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[ He resettles again, tucking his wing around Leo in turn. ]

Oh! So you're going to want a lot more exercise.

[You're KILLING HIM.]

Something like that. Spring's rough, and I was gonna talk to you about it anyway, after I finished avoiding it entirely.

Can I help then? Can we do a workout routine together?

[He gives a little whine, pressing his face into Hunter's shoulder.]

That is so tempting but I gotta get the important part out because you're missing a huge part of this that may change your mind-

[UGGGGHHHHH Maybe if he says it all really fast-] SpringiswhenalotofanimalsmateandwearestillreptilessospringisreallykindatoughbecauseI'mstillareptilesoI'mgonnabeholedupforawhile.

[ hang on, he's catching up. ]

Spring is when a lot of animals m -

[ Mate, as in friendship?? ]

[

oh. oh no. he isn't quite THAT dense. he's read romance novels. he's read romance novels ABOUT THIS EXACT THING. ]

[ also it was a plot point in that Cosmic Frontier book about Commander T'okk - ]

[ DOES THIS MEAN LEO WILL DIE IF HE DOESN'T - ]

[ he really needs to say something, it's been like thirty seconds of faces here. ]

Uh - um - well - or I could - help?

[Yeah thirty seconds of faces while Leo just slowly starts shrinking into his shell a little. His head's about halfway down by the time Hunter asks.]

Uh. You. I'm sorry, you want to help me with that? 'Cause I'm pretty used to dealing with uh. That. Myself.

How do -

[ NO. HE'S NOT ASKING. ]

W-well you didn't have a boyfriend before did you??

...Nnnno, I did not.

Right! So!

[ His face is as red as his feathers. ]

L-let me help!

[He looks at Hunter.

Tilts his head back to look up at the leaves because he is literally in his bird boyfriend's NEST IN A TREE-

Just. Taking a deep breath here, doing his best.]

If you want to help, I won't say no, just. Don't feel like you have to? You think it's too much at any point, tap out.

[ redder. reddest. ]

I - um. I want to.

...If you're sure. [He just. Shifts to get more comfortable again with Hunter there.] First time for everything I guess.

Y. Yeah. It'll. Definitely be a lot of firsts for me.

[Leo settles to simply.... watching Hunter now. He's worried, a lot self-conscious.]

Seriously, you don't have to help with this.

Don't you want me to?

...

[Taking a deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep slow breath.]

The problem is I absolutely want you to and it's hard to say if that's a conscious thought I'm having or instinct brain going 'boy hot' really loud at me.

[

oh that's me. I'm the hot boy. ]

Is - is it bad if it's both? It can be both, right?

It can absolutely be both and we can say that it's both.

[Wait he answered that too fast.]

[ LOOK. look. ]

Then it's fine, right?

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