{"id":185849,"date":"2014-10-19T00:15:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T00:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/10\/19\/willietheplaidjacket-prettyarbitrary\/"},"modified":"2014-10-19T00:15:30","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T00:15:30","slug":"willietheplaidjacket-prettyarbitrary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2014\/10\/19\/willietheplaidjacket-prettyarbitrary\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willietheplaidjacket.tumblr.com\/post\/100289251192\/prettyarbitrary-prettyarbitrary\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">willietheplaidjacket<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/prettyarbitrary.tumblr.com\/post\/100288851925\/prettyarbitrary-bbcatemypumpkinspice-like\" target=\"_blank\">prettyarbitrary<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/prettyarbitrary.tumblr.com\/post\/100203056520\/bbcatemypumpkinspice-like-imagine-a-younger\" target=\"_blank\">prettyarbitrary<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/wimpytentacle.co.vu\/post\/99031807639\/like-imagine-a-younger-more-trusting-john-lying\" target=\"_blank\">bbcatemypumpkinspice<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>like imagine a younger more trusting john lying with sholto in the dark and whispering to him about wanting to be with him forever and like making plans for their future<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>#jolto#oh my heart#I would dearly love some flashbacks to a pre-broken John<\/p>\n<p>Willie\u2019s tags just make this that much worse.\u00a0 <em>Pre-broken John.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They\u2019re on leave and tangled in mosquito netting.\u00a0 The hair of James\u2019 leg is soft where it slides along John\u2019s inner thigh.\u00a0 They\u2019re spent and hot and sweaty, but with the night as sultry as it is, there\u2019s no point in rolling away, so John lies draped half across James\u2019 broad blond-furred chest, with one strong arm holding him in place.<\/p>\n<p>The soft stroke of fingertips across his shoulder gives him courage.\u00a0 \u201cWe could get a civil partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James turns his head, startled.\u00a0 The fingertips stop their caresses, but they cup John\u2019s shoulder comfortingly.\u00a0 Still, John can\u2019t bring himself to raise his voice.\u00a0 He\u2019s not\u2026proposing.\u00a0 But.\u00a0 He\u2019s never met anyone like James, and he knows he never will again.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re both career.\u00a0 We\u2019d be apart sometimes.\u00a0 But\u2026\u201d\u00a0 He trails the pads of his fingers down James\u2019 arm.\u00a0 The sentiment\u2019s wedged somewhere in his throat.\u00a0 Maybe thinking it hard is good enough.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it is, because James hums speculatively and his fingers begin to stroke at his shoulder again.\u00a0 When John tilts his head to look up at him, James\u2019 smile is like a sunbeam.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re not either of them good at talking, but John thinks, as James kisses and rolls with him in the tangle of bedsheets and mosquito netting, that this works well too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>*whispers excitedly* yes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>willietheplaidjacket: prettyarbitrary: prettyarbitrary: bbcatemypumpkinspice: like imagine a younger more trusting john lying with sholto in the dark and whispering to him about wanting to be with him forever and like making plans for their future #jolto#oh my heart#I would dearly love some flashbacks to a pre-broken John Willie\u2019s tags just make this that much worse.\u00a0 &hellip; 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