[He wishes he didn't understand that. Astarion and Jacob had tried the same thing with the same results.]
Put on your big girl panties and talk to them. You got yourself into this mess, so you're going to have to get yourself out.
Talk to them or I'm going to bug the hell out of you until you do.
And don't tell Alexei that Norton has something he doesn't or offers you something he can't. That's fucking cruel.
[Jacob knows, but he shoves it back at him for a reason. To show him exactly how it comes across.]
Sure thing, kid.
Ethan.
Act like a goddamn grown up.
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Re: Audio
Date: 2025-01-06 05:46 pm (UTC)[He wishes he didn't understand that. Astarion and Jacob had tried the same thing with the same results.]
Put on your big girl panties and talk to them. You got yourself into this mess, so you're going to have to get yourself out.
Talk to them or I'm going to bug the hell out of you until you do.
And don't tell Alexei that Norton has something he doesn't or offers you something he can't. That's fucking cruel.
Re: Audio
Date: 2025-01-06 05:55 pm (UTC)And he knows he has to, but...now he's got more than just Fitz breathing down his neck to pull the trigger and maybe that will help.]
No reward without the risk... [Except the risk is the feelings of two people he cares about very much and his own.
Another heavy sigh.] Thank you for your help Jacob.
Re: Audio
Date: 2025-01-06 05:57 pm (UTC)[Jacob knows, but he shoves it back at him for a reason. To show him exactly how it comes across.]
Sure thing, kid.
Re: Audio
Date: 2025-01-06 06:02 pm (UTC)And the next part is softer, hesitant.]
You know my name, use it.
Re: Audio
Date: 2025-01-06 06:03 pm (UTC)Ethan.
Act like a goddamn grown up.
Re: Audio
Date: 2025-01-06 06:11 pm (UTC)Working on it. [It's all that much harder when the two men you're dealing with have enough emotional vulnerability to maybe fill a teaspoon.]
Talk to you later.