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Asher always had to delay himself, mostly because when somebody walked into the room he had to reacquaint himself with their scent. He needed to give himself a moment because if he couldn’t remember the person by their smell he might attack. The last thing that he needed was to accidently attack Joshua. But the vampire doesn’t ask why he left this time. He wanted to give him his space, not overcrowd Joshua like he had been. Truth be told, Asher needed the space too. He felt like he was too much towards the other, they still had stuff to talk about. But elephant in the room always making it hard to talk.

Asher puts down the gun he was cleaning and ran a hand through his hair, unable to help it. He was nervous, and really trying hard not to show it. Lately he was getting more and more nervous which was unlike him. He hated feeling like this. “Yeah sure. The guns on the rack on the right have been cleaned already so you’re free to pick one of those. Or pick a gun and I’ll get it cleaned.” How does one even process emotions like this anymore?

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That dark conversation plays in his mind– the first and only time they had shared the honesty that was never meant to be shared. His accident, that trip, had changed them forever, and there was no going back now. Worse still, Joshua didn’t know how to proceed. He plays nice with the guards, spends his afternoons discussing literature with Julia, and in the evening crawls into bed beside his lover. But it couldn’t last- this unspoken shift could not go ignored for much longer. It’s easier to pretend, but he’s growing tired.

“Only if you don’t mind,” he utters unsure. The tension is more palpable than usual, and it has Joshua regretting his decision to return to firearms training. But he needs to be able to be self reliant in order to start to feel like himself again. Stepping to the aforementioned rack, his fingers brush along the pieces, searching for the one that felt right. After a moment, he spoke again, his eyes never leaving the gallery before him. “You know, I think we have the cleanest sidearms outside the quarantine zone- word is, this is the fourth time you’ve been down here in as many days…”

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