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[sharpes]

[Brandon looks, for all intents and purposes, bored as hell.]

You know what this place really needs?

[Bit of a pause. Purely for dramatic effect, you understand. He is an actor.]

Twitter.

And if you have to ask me what that is, you're seriously dead to me. Like. Don't even try.

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[sharpes]

[Oh. Right. Welp.]

Well yeah, that's kind of what I meant.

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[myothertights]

[Billy thinks you were kidding about the whole superhero thing...So...oh.]

Oh right.

[Just...give him a sec because then he'll remember the light show at the BBQ and...]

Oh wow wait, were you serious about that?

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[sharpes]

... Wait. Serious about what? Going crazy or... you know, Wendy's?

[CONVERSATIONAL WIRES: CROSSED. Brandon isn't good at this talking to cute boys thing.]

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[myothertights]

[Billy laughs and grins at the fact they were both getting so confused.]

About the superhero thing. Seen enough on Twitter to know the Wendy's thing.

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[sharpes]

Oh. Yeah. I mean. Yeah.

[He shrugs.]

Avengers Academy, you know.

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[myothertights]

[His mouth drops a little. Wow okay, he should have maybe known that or something. But he didn't or forgot. Yeah, forgot.]

The Academy? Oh man, duh!

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[sharpes]

How did you not manage to recognize me.

[HE ACTUALLY SOUNDS A LITTLE MIFFED ABOUT THIS, GOSH.]

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[myothertights]

I...I've kind of been busy for a while. So had other things to think about?

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[sharpes]

Yeah. I'll bet.

[he sure is being mister grumpy gills now.]

So are you out, or what?

[he means in a superhero sense. Steph hacking his encryptions has made him a little less willing to... just jump into that conversation with other people. Because sometime he's not a total waste of oxygen.]

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[myothertights]

[His eyes widen and he stares for a moment. Billy's hearing that as a different 'are you out' so, he wonders where the question comes from.]

Uuh...Yeah? I mean I don't really hold it a secret.

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[sharpes]

Huh, really? You seemed kinda weird about it at the barbeque so I figured you were keeping it on the DL.

[this is already a disaster.]

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[myothertights]

Well no, not really. I mean there's me and Teddy and we're not shy about it.

Wait...Wait what are you talking about?

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[sharpes]

[... oh.

holy crap.

Brandon manages not to turn a shade of on-fire-magenta but damn is it a near thing. THANK GOD FOR HIS ACTING SKILLS.]

Dude. I meant the. Whole.

[He mimes little helmet wings with his hands??]

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[myothertights]

Oh shi-- Okay wow. Uhm no, not out like that.

[His eyes are widened and his cheeks are pretty much reddening very quickly. He clears his throat and has an awkward smile.]

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[sharpes]

So you're. Um.

[oh my god can he just communicate in sign language.

I mean, he knew that Billy was gay. Hard to miss those headlines, when you're on TMZ as much as Brandon is. But hearing him be so casual about it, that's--

That's weird, okay?]

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[myothertights]

...Gay?

[He's asking because he doesn't know it this time, that's what he's getting at. But regardless he nods.]

Yeah.

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[sharpes]

Must be nice to have your boyfriend here.

[Despite that little burst of HOLY WHAT IS GOING ON re: miscommunication, he's. Actually pretty casual about that statement.]

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[myothertights]

It helps. It really helps.

[If he was being honest, Brandon wouldn't have usually been someone he approached. But...he was glad he did.]

Guess he's my fiance now.

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[sharpes]

Yeah?

[That gets a faintly raised eyebrow.]

Congrats.

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[myothertights]

Yeah. I wouldn't say it's support but there's a lot of time to make up for?

[He smiles.]

Thanks.

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[sharpes]

I guess, huh.

[He doesn't know a lot about what happened with the Avengers. Just the basics. Things that filtered down the superhero gossip pipeline. But it's not like their lives are ever easy.]