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time travel texting.

THE BIG FAT TIME TRAVEL TEXTING MEME.

How does it work?
- You post your top-level as usual.
- People reply, but the catch is, magical shenanigans intervene and poof! You're getting a text from someone you know, but it's 3 years too early or 10 years too late! What spoilers will you learn? Will you accidentally reveal some of your own?
- You can use this to explore forward-dated scenarios or have characters interact before they "met," or at least before one of them knows they met.
- When you reply, notate in the header when your character's tagging from.

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you've been carrying it an awfully long time.

it's ok to leave it behind now. you can take care of minsu for no reason other than the fact that you love him.

oh, that's the main reason why i take care of him. he's so cute, dash. loud, but so cute.

it's possible i've been feeling a little broody lately, so i've been spending even more time with him.

and most of the time, i don't think about this burden. it's just. sometimes. it's not what i did to you, either. it's everything bad i've done. i don't think i should forget about it.

well, i can't imagine me and neve making a baby that isn't cute!

not to brag or anything. i'm glad you're fond of him. i'm happy to hear my baby's in such good hands.

you? broody? are you thinking about being a papa, myung? are you thinking about dal being a papa?

you can forgive yourself and still remember what you've done so you don't do it again. take it from someone who knows.

Oh, you can brag. He’s adorable, and he absolutely knows it, too. Turns on the charm whenever he’s in trouble, all pretty smiles and wide eyes. Wonders where he got that from, huh?

I don’t know. Maybe? We’ve talked about it a few times, now that Dal is more used to kids. But I wouldn’t know where to even start. For now I guess being an uncle has to be enough.

Well, for what it’s worth, it’s never happened again.

if you're insinuating it's me, then i just don't know what to say! except that i hardly ever turn on the charm like that, because i hardly every get in trouble. [ The most innocent face. ]

it's a big step forward. i'm sure it'll happen at the right time for you, when you're both ready. i know you'll both make great parents. you're a wonderful person, myung. very loving, whatever you think of yourself. and dal is sweet as well. you can tell he's very kind.

i didn't think so. i know you meant what you said back then.

okay, sure, not when you get in trouble. but when you want something. i have so many pictures of the two of you making the exact same face, it's ridiculous. cute, though.

yeah, i don't know that we're here yet. but dal's been enjoying babysitting, and he's really a natural. he talks to them like they're little adults, you know? takes them seriously. it means a lot. as for me, well, i don't know. i used to be terrified, but now everything's different. i feel like i could be decent at it.

i like to think i only use my powers for good! i bet minsu's just the same.

that somehow doesn't surprise me about dal. he has a way with people. i think he respects everyone a lot, you know? you can feel it when you talk to him, so it makes sense it'd be the same with children.

thinking of you now, it's really wonderful to imagine you might be feeling more confident about the idea. you deserve to be happy, both of you. if you're scared, well, first of all, that sounds pretty natural. but also? you've got a great partner who i bet would really help you a lot. not to mention, you're a great partner yourself.

Edited 2019-03-23 05:07 (UTC)

if 'good' is getting himself some extra pie, then sure

he really loves little minsu a lot. and so do i. and it's scary for sure, but... i used to be scared about being exclusive with him. then i was terrified of getting married. but i've done that, and they were the best decisions i could make. so maybe the next step is just that.

honestly all i have to do is be there for him. it's pretty goddamn easy.

if it's his uncle minsu's pie, then i understand turning on the charm to get seconds!

will you be totally grossed out if i tell you that i aww'd aloud reading that? it's really wonderful, myung. really, really sweet to know he's with you on that journey. that he's your partner! that's what it's about, i think. having a partner. a teammate that you love more than you can ever say. and when you have that, i would guess it's not as hard to take that next step?

i feel that way about being with neve. it's so easy. i still wonder if it's not too easy sometimes.

and his pies have only got better and better

not grossed out, but i maybeeeee rolled my eyes. affectionately. it's not the first time you say this to me, you know? you've said that quite a lot already when i asked you to marry us

i definitely feel like he and i can just. do anything. get through everything.

is it too easy? i don't know. dal and i don't really fight or anything. i used to think it was not a good thing, that we should disagree sometimes, but we just... talk things out. he's taught me so much about communication.

even more things to look forward to in the future! though i'm looking forward to seeing you holding my son the most.

wait, wait, wait. you asked me to marry you?

it sounds like such a huge cliche, but love really can make you feel invincible. it's amazing.

