[OPEN] I don't wake up early every morning

[chronomancer]

Characters: [AU1] Eridan Ampora & you!
Setting: Media floor.
Format: I'll start with Action, but I'll match your preference.
Summary: Eridan is taking this whole swapped body really well. Or maybe he's too exhausted to make much a fuss about it. Either or.
Warnings: ...fabulous jadebloods in fabulous skirts?

[Eridan took the whole thing in stride. He couldn't really tell if it was aplomb or just flat out not giving a shit, though. He changed the shirt, put on his spare sunglasses and when he found his pants just wouldn't stay on his new hips, shrugged it off and kept the skirt. It was kinda comfy anyway. So after dropping a line in the network, he made his way to the media room, intent on watching movies until Kanaya saw his message and swung by to talk to him.

Well, that was the idea. Not even halfway through the first one, Eridan fell asleep. So now there's a jadeblood sprawled on a couch, in a very unladylike fashion, wearing an aquarius shirt and a pair of ridiculous sunglasses.

Might be snoring a little, too.]

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[chronomancer]

...if you want to.

[Don't? Please?]

It's okay, though. I'm just. Waitin' for Kan so we can talk. I'll try not to bother you.

[While I sleep. Or pass out. His voice is a little slurry, and he's making a valiant effort to lean on the back of the couch, rather than sprawl on it like he was, when Equius found him the first time.]

[geometry]

[Aaaaand guess who doesn't want to, like, at all? You get three guesses.]

I have nothing to do but watch this movie here... you won't bother me, I don't think.

[chronomancer]

...'kay.

[So he leans back a little, arms folded into his lap and his knees pulled up, skirt once more falling down low enough to hide his shoes. He tried to keep track of his body that way, but truth is for all he's a very light sleeper, he's a very messy one, too.

There's something soft an unusual in the smile he gives Equius though, which you might want to attribute to sleepiness. Or maybe something else.]

[geometry]

[It's kind of sad how long he stares at that smile. But shortly afterward, he mimics Eridan's position, dangling the remote from one hand and staring at the face he knows is Kanaya's. Somewhere under those features, though, there's someone entirely different, and how interesting is that that even though the facial structure is all wrong, there's still something distinctly Eridan about his smile, more 'Eridan' than he's seen, well... ever.]

[Without even noticing, Equius starts smiling back.]

[And there isn't the slightest hint of awkward.]

[chronomancer]

[Oh well now, that's just unfair. The lack of awkward, I mean. Eridan drops his eyes to his hands, behind his sunglasses at that smile. And then very slowly he leans in, resting the side of his head against a shoulder.

I'm sorry, Equius, I don't think you understand the clingy monster you've unleashed.]

[geometry]

[Yeah, no, he probably doesn't.Eridan's secret obsessive depths are, at the moment, completely lost on him.]

[...of course, clingy affectionate quadrantmates aren't exactly a foreign concept either. His personal bubble has been invaded countless times by a certain short-statured Tyrian, and even though he'd never been able to return the sentiments with such vigor (she was so small, it just seemed wrong, even if she could easily wipe the floor with him), clinginess is completely within the realm of things he can Deal With as long as there's a heart or diamond involved.]

[Blackrom... no. Blackrom cuddles are just weird. Blackrom in general is just weird. But whatever.]

[chronomancer]

[Thank you for the unintended Tidestuck related stab in the gut. Sob.

At least, Eridan's trying to contain himself. A little scared, a little awed, a little humbled and too unsure. This isn't... this isn't anything like Jade, that he can just drape himself on her and purr and mock and manhandle her a little because she's a pint-sized tornado of pity and laughter and painful, wonderful things. So he was more reserved, at least for now, and he just settled there, against Equius's side and maybe let his eyes shut close.]