[ Fjord is the last out of the tent and he looks about as rank as anyone else who has been living in a field without a shower for three days (and having sex, oops), more closely resembling someone who went to a weekend festival than a larp event. His hoodie covers bare skin and his jeans are the good reliable pair, worn through on the knees, boots partly laced and hair askew after he ran his hands through it in an attempt at a civilised ponytail.
He helps get the tent down and packed away, stretching and yawning all the while ... shooting Molly some winks along the way. ]
Let's get a big breakfast at the first roadside mall we come by.
[ Molly actually helps a little more effectively this time, because that coffee is calling him - and together they all manage to pack it all up and get ready to leave. Yasha gets into the car while Molly has briefly disappeared to say goodbye to a few people, and then finally they're ready to get on the road.
Grinning at Fjord and blowing him a kiss, Molly hops into the rental car and immediately steals the aux cord while Yasha rolls her eyes fondly.
Once they're on the road, he looks up close malls that have both a breakfast place and a Starbucks on his phone, sending suggestions to Fjord (and hoping Cad either reads it to him or is the one driving). ]
Possibly taking twenty minutes longer than it should, they all pull up to the second food mall and Fjord waves at Yasha's car as he races inside to find the first brand that sells bacon sandwiches, not even his love for Molly stalling his pace as he skips over some small bushes. ]
[ This is such a couple thing to do over the phone and it warms Molly's heart so much. Once they turn into the parking lot he watches the half-orc rushing by like a doofus, hunting for his bacon. Molly waits until they manage to find a parking spot, following along with the rest of the group as they head into the mall.
They're all kind of grungy and Molly's still wearing some of his costume, but not too many people seem to notice until they all clamber into the small food area to pick their foods. They get a few weird looks, but at least no comments.
Molly piles up breakfast muffins and eggs, a waffle and some fruit for his plate, and then takes Starbucks orders from everyone so he can go get it while the rest get their food. ]
[ Fjord gets his breakfast roll and a bucket of fried chicken as well as a large fizzy drink, living the wild life as Caduceus amusedly puts it. By the time Molly comes back with coffee orders Fjord has stuffed his face enough to pay attention to something other than his food and gives him a cheery smile as he bites into his KFC. ]
[ He smiles, handing everyone their drinks and sipping something weird out of a cup that barely looks like it counts as coffee. He sits down to dig into his own food, and is quickly shown to be a food thief of the worst caliber, which is probably why Yasha got extra food. ]
[ He sneaks a hand into Fjord's free one, smiling. Every time the half-orc opened his mouth, he felt more and more sure that this wasn't it. That there would be more. ]
I'd like to see your home.
[ Learn more about this sweet man, more than the two weeks or so they had spoken. ]
I'm mostly free next week, aside from Friday when I have that interview.
[ He sips his drink as they eat, enjoying the fruit even if it's a mushy mall version. Then he excuses himself to the bathroom and waves as he heads off. Yasha is still eating her blueberry muffin as she watches Molly leave, and then turns to Fjord.
I don't have to warn you about not hurting him, I'm pretty sure you already know your body will never be found. She says softly, like she didn't just threaten him. You've seen the good days, but Molly has bad ones, too. ]
[ I know you wouldn't willingly do so, but Molly is new to relationships so he's pretty nervous. There's a small smile in there, soft and a bit sad at the same time. He's all I have left, so I like seeing him so happy. Thank you, Fjord.
A moment later, Molly comes back, hair smoothed back with a bit of water and a smile on his face. ]
I'm going to have an hour-long shower when we come home.
[ Nobody can really resist fried chicken (unless they're Caduceus), so he takes a piece and noms on it happily. His tail curls around Fjord ankle as he eats, just enjoying sitting close to the half-orc.
Eventually the food is eaten, drinks are finished and they should probably get on the road again. Molly's busying himself with his phone for a while, and then shows cute messages from Jester, both wishing him luck on his mystery weekend and demanding to know who he's dating. ]
[ That tail around his ankle feels like the most visible touch in the world, making him blush deeply. Before they split up to get in their cars he stands behind Molly and kisses him on the cheek while taking a selfie. ]
I'll send it to Jester when I get home, let her wonder a while longer.
[ The next time he gets a chance to kiss Molly is outside his and Yasha's building as Caduceus's van is unloaded. He takes him aside, cupping Molly's cheek as a stealthy smooch is laid down while the others are carrying kit upstairs. ]
Thank you for coming this weekend, I loved every minute of having you with us.
[ He preens at knowing they'll both freak out Jester soon, and then spends the rest of the time in the car chatting non-stop to a poor tired Yasha. Once they end up at their apartment and start emptying their stuff, he's stolen for a kiss and makes that content purr-sound again when their lips meet. ]
I liked it. It was a lot of fun, and less stressful to keep in character than I thought.
