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[personal profile] ribticklers 2022-03-10 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Buying one's way easier. [Sans has no urge to fill the whole kitchen with baked goods. Making that pie had been nice, and Papyrus liking it had been nice too, but doing much of anything in the kitchen while they're like this seems like it's just asking to bring up terrible memories. He tries to settle himself normally on the couch again, but somehow he's gotten closer to Papyrus than he meant to be even if he's careful to make sure they're not touching.

Sans is prepping himself to say something he doesn't want to be thinking about. It doesn't show on his face at all, which he's keeping casual, but it's like all the gears of Sans's mind start working overtime as he tries to work out the best way to address something he'd rather avoid and finally gives up in favor of being blunt.]
It's not leeches. I could see the leeches. [He can't see any leeches right now, so it's not them. If they keep thinking about all of that, it's not going to help the shared internal mood.]
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[personal profile] ribticklers 2022-03-11 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[If the leeches have started crawling around lawns now, maybe Sans should have set more of theirs on fire. Oh well. He's still sure about the leech thing regardless.] I could feel 'em, too. Even before I could see 'em and knew what was happening. [Which is the most belated explanation for why Sans had been extra suspicious about Papyrus's cookies way back then (even beyond their surprising quality) ever.] So yeah, this is something else. Still sucks, though, sorry. [Papyrus doesn't deserve to have Sans in his head. That's not fair to Papyrus.]
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[personal profile] ribticklers 2022-03-11 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Sans knows Papyrus isn't really misunderstanding him, but he goes along with it anyway because he could really use a distraction from his thoughts. It's probably more obvious than ever how easily Sans covers up whatever's going on in his mind with casual, lazy expressions, but they can both just keep pretending things right now.] Already? You gonna start putting together some diagrams?
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[personal profile] ribticklers 2022-03-18 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
If you're working on it, it'll definitely get cooler. [WINK. Blue is also Sans's favorite color, actually, not that it comes up much (and not that he's going to mention the color out loud because even if he can't avoid reading Papyrus's mind right now that's weird). Still, there's a reason his favorite hoodie is the blue one and it's not because he cares about matching with blue magic. It's been a while since he's worn it, though; it might be time to fix it up so it fits his wings.]
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[personal profile] ribticklers 2022-03-22 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Papyrus is replying to something Sans thought, but it's such a Papyrus interjection that Sans just huffs a laugh.] But I just got all the stains how I like 'em. And I'd have to empty out the pockets. [A lot of the things in his old hoodie have made their way over to the eye hoodie, but not everything. It's where he keeps Papyrus's cape, which still has Papyrus's--

Sans brings the thought to a stop as neatly as if he'd, well, cut its head off. Not the time to think about that.]
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this is a good day for it

[personal profile] ribticklers 2022-03-24 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Too late. Sans didn't catch the thought in time. It's hard to catch your own thoughts, of course, but Sans doesn't know how to deal with this.]

Uh. Well. I wasn't just gonna leave it there.

[He hadn't left any of it there. He'd taken Papyrus's battle body back to his room, tucked the cape away, and left to follow the human. Following the human was his job, but he wasn't just going to leave Papyrus to just get lost in all the snow.]
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[personal profile] ribticklers 2022-03-25 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
["Of course you wouldn't," Papyrus says, and some long-held tension uncoils in Sans. There's a lot of guilt associated with that day--with things leading up to that day--that Sans isn't about to deal with or think about yet, but acknowledgment from Papyrus about this isn't something he could have ever expected to get. He can't exactly convince himself he deserves it, but he has it anyway and he's keeping it. He leans against Papyrus, forgetting they're supposed to be trying not to touch.]

You can have it back, if you want. [He's thought about bringing it up before, actually--about offering it back. It's Papyrus's, after all. He just couldn't figure out a way to talk about it. But right now, with Papyrus's feelings curled up warm against his soul, he feels a lot more relaxed.

It doesn't even occur to him to think this, but it's notable how much easier Sans relaxes into this sort of connection than the leeches. He's more easily lured by this gentler approach than something forcing feelings he can't trust on him.]
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[personal profile] ribticklers 2022-03-26 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't want you to be unbalanced. [Sure, it's a nonsense deflection, but Sans doesn't mind.] I'll keep hanging onto it.

[It's still Papyrus's, and always will be. Sans is just keeping an eye on it. Sometimes multiple eyes. As long as it's somewhere safe it's fine. Papyrus is back now, and has been for a while, and right now, specifically, is right next to him. If he focuses on right now, everything feels a lot nicer than it usually does in his head.]