rupert

[unrecked]

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[agleam]

Okay. That's all I can ask.

[points at eyes points at you and holds out hands for a memory]

[unrecked]

[He has his fingers crossed behind his back (no, it's fine).

He is WAY too tired to dodge shitty stardust, so he doesn't bother. He can't believe it's in his room after he literally got buried alive, but whatever. This hotel is shitty! There is a momentary spike of panic, though, that he thinks it might be him starting over from digging out for the hundred time...

Rupert gets a nice memory, even if it's embarrassingly personal.]

[agleam]

[after a long moment:]

Friends, or family?

[well - bruce is obvious, but.]

[unrecked]

[He sort of closes his eyes for a moment, embarrassed.]

…Family.

[agleam]

[warm... it makes him smile, a little.]

They seem pretty great.

[unrecked]

[NO, DON'T SMILE. He puts his hand, like, across his nose sorta. Like you do when you are clearly embarrassed. Then he rubs his nose like he wasn't doing that and lowers his hand.]

They're a pain... but most families are.

[agleam]

[sorry, his smile just grows.]

Yeah, you seemed really pained. [...] You know it's not a bad thing to care about people, right?

[unrecked]

[STOP, DON'T CALL HIM OUT.

He just sort of looks at Rupert. Like... after all the things Rupert has seen despite what Jason says. Kind of pointed.]

I know. But... it can get the people you care about hurt in my line of work.

[agleam]

[he tilts his head, a little.]

...How so?

[unrecked]

The people who want to hurt you will hurt them instead. Trust me.

[As Rupert has seen...........]

[agleam]

...And you really haven't considered just finding a different line of work?

[unrecked]

[He snorts a bit.]

...Have you?

[agleam]

What do you mean?

[unrecked]

You know. Have you ever considered a new career?

[agleam]

I mean, it's a little different for me...

[unrecked]

Yeah, but have you ever considered it? Not being a prince. Not saving the world.

[agleam]

I mean, those are two separate things, but... If someone needs to help people, I don't see why I would consider not doing that.

[unrecked]

[He gives Rupert a very "okay then" sort of look.]

Okay then.

[Like this answers Rupert's initial question to him.]

[agleam]

...Oh.

[fair enough!! but after a second:]

You know you can't say stuff like that and still hold on to your I'm such a bad person don't trust me schtick, right?

[unrecked]

[He looks a little bit amused.]

Can't I? I mean, I still am. My good person is a little skewed.

[agleam]

Very convincing after you just implied you don't want to stop helping people! I...

[he's about to say something else then instead, stardust happens along with very cheesy wedding planning.]

[unrecked]

[THIS IS CUTE AND FUNNY HELP. This is the gayest cute thing. He sort of just... blinks against the musical of it. Several times.

In a way, it's a little sad, though, knowing what he knows from the other one.]

Gotta kiss him, huh...?

[agleam]

Yes, fairly often.

[no shame!!]