accidental video | backdated to last night

[touchofgenius]

[The video switches on, showing a darkened bedroom, some moonlight filtering in through a window.

Slowly, very, very slowly, Birkin eases himself out of his bed. The bed squeaks slightly, just once, before Birkin has both feet planted on the floor. Mission successful, boyfriend still asleep. He puts on some clothes, quietly, quickly, looking a lot less like the bumbling idiot the community's come to know and a lot more efficient and sure of his movements.

He moves over to a dresser on the opposite wall, pulling something out of it, before creeping over to the door, easing it open, and blowing Stein a kiss before creeping out of the room.





If anyone's willing to actually continue watching the feed for the next few hours of footage, they'll get to see Birkin creep back in, drenched with sweat and a a bit of blood splattered on his shirt, return a pistol to the dresser, and slowly ease himself back into bed before the video turns off.]

Comments

[notasinglelady]

Mr. Birkin did you kill someone?

[touchofgenius]

Why is that the first conclusion you jump to?

[notasinglelady]

Because of the gun and blood stains. And because this week I already saw someone get killed and someone else got beaten up in this community.

[And he's quite upset about both posts, Birkin's made him even more wary.]

[touchofgenius]

...I'm not going to ask why you saw someone get killed, because I have a feeling I don't really want to know.

And the blood's mine, actually. The gun is just because I know how this universe works and I knew I was liable to possibly be someone's midnight snack if I wasn't armed.

[notasinglelady]

It was an accidental post, I didn't want to see it...

Can I know what happened? Are you hurt?

[touchofgenius]

It was just a bit of a scratch, don't worry. Stein fixed it up good as new. I just needed a couple stitches, which is hardly new.

As for what happened... Where I live now, there are these monsters who eat souls, I went for a walk and one of them scratched me while I was running from it.

[notasinglelady]

A couple stitches is more than just 'a scratch'. [But he will drop the subject.]

Ah, right you live in Stein's world. Does that always happens?

[touchofgenius]

You're right; in my case a couple stitches is usually the sign of a very fun night.

And it happens more often than makes me entirely comfortable, yeah.

[notasinglelady]

.... [TMI, Birkin :|]

Ehem.

I'm sorry then.

[touchofgenius]

No need to apologize. I knew what I was getting into when I agreed to move here. nothing to do about it now other than sigh and say "The things I do for love."

[notasinglelady]

That's sweet, in a very weird way. Home is where your heart is, hm?

[touchofgenius]

Yeah. And relationships are about sacrifice and compromise and such.