[ He leans close, nose to nose and just taking a moment to be with Fjord. ]
[ His smirk is dirty for all of a heartbeat before he pecks him on the lips again. ]
I'll talk to you soon, make sure you enjoy pampering yourself tonight. You deserve it.
[ Caduceus and Yasha come back downstairs to the street and a round of goodbyes are exchanged, fonder for all the nonsense of the weekend. Fjord smiles at Molly with a backward glance and that's it for the weekend, driving away feels like the end of a crazy fever dream; Caduceus drops him off home where the first thing Fjord does is take a shower and order take-out, trying to give Molly some space by not messaging ... even if he likes a bunch of old photos on instagram and onlyfans.
Jester is hilariously furious when she gets the text and photo. ]
[ Molly rides the high of being with Fjord hand having fun the whole evening, occupying the bathroom after Yasha's done to just use every product he has and relax happily. They have take-out as well, and watch Jester blow up their phone and the friend discord all night. It seems the cat is out of the bag, as Beau definitely knows now as well. That's pretty good, though. Maybe they all can hang out some day.
The week goes by so horribly slowly when he's not busy with work and other things, so he's the worst boyfriend and sends mostly useless or funny messages to Fjord at any hour of the day. He really hopes Fjord has muted his 'ding' by now.
One early morning, Fjord gets a message that just says 'It's Wednesday, right?' ]
[ When Fjord returns to a workload that has somehow doubled, even with Caduceus's help he barely has the time to send emojis back to Molly or stay awake long enough once home to have a text-conversation. When Wednesday rolls around and his phone goes off he takes a glance and pockets it for later, hurrying to his car because it's low on gas and he also has to open the shop today and, ugh. It's okay. He'll text Molly later.
And then he has to rush off his lunchbreak later to help with a booming shop of customers, so all he has time to send back is a thumbs-up. ]
[ The thumbs up is late, so thankfully Molly managed to get a hold of Jester's phone instead to steady himself. Fuck, he hates it when Yasha's working double shifts and he gets confused. There's a little heart sent in return, and he rolls over in bed to sleep more.
In the evening, he sends another message to Fjord - Saturday night for a date? ]
[ Melora has an emergency with one of her friends a town over, Nila, whose son is getting married Saturday, so Fjord offers to take home some silk flowers in an attempt to lighten their workload the next day. He has netflix playing an entire series to keep him focused on his task and only checks his phone before bed, flopping as he replies. ]
[ Molly's so excited already, perking up a lot after the shitty, confused morning he had. He gets to see Fjord again! It somehow felt like ages even if it hadn't even been a week yet - he misses that touch, those lips, just the closeness of him like a missing limb.
That probably made him a clingy bastard, but he already told Fjord he was high maintenance. Hopefully it wasn't too bad.
[ He shoots off his address, texting him kisses with an apology for how tired he's been lately, then falls asleep with his phone in his hand.
The next few days pass in a blur of activity as Nila, Melora's friend, needs emergency flowers on a bulk order; those she bought elsewhere for her son's wedding are awful and wilting, so Wildmother's briefly becomes a flurry of blooms and petals as Caduceus and Melora focus on the wedding order while Fjord frantically deals with everything else, making up bouquets all morning and delivering them all afternoon, a rinse-repeat until Saturday at five o'clock when Caduceus notices a whole box of wreaths was left off the delivery (for the pews in the church, what's worse). Melora is already with Nila for the ceremony in the morning and Caduceus has a family night planned, so Fjord hedges his bets and agrees to drive to the next town.
Caduceus agrees to message Molly about Fjord getting roped into extra work, what with Fjord's phone having died while he ignored it and focused on work, and that seems like the end of it. If Fjord is a little late tonight then Molly will forgive him, he's sure, the tiefling can just set off at a later time so he isn't stood outside.
Fjord is looking forward to seeing him so much.
Caduceus does text Molly: Fjord can't make it. And, because he is Caduceus, he then forgets his phone exists in the hubbub of the Clay family household. Fjord's trip is diverted around roadworks that add an extra hour either way, which is ... typical. Then, once he delivers the flowers and Nila gives him a big hug, he has to drive back in the pelting rain as a storm hits and his failing gas tank gives out, stranding him on the edge of town. He walks twenty minutes to the nearest petrol station, then all the way back, and is sneezing something fierce by the time he pulls up outside his apartment building.
It's around eleven at night, the chilly night air lashing him with rain as if he hasn't had enough slaps in the face today despite his good deed. ]
[ Fjord can't make it. It hurts, and he's terribly disappointed, dressed and ready to go at any moment. It would have been the end of it, though, but what fucks him up is that he doesn't get an answer to if Fjord's okay or not, and any messages he sends his boyfriend are either ignored or does not come through.
