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[malta]

[ attached is a very tacky bathroom mirror selfie of nicky and joe: joe with one arm wrapped around nicky from behind, nicky's arms resting lightly overtop joe's, hands linked, tee shirt bunched between their fingers; joe is leant over nicky's shoulder, kissing his cheek and, even from the side view of his grin smooshed against nicky's cheek, looking just completely besotted, it's honestly gross and they should be stopped. if nicky's cheeks are tinged pink it is clearly because joe accosted him after his shower and he's still overheated. ]

HELLO MY FRIENDS MY HUSBAND IS HERE THIS IS NICKY YOU CAN THANK HIM FOR THE BAKLAVA IN THE KITCHEN THERE IS ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE SO DON'T LET ANDY EAT IT ALL

Comments

[ghiro]

Moss is a better metaphor.

[But the smile is there, even if Peter can't see it.]

A very long time, yes. Your girlfriend came and then left? I am sorry, that must be difficult for you. To have her close only to see her depart once again.

[spacedisaster]

That sounds much nicer, yes.

[ Peter is smiling too, at least until Nicky is sympathetic about his loss, which is something he didn't expect. It's nice to know there might be someone who understands. ]

Thank you. And yes, it's...[ Awful, and it drives him a little mad. ] It's not great. I just want to know if she's okay.

[ghiro]

I am sure she is, but missing her might not make that reality any easier.

[spacedisaster]

No, it doesn't. And I can only hope so: That she is okay, I mean. Things weren't great in my universe for the past five years, since we lost a pretty important battle that affected the whole Galaxy. It's complicated.

But I don't want to bring the mood down, this is your day after all. [ And he is happy for other people's love, even if he's missing his own. ]

[ghiro]

If I can be so bold, what happened? My experience with war and battle is thus far restricted to one planet. I can imagine interplanetary feuds change things and unfortunately bring more of the same.

My day? Why is it my day?

[spacedisaster]

It's a bit of a long, complicated story, I'll try to be brief. There was this warmongering alien named Thanos, he was collecting a set of magic stones that would grant him enough power to do anything he wanted. To change reality, manipulate time, destroy whole planets in a blink...

We tried to stop him, and we failed at first. Half of all living life in the Galaxy died as a result. It wasn't until five years later that a group of survivors managed to undo what he did, using a time-traveling machine.

[ Peter knows all this sound absolutely insane but after the things they've seen with the orb, he hopes Nicky trust him ]

Oh, I meant that you and your husband are both here, and it's a nice occurrence. I don't want to ruin it with sad tales.

[ghiro]

That is quite complicated.

I have nothing but time to celebrate our reunion, sad tales are present for all of us.

We should have a drink sometime, or maybe you could come to dinner?