[ Maybe, just maybe, once in a while Steve should employ being a little selfish. In the case of TJ Hammond, he's probably going to have to voice some sort of selfishness if he wants this to work out. Because TJ will be greedy and keep taking what he wants from anyone who's going to give it to him until he's told otherwise.
What's best for TJ is someone to help control him a little. Steve could probably do it if he put his man pants on. If he's that big of an idiot to believe that TJ can make him happy, he needs to just put it all out on the table. That way TJ has enough time to freak out about it then come to terms with it. ]
Don't know. Might bite you, think you're attacking me or something.
[ Excuse. The only kinds of pants he wears are man pants. (Except for the period of time where he wore tights and booty shorts, but that wasn't exactly a high point in his life anyway.) Once it hits him that TJ makes him happy, happier than he's been in a long, long time, he'll make it perfectly clear before he lets TJ go—he never backs down without a fight. But after that the ball will be in TJ's court and then he'll be the one needing to put on his man pants and admit that he wants Steve in his life. If he has to wait around for TJ to come to the realization first himself, so be it.
In the meantime, he'll at least want visition rights for the dog. ]
[ Well, Steve's definitely going to have to do some waiting for TJ to get his adult pants on. Because he generally, as a rule, doesn't wear those. He doesn't like it. It's just a form of protection, though. He just doesn't want to get hurt again.
Though, deep down, he probably already knows that Steve won't treat him the way Sean did. It's already happening. TJ just needs to open his eyes and stop being so blind. ]
If anyone can recover quickly from that, it's you. ;)
[ Well TJ's in luck, because Steve thinks he might just be worth the wait. He's not going to treat him like Sean, and if he hasn't convinced TJ of that already he's not sure how else he could do it. Only time will make TJ truly believe it.
The next text makes him laugh, a warm puff of breath between his lips. ]
It still hurts, you know. I'm not going to get you a dog if you're just going to sic it on me.
[ He's going to have no idea what to do with that. No one's ever considered him worth much of anything. Much less someone worth waiting for. Steve's got his work cut out for him. ]
Hey. I can't predict what a wild animal is going to do. Not my fault.
[ Prepare yourself for some proper loving, TJ. It's the only way Steve knows how to love: completely and unconditionally. (Not unlike their hypothetical dog.) ]
I can. That's why it's not staying in the room during sex. My one condition.
[ He can ignore it all he wants. It won't stop it from happening. ]
I don't know if I'd call that an adventure. Besides, we could still get caught outside the bedroom. Not like we'd be able to keep the dog out of the living room.
Hope you've got some tricks packed away in that utility belt of yours, Rogers. Having sex in the kitchen or the living room isn't exactly an adventure these days.
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What's best for TJ is someone to help control him a little. Steve could probably do it if he put his man pants on. If he's that big of an idiot to believe that TJ can make him happy, he needs to just put it all out on the table. That way TJ has enough time to freak out about it then come to terms with it. ]
Don't know. Might bite you, think you're attacking me or something.
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In the meantime, he'll at least want visition rights for the dog. ]
Exactly. Is that what you'd want to happen?
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Though, deep down, he probably already knows that Steve won't treat him the way Sean did. It's already happening. TJ just needs to open his eyes and stop being so blind. ]
If anyone can recover quickly from that, it's you. ;)
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The next text makes him laugh, a warm puff of breath between his lips. ]
It still hurts, you know. I'm not going to get you a dog if you're just going to sic it on me.
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Hey. I can't predict what a wild animal is going to do. Not my fault.
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I can. That's why it's not staying in the room during sex. My one condition.
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I'll put it under advisement. It will have to be discussed and all parties in agreement.
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Fine. Just keep in mind I'm not having sex with you if the dog's there.
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You have no sense of domestic adventure.
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I don't know if I'd call that an adventure. Besides, we could still get caught outside the bedroom. Not like we'd be able to keep the dog out of the living room.
Or the kitchen.
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Planning on defiling my entire apartment, are you?
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You're the one who said he wanted adventure. [ So, yes. ]
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Hope you've got some tricks packed away in that utility belt of yours, Rogers. Having sex in the kitchen or the living room isn't exactly an adventure these days.
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Right, adventure means getting bitten by a dog mid-coitus.
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I can't believe you just used mid-coitus at me.
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You got a problem with that?
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I do. Yes. Should I just start calling you grandpa now, or later?
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Please don't. Between that and the dog, we might never have sex again.
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Oh you pretty much cut yourself off from coitus there, buddy.
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justice and the American way.]You used it this time, not me!
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I was not so subtly letting you know what cut you off.
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I got the message. And I don't think it's very fair.
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I'm sure I might be open to hearing your persuasions of why you should get to have sex with me again.
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In punishing me you're also punishing yourself and I don't think you're the type to want to do that.
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