Kell shoots Jesper a horrified glance of the you-know-i-did-not-mean-that-you-menace sort. Right after he looks around to nervously check if anyone has heard them, or at all noticed. He tried to keep his voice low. What he said was only for Jesper. His last declaration might have been inappropriate given time and space - it made sense in context - but so was Jesper's response. No, actually, Jesper's response was levels above inappropriate.
"I didn't mean here and now."
Alright. Maybe now - or some time from now, a long as it's soon - doesn't seem like an entirely bad proposition, but certainly he did not mean here. Contrary to the evidence he has just presented with his own behavior, Kell has some degree of common decency. Usually, enough to not be eating snacks at an execution as if it was a spectacle. He quickly realizes to his own horror that if Lila were here, she most likely would have been casually eating popcorn too. And she would most likely love Jesper. Same attracts the same. Saints, why is he always finding himself people to give him heart attacks?
Kell doesn't get to wallow in that trail of thought for too long. Honestly, it's infuriating that all Jesper has to do get his undivided attention is to touch him the right way. The words get through, but it will take time for their meaning to truly sink in. Kell swallows hard. Rarely is he ever chosen over someone else. Let alone his perfect brother. Beloved, adopted brother. Still perfect.
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Kell shoots Jesper a horrified glance of the you-know-i-did-not-mean-that-you-menace sort. Right after he looks around to nervously check if anyone has heard them, or at all noticed. He tried to keep his voice low. What he said was only for Jesper. His last declaration might have been inappropriate given time and space - it made sense in context - but so was Jesper's response. No, actually, Jesper's response was levels above inappropriate.
"I didn't mean here and now."
Alright. Maybe now - or some time from now, a long as it's soon - doesn't seem like an entirely bad proposition, but certainly he did not mean here. Contrary to the evidence he has just presented with his own behavior, Kell has some degree of common decency. Usually, enough to not be eating snacks at an execution as if it was a spectacle.
He quickly realizes to his own horror that if Lila were here, she most likely would have been casually eating popcorn too. And she would most likely love Jesper. Same attracts the same. Saints, why is he always finding himself people to give him heart attacks?
Kell doesn't get to wallow in that trail of thought for too long. Honestly, it's infuriating that all Jesper has to do get his undivided attention is to touch him the right way. The words get through, but it will take time for their meaning to truly sink in. Kell swallows hard. Rarely is he ever chosen over someone else. Let alone his perfect brother. Beloved, adopted brother. Still perfect.
"H-Horizon is fine."