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[This is for dicking around and getting thread samples but mostly shameless indulgence.]

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[upmoving]

I understand.

[No he doesn't. Or he kind of does. He knows that Tristan's messed up and their relationship has always been based on unhealthy dependency. But he also believes in Tris's ability to learn to cope, if he really tries.]

Let's go to bed, okay?

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Not on the floor.

[It's nice that Ariel believes in him, this one at least. But Tristan and an older Ariel both know better, Tris isn't as strong as he pretends, not about this. So he needs it to work perhaps more than Ariel does--Ariel can give up, but Tris can't.]

[upmoving]

Please don't argue with me on this one, Tristan.

[Gently, he tries to pry himself out of Tris's arms. It's not that he hates him. It's not that he can even sustain the kind of betrayed rage he felt when he first realised what and who he was. But he can't get over the anger entirely, he can't banish the queasy half-guilty, half-used feeling, and the fact still remains that the closer he is to Tristan, the close his thoughts and those of his other self align.]

I'll be fine right here.

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Then you take the bed.

[Tristan doesn't sleep well alone, if he's not going to get any decent sleep anyway, Ariel might as well have a comfortable night.]

[upmoving]

Don't be ridiculous. You're the one who has to take care of himself.

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I have enough work to do I'll be up late as it is. Don't argue with me on every detail.