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takashi shirogane ([personal profile] earthshine) wrote 2022-05-28 10:47 pm (UTC)

library notes & anon second meeting ( for keith )

[ turns out writing a note for an anonymous hook-up to then leave inside a book on the same shelf turned glory hole from a week ago is tougher than it sounds. it sounds stupid too and that’s right on the money. this is stupid, but the alternative is passing another night staring at his cube’s ceiling, failing at not thinking about keith getting off in that same cot, yet succeeding at his refusal to squeeze one out. consciously, at least. his body betrayed him last night. first by giving into exhaustion. second by still having enough energy to conjure up a nightmare. no, not the usual kind with galra and blood and screaming. this one had featured keith and a distinct lack of platonic friendliness. shiro woke up to drool on his pillow and him grinding a wet spot into the bedding.

so. drastic times call for drastic measures.

finding a willing partner wouldn’t be so difficult, but being shiro requires thought and a screening process that’s too exhausting for his frayed patience to follow through with. the man from the library took shiro without shiro even having to breathe a word. that’s what shiro wants; a reprieve. he wants a stolen moment in which he doesn’t have to think about how he will be perceived. just once more, just to get this pent-up, horrifically inappropriate want out of his system, and then he’ll go back to his more measured, yet persistent approach to his sentence sheet.

in the meantime, he’ll stick with the long-shot chance of his anonymous man passing by their shelf and not only seeing the note, but responding to it. it’s been a few hours now and upon his first inconspicuous check, his note had been there, still peeking out of a short, thin book, sandwiched between two tall, hefty novels, all standing at eye level right above where anonymous man made a mess.

Can’t stop thinking about you. Round 2?

he’d had longer notes, some even explaining how he hasn’t gotten off that good in ages, but ultimately, he’d settled for short and to the point. besides, if someone else finds it first, at least there’s nothing incriminating. so, with his first check a bust, shiro will be back in another few hours. hopefully his luck will turn around by then. ]

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