Unsure of what to do (and stressing himself up wonderfully), he finally decides to go to Fjord's place anyway and see if he's okay. Maybe that was overstepping it, but it was really weird to not hear anything else. (Did he decide he didn't want to see him? Had he been too clingy after all?)
The bus trip takes half-an-hour or so, and he manages to get off at the right place. Walking down a block, he finds the right address and tries to step inside, only to realize it's locked for tenants only. Sighing, Molly sits down on the stairs to wait and see if the half-orc is even going to come home from work.
Once it gets dark and starts raining, he realizes he's an idiot for just sitting here in his nice outfit, with his nicely-wrapped present (bringing flowers would be kind of redundant) and just... hoping. The rain is coming down really hard, though, so now he's rather trapped at the porch.
That is how Fjord finds a purple tiefling at eleven at night, wet and curled up on the apartment stairs. ]
[ He almost jumps out of his skin halfway up the porch steps, dark-vision turning the sight of a bedraggled tiefling into something spooky for a split-second. ]
Molly? What the fuck are you doing here? Didn't you get Caduceus's text?
[ Hurrying up to meet him, Fjord takes him by the arms to rub some warmth back into him. ]
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He helps get the tent down and packed away, stretching and yawning all the while ... shooting Molly some winks along the way. ]
Let's get a big breakfast at the first roadside mall we come by.
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Grinning at Fjord and blowing him a kiss, Molly hops into the rental car and immediately steals the aux cord while Yasha rolls her eyes fondly.
Once they're on the road, he looks up close malls that have both a breakfast place and a Starbucks on his phone, sending suggestions to Fjord (and hoping Cad either reads it to him or is the one driving). ]
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babe i'll eat anywhere there's bacon
no not there
do they have muffins?? get what you want
doughnuts are fine
babe ANYWHERE
Possibly taking twenty minutes longer than it should, they all pull up to the second food mall and Fjord waves at Yasha's car as he races inside to find the first brand that sells bacon sandwiches, not even his love for Molly stalling his pace as he skips over some small bushes. ]
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They're all kind of grungy and Molly's still wearing some of his costume, but not too many people seem to notice until they all clamber into the small food area to pick their foods. They get a few weird looks, but at least no comments.
Molly piles up breakfast muffins and eggs, a waffle and some fruit for his plate, and then takes Starbucks orders from everyone so he can go get it while the rest get their food. ]
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You're an angel. An aasimar, if you will.
[ He pretends not to hear Yasha snort. ]
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[ He smiles, handing everyone their drinks and sipping something weird out of a cup that barely looks like it counts as coffee. He sits down to dig into his own food, and is quickly shown to be a food thief of the worst caliber, which is probably why Yasha got extra food. ]
I had a great time this weekend, you guys.
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If you want to meet up next week I'd love to make you dinner. Or ... order us a pizza for a night in.
[ Because he still bears the shame of banging Molly in a tent and that is. Wow. ]
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[ He sneaks a hand into Fjord's free one, smiling. Every time the half-orc opened his mouth, he felt more and more sure that this wasn't it. That there would be more. ]
I'd like to see your home.
[ Learn more about this sweet man, more than the two weeks or so they had spoken. ]
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[ Squeezing that hand back. He's so proud of Molly after this weekend, he got so involved and gave 110% ... ]
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[ He sips his drink as they eat, enjoying the fruit even if it's a mushy mall version. Then he excuses himself to the bathroom and waves as he heads off. Yasha is still eating her blueberry muffin as she watches Molly leave, and then turns to Fjord.
I don't have to warn you about not hurting him, I'm pretty sure you already know your body will never be found. She says softly, like she didn't just threaten him. You've seen the good days, but Molly has bad ones, too. ]
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I would never hurt him.
[ Never aim to, anyway. ]
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A moment later, Molly comes back, hair smoothed back with a bit of water and a smile on his face. ]
I'm going to have an hour-long shower when we come home.
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Do you want some of my chicken?
[ CHIVALRY!! Sharing food is the height of it. ]
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[ Nobody can really resist fried chicken (unless they're Caduceus), so he takes a piece and noms on it happily. His tail curls around Fjord ankle as he eats, just enjoying sitting close to the half-orc.
Eventually the food is eaten, drinks are finished and they should probably get on the road again. Molly's busying himself with his phone for a while, and then shows cute messages from Jester, both wishing him luck on his mystery weekend and demanding to know who he's dating. ]
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I'll send it to Jester when I get home, let her wonder a while longer.
