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[dungarees]

[Eugene had ended up staying in Louisiana. He'd start his studies soon and he found that it'd been a bit easier to deal with himself once he was away from his family. He loved them but there had been a constant pressure -- mostly from his mother -- to do more, to be fine when he wasn't. There was little of that here.

And he'd spent more and more time with Roe. It seemed odd to do so. But now he was headed to his place in what would really be the final nail on how odd all of this was. Ironic, perhaps was a better word. His knocked on his door light, remembering again the first time he'd stood here.

Was this right? Was this good for either of them to be going down this road? Could he even trust himself that this was really because of Roe. That for Roe it really was about Sledge? They were all they had left of something that had left them both hurting. It was hard know where one thing ended and another began.]

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[shokola]

Can't stop and think out there even if you wanna. Good for gettin' those of us who think too much to do somethin' that insane.

[It appeared that there were still many, many layers of Roe to uncover, not only when it came to his personality but his past as well, since that statement seemed to suggest that he'd had some experience with war "romances" which he'd never brought up before. Not that what had happened with Babe Heffron was at all relevant, at least in Roe's mind, as they'd ended it on clear terms before they parted.

And he'd never thought he could be so thankful for that fact, but in the face of what Merriell had pulled again, he was. Deeply, deeply thankful, even as he ached with empathy for Sledge.]

But I'd say it works 'bout the same, mostly. You done most of the hard part already. All's left is... [Acting on what they knew about each other, their mutual interest. Since Sledge really did do the heavy lifting by putting the issue on the table in the first place, Roe shouldered this one, gripping the nape of Sledge's neck just a bit more tightly to pull him in for a slow, soft, almost exploratory kiss.]

[dungarees]

[There wasn't time to think too hard on that statement for now, but the information, the questions about Roe and the desire to know more carefully filed it in a place in his memory that would be easily accessible later, to explore. it'd only serve to make the obvious even more plain, there was a hell of a lot he didn't know about Roe. He was pretty sure they were on uneven grounds when it came to how much they knew about each other.

Then again, maybe that's just because there was less to know about sledge.

It wasn't all that often that Roe had more to say than Sledge. Neither of them were all that big on talking but still Sledge had usually found himself talking to Roe's listening more often than not. But Roe's voice almost more soothing than the word's themselves and he knew what was coming when he trailed off.

If the words hadn't been enough than the grip on his neck would've been. He returned the kiss, eyes falling shut and damn if it weren't completely different from everything he'd known. He hardly knew how to respond, but he did, earnest but still soft, not rushing it as they explored this for the first time. It wasn't heated fireworks like there'd been with shelton but things with Roe had always been a slow burn it stood to reason their kissing would be too.]

[shokola]

[As Sledge's lips softened against his, Roe couldn't help but sigh into the kiss, thinking that it was oddly pleasant to take his time like this. Neither of his male partners had been much for taking their time, and he'd thought he should be more aggressive with women than was probably necessary, so this was fairly new to him as well. Doing anything without pushing himself as close as he could get to the limit without breaking was new to him.

But this wasn't to be rushed, not with the circumstances around it or the way it had developed so far. Roe's fingers curled against the neatly trimmed line of hair at the nape of Sledge's neck, and he parted his lips to tease his tongue across Sledge's mouth, more trying to coax him into opening it himself than the blunt force entry he'd always been used to.]

[dungarees]

[This was nice. Sledge honestly might not have been able to take the type of kiss he'd been used to getting from Shelton. This was tender and nursed away at the insecurities that had been plaguing him, like they were slowly being kissed away.

The tongue against his lips surprised him only for a moment before he parted them even int his slower pace there was still an eagerness to taste more, to know Roe more. His hand reached up to cup the other's cheek, caressing along his jaw as they kissed. There was a part of Sledge that thought this might be some sort of dream but the warmth Roe's skin beneath his fingers indicated otherwise.]