Let us be seventeen, if we've still got the right

[tropey]

Comments

to Kevin's number that he got off somewhere somehow

[southsideserpent]

preppy?

that you?

[tropey]

Joaquin???

[southsideserpent]

got a lot of people calling you preppy?

yeah, its me

[tropey]

You're the only one who uses it THAT much.

Holy shit.

Are you okay?
Where were you?
Are you safe?

[southsideserpent]

better now I get to call you preppy ;)
can't tell you
hard to say, safe enough

[tropey]

When do we get a call?

I'm mad at you but also I want to hear your voice.

I left Riverdale btw

[southsideserpent]

aint exactly in call-friendly environment here

different area code, yeah, noted

good, I hate that town

[tropey]

I'm in Lima, Ohio.

I miss you like crazy.

Where are you at? Can you tell me anything?

[southsideserpent]

id miss me too if I was in lima, ohio

miss you too, preppy

group housing... or, I dunno, group squatting, lots of guys with pagers around if that means anything to you

[tropey]

It's nice. And boring.

I might join a glee club? That's fun.

Pagers are so 90s, so I assume they're time travellers?

[southsideserpent]

boring is good

whats glee club? sounds you, you're... gleeful

dealers and callboys, more shameless than doctor who

[tropey]

It's where you sing, it's just choir.

But the directors are crazy intense so I'm not sure.

Aww, you remember Doctor Who <3

[southsideserpent]

thought crazy intense was kind of up your alley, so go for it

i remember a lot... im very impressionable when a hot guy tells me stuff

[tropey]

What if a hot guy tells you to come visit?

And offers to venmo you ticket money.

[southsideserpent]

already got myself a ticket to lima, preppy

one step ahead of you

hows the gay dating scene then?

[tropey]

Really?
I can meet you at the station.

When do you come?

And the dating scene is tragic. One gay bar and it's mostly for bears. I like bears okay but you know, I want to meet more people my age.

[southsideserpent]

gonna be like 16 hours on the bus, not sure about seeing you right after

is that why youre venmoing money to old flames?

[tropey]

No, that's just me pining for you.

But you weren't an option.

I hooked up a few times in Riverdale but everyone freaked out over my sex life and my dad made us move so yeah. I missed you.

[southsideserpent]

you found people worse than me to hook up with?

dios mio, preppy, whats wrong with you?

[tropey]

Well, I found some older guys who cruised around Fox Woods.

And it was ... okay.

Then one of them tried to stab me.

Well, no, he did stab me. A little.

So we moved.

[southsideserpent]

you okay?

know the name of the guy?

[tropey]

It was a little. It was fine!

It was the push I needed to have my appendix removed so I can never be surprised by it suddenly playing up so really, two birds with one stone.

I have no idea who he was. He was like 40, real big guy, wore a mask. I thought it was a kinky thing!

I didn't want to be the nerd that doesn't know about that sort of stuff so I rolled with it.

[southsideserpent]

it is okay to be that nerd

wtf

i hope your dads grounded you

[tropey]

He did but I was post surgery recovery so it was kind of pointless.

The lesson was very much learned.

I was just super lonely after you left.

[southsideserpent]

then buy a pet or get a boyfriend in canada not whatever the fuck that is

i havent even kissed a guy since you ruined me for anyone by that bus