Sean Kelly

No strings or feelings?

Ye ain't lingering, ye're a guest! Besides, I got eggs that need to get used up

[He claps Santiago on the shoulder good-naturedly]

...I can meet ye doenstairs after I get dressed

It's ok! It's a wee mistake, I ain't upset

Did ye still want yer second bite?

W-wait hang on. I'm so sorry but I dun like ye in that way, lad. I really was jus bein neighborly. I hate seein people go hungry

Mmph-!

[Once they let go he blinks rapidly]

I, um, I dunno if that's ok. Seein as ye're wit me brother-in-law. Or I suppose ex brother-in-law...

[He smiles at him knowingly. As a kid he was also pagan. Making offerings to the spirits of the forest, learning to make ritual items with the elders of his village, painting on his skin to mimic the ink the grown ups had]

Ye dun want breakfast?

[He's confused about this. He's trying to talk around her thumb]

It tastes like frozen pizza the petrol station decided to heat an sell to get rid o' their extra Four Lokos...I ain't sure what else ye want me to say

Lose yer sense o' smell or something?

[He thinks about what an odd question that was to ask someone after you just ate the same thing while zoning out a little and staring at her thumb]

Aye, over the door on the inside o' the house. As far as practice...I dunno actually, I just been doing it every year fer as long as I can remember but I'm still Catholic. They usually go up on Halloween but you should still get some good out o' it. I'll make ye a fresh one after if ye please

Uh, alright?

[He tentatively takes a little nibble. He's not sure what exactly is going on but it doesn't feel like it's just sharing food]

Oh, no no I dinnae meant fer that! I was just being neighborly! Can't have ye goin hungry an all that

Er...

[He only could afford one slice. He looks at it and thinks about how he could split it fairly]

Ye can have two bites

Wait I'm not sure if that's the best idea if ye're vegan. I cannae give ye many options wit me allergy

I already drank it but it's not far from me house. Walking distance really

I'm gonna have pizza fer lunch today
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[He leaves the door to his room open while looking around. There's a few intricate fish tanks on a rack filled with little colorful shrimp that follow him against the glass to see what he's doing. He turns around once he finds a little weaving made of sticks and straw]

Ah! Here it is!

Aye, I'd like that...let's get ye sorted first

[He starts ambling back to his room]

Dunno the actual efficacy but I ain't bothered with anything if I got a charm on me person or hangin up in me house. That's what those sticks up above me front door are. I should have a spare something in here-

Oh! If that's the case I got some charms if ye dun want that sort o' thing following ye around! I usually dun fuck around wit that sort of thing but if it's a deterrent I'll make an exception-

[He just realized what he's been asked]

Er, maybe I can attach one to some flowers if we go out? Maybe?

Aye probably but ye dun needtae apologize yersel! I, um, that is if it ain't too forward to say- I liked the, ah, kiss.

[A little nervous smile twitches on his lips. He nearly slips out a "if you want another-" but he has enough self control not to add it. Instead, he clears his throat awkwardly]

[He sheepishly opens the bathroom door and steps into the hallway now that he's decent]

Eheh, sorry about all that ruckus. I fergot ye stayed the night.

Oh! Shite! I was gonntae call your embassy here to see if they could get ye home!

[He stammers in his haste to try to get him to wait, which gives him just enough time to remember that he's in the shower. Oops. He finishes up at super speed and puts the shirt he'd been wearing before back on despite being dripping wet with a towel around his waist]

...The gingers or the blondes? Because ye better choose carefully

I dun mind the look o' big bushy eyebrows when they're on a ginger. When it's a blonde though, they really stand out

I'm glad they grew back!

Aye, hurts too. The kids I babysit sometimes tried to give me a makeover once and thought they needed to do me eyebrows fer it. Just about plucked me face bald

Oh no no, dun misunderstand me, I ain't saying nothin out o' turn. I'm agreeing wit ye that he's pretty! I just know his routines an such are also a lot o' work that should be recognized!

I mean, he puts a lot o' work intae lookin his best an from what I can tell he goes even further to look good fer ye specifically. Figure it almost feels insultin to not recognize that by not callin him pretty right?

Ain't that what he's trying to go fer?

So then ye could've lost yer edge because o' that pretty wee thing then?