEPLAY)(Stalkers welcomed and appreciated <3)

Started March 16, 2020 by @Fraust

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"Let's do it." Rowan held out his fist to bump against Damien's. "I can help you pay if I gather some money."

Damien fist-bumped his friend, grinning. “Hell yeah, let’s do it!” He stretched. “That’d be ideal. I got my eyes on this pretty cheap place, I’ll show you pictures at some point.”

Rowan grinned brightly. "Sounds good to me! How much do you have saved?" He asked. "I've got about five hundred, I think…"

“Almost two thousand. I’ve been saving for about two years now, but I have to split my salary a few different ways, plus taxes and all that jazz.” Damien sighed. “It should be enough for the deposit ‘n shit. Hopefully it’ll stretch to cover rent too, but.. eh.”

"Damn, how'd you get so much money?!" Rowan asked, bewildered. "I can't really work anywhere that pays well since I'm only sixteen…"

“Lots of jobs. Babysitting, Publix, other shit I can’t think of right now.. lots and lots of shit.” Damien mussed up his own hair. “Y’know that family I’m always babysittin’ for? Yeah. $20 an hour. And these parents are out, like.. at least six hours a week.”

"Damn… maybe I should babysit. I don't like kids all that much, but how hard could it be?" Rowan sighed softly. "I get paid like, minimum wage."

“Depends on the age, I guess. Babies and toddlers are my least favorite. Like, 8-ish, that’s my favorite age, ‘cause they’re almost hyper as fuck but like.. they still play Fortnite and it’s like ‘wow me too’.” Damien laughed, leaning on Rowan a little bit.

Rowan laughed and leaned into Damien as well. "I don't know shit about kids, to be honest… never had any younger siblings. Rachel moved out. Smart of her…"

Damien nodded. “Yeah. I like ‘em, but babysitting isn’t for everyone..” He trailed off, checking the time. “Ah, shit. I may have to run home for a minute, I gotta take off my binder so I don’t fuck up my ribs or lungs or whatever.”

"You can just take it off here if you want… I don't fuckin care…" Rowan kept his eyes closed, yawning again.

“Yeah, fair enough. I’ll be right back, I guess.” Damien got up, walking to the bathroom. It felt simultaneously glorious and awful to get the binder off- it was great because he could breathe better, but.. the drawback was.. everything else. Luckily it wasn’t incredibly noticeable, for a number of reasons including his incredibly dark and baggy clothes and just general build, but it still wasn’t amazing. “Back, sorry about that.” He mumbled, sitting back down.

Rowan clung tightly to Damien again when he returned. He'd felt empty again immediately when Damien had left. Milo was whining softly with worry and moving ever closer to Rowan.

“Hey, woah- I’m back, Ro, don’t worry about it.” Damien was caught off guard by the sudden clinging, cautiously patting Rowan’s back. “You good, man..?”

"Y-Yeah… I'm just… I'm having a bad day, and I really don't wanna be alone right now…" Rowan moved closer to Damien and sighed shakily.

“Alright, yeah. Okay.” Damien nodded, wrapping his arms around Rowan lightly. “You comfortable at least?”

Rowan nodded, closing his eyes and sighing again. "I… I'm sorry, Damien… I'm being high maintenance as fuck…"

“..A little, yeah. You’re fine, though. Not like I got shit to do anyways, y’know?” Damien removed a hand from Rowan to scratch the back of his neck.

"I'm still sorry, though…" Rowan looked up at Damien. "I'm sure you could find something better to do than deal with me."

“Like what, play Animal Crossing? C’mon. It’s really fine, Ro. Don’t sweat it.” Damien sighed, nudging Rowan’s shoulder lightly.

"Mm… Animal Crossing could be fun, though." Rowan laughed weakly and closed his eyes again. "…I'm a mess…"

“Yeah, kinda. It’s okay to be a mess, though, long as you try to take care of it best you can.” Damien rubbed his face.

"I guess so…" Rowan yawned a bit and relaxed in Damien's arms. "I just feel so pathetic and useless…"

“You’re not.” Damien’s voice was blunt when he said that. “Don’t even joke around like that, Ro. You’re really fuckin’ funny and great to be around, okay? Super attractive personality.” Damien wasn’t lying. He found Rowan magnetic, always had.

Rowan flinched a bit at Damien's tone. "I'm… I'm not joking, Damien… needing to have someone around constantly because I can't bear to be alone makes me feel incredibly pathetic."