i think the whole purpose of disagreeing and doing it right is to figure out how to meet in the middle. i don't think you have to scream and fight and get heated for that to happen. talking it out calmly takes just as much effort, in a way. i know some people say it's dispassionate, but i don't agree at all.

ah, dash. i think you should look forward to seeing neve hold him the most. not me.

oh, yeah, i guess you don't know that. yeah, dal and i agreed, and we wanted everyone to be involved, and minsu and ten were already my best men, and junsu was pretty much our flower boy although tbf he was more of a third best man, but i wanted

something special, idk. so i asked if you'd officiate.

communication is hard. communicating calmly is even harder. dal taught me that. and something both you and him have taught me, too, is that running away is never a solution.

i mean of everything happening in this scene right now! sorry, but seeing neve with our child definitely eclipses anything else i can think of. it doesn't mean i don't think you and baby minsu isn't special though. i really mean it when i say i'm looking forward to it.

wow. i never would've guessed in a million years that i'd get to do something so special. thank you, myung. i can't wait to see this for myself. especially the two of you, but flower boy junsu sounds pretty amazing as well.

i'm glad you know that now. not because it's something we'd want to lord over you, but because i always did think you'd be happier if you didn't feel like you had to be ready to run at any moment. i felt that way for awhile. it's hard on your heart.

as it should. it's like whenever i see dal with one of the kids, it... gets me feeling a certain way. can't really explain how, it's just. like a gut punch. in a good way.

flower boy junsu was very cute. he cried during the ceremony, you were very eloquent.

...do you want to know what i asked for neve to do?

you know it's never been about wanting to leave you guys, right?

like something heavy landed on your heart? but you wouldn't mind if it happened again and again? that kind of feeling? i can almost imagine it. but i'm sure it's even bigger than i know.

aw, junsu. he's a really sweet-hearted person. hm, did you cry, myung?

i do. what did you ask my neve to do?

i know. i understood it a long time ago, even if it hurt and made me feel confused for awhile. i think we all have things that make us feel that way, or something like it. but i always suspected you felt them more than most.

it's a good, overwhelming feeling, yeah. it feels too much but also so perfect, i want more of it.

did i? no, of course not. totally didn't cry.

i asked him to walk me down the aisle. which is silly, i know! it's a stupid tradition! but it felt significant anyway, and i think. i think he liked doing it. we'd been working on our relationship a lot, you know?

i was just scared. i'm still scared, in plenty of ways. i still worry that one day, we'll get caught, and we'll have to run. that's why i always have a go-to bag, even now. i've unpacked, i'm just. ready. but i'd take you all with me.

more and more and more, until you can't hold it all?

you did! you really did, didn't you? amazing. it doesn't surprise me though. the way you look at dal, i can imagine it.

oh no, myung, that's not silly at all. that's really, really not silly, the opposite of it, in fact. i'm so happy you asked him. and i'm so happy he said yes. i know it must've been hard for the both of you. neve and i talk about it sometimes. everything that's happened to us, i think it's understandable we'd have these struggles. i know you care about each other though. i never doubted that.

i know you would. and we'd be safe if we had to leave, because we'd go together. i know we would. it used to terrify me, being separated from everyone. i had a lot of trouble. panic attacks, that kind of thing.

yeah. yeah, like that

yeah, okay, maybe i did a bit. but it was just overwhelming, that's all! didn't you cry at your wedding?

we've gone through a lot of shit, he and i. it felt... i don't know, it felt right to as him. out of everyone in our family, he's the one i think that's most like me in so many ways, and we've had our clashes and our hard times, but i respect him so much. i love him - don't go telling him that, though.

it's the only thing that still keeps me up at night. the idea that i could lose any of you guys.

that's amazing. it's nice to hear you talk about something like that.

oh, i did. i cried more than a few tears! i was so happy. it's a great feeling, a huge one, just to be there with the people you love, celebrating something like that.

don't worry, my lips are sealed. but i've always known you're a little bit alike. you have the same kind of stubborn streak. sometimes i think you're hard on yourselves in the same ways.

you won't lose us. we're going to stay together, whatever it takes. i know it.

you're so cheesy

and i'm not stubborn!!! ... totally not stubborn.

i'm cheesy and you're stubborn. that's how it is, myung.

you're stubborn too, though.

well, i guess i won't deny that. but i think that's true of almost everyone in this house, isn't it? maybe there are a few exceptions.

i started typing 'dal's not stubborn' and then had to stop because that'd be such a lie

he's stubborn in a different way to you and i, isn't he?

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