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[fever dream]

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xalto, seventeen
xhungry, comfortable

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xstefán and viper
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Water quickly washed away the sweat Alto's workout had elicited and numbed the soreness in his legs. He leaned heavily against the tiled wall, resting his forehead against the slick surface. He'd been standing this way long enough that the water had shifted from scalding to vaguely lukewarm, but he needed the stability of the wall to keep him upright. His head had been swimming since halfway through his run; guzzling half a bottle of water hadn't helped, nor had pausing to breathe. When he'd returned from the track, it was all he could do to trump the walk from the front door to his dorm door, strip, and collapse into the hot water.
Alto raked soap over his person and quickly rinsed, stepping out of the shower and dressing. He avoided the giant mirrors with which the school felt it necessary to equip the bathrooms in this place and dressed in a big pullover, jeans, and socks. He took a moment to just stand, looking around his room, contemplating further action. It was too early to go to bed, but too late to get into any trouble outside the LAs. He didn't have anything to study, and he was too on-edge to finish the book he'd started earlier. One thing was sure: he needed tea.
The kitchen was not far away, and as Alto padded down the hallway and entered, he recognized the boy from before, along with someone new. The scent of food was heavy in the air. He slunk a piece of wet hair behind his ear and kept out of their way as he gathered a small kettle from under a cupboard. He went about disassembling the pot and measuring water with the quiet, methodical precision of a veteran. He leaned against the sink as the kettle filled.

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Viper (Nikolai Pritchardson)|Tagged: Alto

Another guy walked into the kitchen, this one heating water. "Oh hey, I know you. If you're making tea, could you pour me a cup? I'd do it myself but i'm a bit preoccupied." The cake had finished baking and it was time to take it out carefully, which Viper was now doing.

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[fever dream]

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;; all i know is that there are three
dudes in the kitchen, lol. however,
it's not hard to skim the last few
posts for openings.

xalto, seventeen
xhungry, comfortable
xstefán and viper
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Alto twitched his eyes to the voice as it came before looking back to his business. He kept a hand on the lid of the kettle and turned his head to the boy.
"Well- I mean, I only have one tea bag," he said as he dragged his sleeves over his fingers and folded his arms. "I'll run up and get another, if you keep an eye on this." He began to walk away, tacking on another bit to his sentence as he went. "I also forgot to grab my mug, so I'll need to get that. Sorry- one second."

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Viper (Nikolai Pritchardson)|Tagged: Alto

"Thanks, I can do that. I'll get you some more tea later, I have my own homemade in my dorm." Viper was going to say more, but the cake had finally been coaxed out of its pan. Grabbing his pre-made lemon glaze, Viper started glazing the cake. It was all going nicely. Occasionally, he glanced at the teapot to make sure it wasn't boiling over.

[Murdoc Niccals]

Lemon cake? "Maybe after I eat, thank you." Stefán nodded, starting to rummage around to find some spices, darting around the other boy.

"Ah... you know where the metal pans are?' He eventually asked, having opened a few cabinets and finding only emptiness or things he was not looking for. Well, maybe some simple spices counted. There were two people in the room now, and one of them had managed to get a teakettle, so that meant that somewhere, when Stefán wasn't looking, one was produced. Where there were kettles, surely there were pans.

Stefán | Junior | Kitchen | Alto & Viper

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xalto, seventeen
xhungry, comfortable

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xstefán and viper
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Up the stairs, down the hall, into his tea stash, back out of his room, back down the hall. Alto cupped the lip of his mug to his face, hiding his mouth as he gently thudded down the stairs. He reentered the kitchen and assumed his position next to the kettle.
"Got a cup?" he asked into his mug, staring at the pot, pointedly avoiding smelling the cake that sat steaming beside him. Lemon.
Alto gestured to the cupboard where he'd gotten the kettle, trying to help this new person.

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Viper (Nikolai Pritchardson)|Tagged: Alto

"Uh, yeah. It's in the cupboard above the fridge. You'll probably need a chair to get it, I did. Would like some cake? It's lemon, which is the best with tea." Viper finished the cake, setting it beside Alto. He went back to the counter to finish cleaning everything up. After he finished, he grabbed a big knife to cut the cake.

[JrB]

After not getting a response from Nicole, he sends her one last message. "Well, I'm gonna get to sleep. Maybe we'll see each other tomorrow? I drive a green '67 Mustang. Good night" before setting his phone on the night stand and getting under the covers, drifting off to sleep.