[ The next time he gets a chance to kiss Molly is outside his and Yasha's building as Caduceus's van is unloaded. He takes him aside, cupping Molly's cheek as a stealthy smooch is laid down while the others are carrying kit upstairs. ]
Thank you for coming this weekend, I loved every minute of having you with us.
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I liked it. It was a lot of fun, and less stressful to keep in character than I thought.
[ He leans close, nose to nose and just taking a moment to be with Fjord. ]
I'd love to do it again.
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[ His smirk is dirty for all of a heartbeat before he pecks him on the lips again. ]
I'll talk to you soon, make sure you enjoy pampering yourself tonight. You deserve it.
[ Caduceus and Yasha come back downstairs to the street and a round of goodbyes are exchanged, fonder for all the nonsense of the weekend. Fjord smiles at Molly with a backward glance and that's it for the weekend, driving away feels like the end of a crazy fever dream; Caduceus drops him off home where the first thing Fjord does is take a shower and order take-out, trying to give Molly some space by not messaging ... even if he likes a bunch of old photos on instagram and onlyfans.
Jester is hilariously furious when she gets the text and photo. ]
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The week goes by so horribly slowly when he's not busy with work and other things, so he's the worst boyfriend and sends mostly useless or funny messages to Fjord at any hour of the day. He really hopes Fjord has muted his 'ding' by now.
One early morning, Fjord gets a message that just says 'It's Wednesday, right?' ]
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And then he has to rush off his lunchbreak later to help with a booming shop of customers, so all he has time to send back is a thumbs-up. ]
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In the evening, he sends another message to Fjord - Saturday night for a date? ]
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saturday sounds great :)
my place at 6:30? x
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[ Molly's so excited already, perking up a lot after the shitty, confused morning he had. He gets to see Fjord again! It somehow felt like ages even if it hadn't even been a week yet - he misses that touch, those lips, just the closeness of him like a missing limb.
That probably made him a clingy bastard, but he already told Fjord he was high maintenance. Hopefully it wasn't too bad.
(How is he still nervous?) ]
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The next few days pass in a blur of activity as Nila, Melora's friend, needs emergency flowers on a bulk order; those she bought elsewhere for her son's wedding are awful and wilting, so Wildmother's briefly becomes a flurry of blooms and petals as Caduceus and Melora focus on the wedding order while Fjord frantically deals with everything else, making up bouquets all morning and delivering them all afternoon, a rinse-repeat until Saturday at five o'clock when Caduceus notices a whole box of wreaths was left off the delivery (for the pews in the church, what's worse). Melora is already with Nila for the ceremony in the morning and Caduceus has a family night planned, so Fjord hedges his bets and agrees to drive to the next town.
Caduceus agrees to message Molly about Fjord getting roped into extra work, what with Fjord's phone having died while he ignored it and focused on work, and that seems like the end of it. If Fjord is a little late tonight then Molly will forgive him, he's sure, the tiefling can just set off at a later time so he isn't stood outside.
Fjord is looking forward to seeing him so much.
Caduceus does text Molly: Fjord can't make it. And, because he is Caduceus, he then forgets his phone exists in the hubbub of the Clay family household. Fjord's trip is diverted around roadworks that add an extra hour either way, which is ... typical. Then, once he delivers the flowers and Nila gives him a big hug, he has to drive back in the pelting rain as a storm hits and his failing gas tank gives out, stranding him on the edge of town. He walks twenty minutes to the nearest petrol station, then all the way back, and is sneezing something fierce by the time he pulls up outside his apartment building.
It's around eleven at night, the chilly night air lashing him with rain as if he hasn't had enough slaps in the face today despite his good deed. ]
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Unsure of what to do (and stressing himself up wonderfully), he finally decides to go to Fjord's place anyway and see if he's okay. Maybe that was overstepping it, but it was really weird to not hear anything else. (Did he decide he didn't want to see him? Had he been too clingy after all?)
The bus trip takes half-an-hour or so, and he manages to get off at the right place. Walking down a block, he finds the right address and tries to step inside, only to realize it's locked for tenants only. Sighing, Molly sits down on the stairs to wait and see if the half-orc is even going to come home from work.
Once it gets dark and starts raining, he realizes he's an idiot for just sitting here in his nice outfit, with his nicely-wrapped present (bringing flowers would be kind of redundant) and just... hoping. The rain is coming down really hard, though, so now he's rather trapped at the porch.
That is how Fjord finds a purple tiefling at eleven at night, wet and curled up on the apartment stairs. ]
...you're okay?
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Molly? What the fuck are you doing here? Didn't you get Caduceus's text?
[ Hurrying up to meet him, Fjord takes him by the arms to rub some warmth back into him. ]
Have you been sat here all night?
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