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Sundays are for ALL varieties of texting

(reverse) love letters + shipping texts meme

comment with your character and a starter message/letter in the top-level. blank comments will be deleted! you may even want to play it like tfln, with several options to choose from.
your characters (in a relationship, in love, in some sort of attraction that gravitates around the other, in idk 'love' is a many-splendored thing) are commanicating via: passionate confessions written on parchment, furtive notes scrawled in code, passive-aggressive post-it notes, messages carved in trees, smoke signals, instant messages on space age computers, text messages complete with lovey-dovey pictures, whatever!
have fun!

Do you prefer a plum purple for our drapes in the library/stufy, or perhaps a royal purple that has a few more blue tones to it?

Edited 2023-10-15 11:30 (UTC)

I have made your favorite food because it reminds me of you-- I wish you were here to enjoy it, ja.

Edited 2023-10-15 11:27 (UTC)

[ info. tldr; the youngest son of a French politician who, having followed in his mother's footsteps, has just been elected into the National Assembly himself. as such, he's juggling finishing his uni studies, having no love life worth talking about and trying to make a difference in the world. the best that can be said is that he's not dead yet. ]

01. you okay? want a bagel? a blowjob? anything else i can get you?
02. i need a plus-one for the red carpet event i'm attending on friday. happen to know anyone?
03. how cheesy will you find me if i bring flowers?

I know a lot of people, some of which might actually jump at the chance to go with you.

( and believe it or not, despite his interests in boxing and spending all his time at the youth shelter he runs, he cleans up nice. he can also read and that wasn't an explicit invitation. )

Did your date cancel?

no. i was planning on going solo, but our pr manager has kindly reminded me i'm not that interesting on my own, so i should saddle up and at least get a couple's photo in one of the tabloids.

[ He's nothing if not completely honest. Also, this is why he didn't invite you explicitly, okay. He didn't want to assume you'd approve of that treatment. The You're-the-Means-to-an-End treatment. ]

Which means they care more about what you look like than what you're saying.

( if they let him speak at whatever this shindig is, then claude would be plenty interesting. it's an appearance thing. a for looks gig. a be seen grab. having been on the receiving end of that transaction before, he's on the fence about volunteering any of his friends for that exercise in self-loathing. )

Is this important to you?

there's the claude answer or the politician answer, neither is untrue to my views, but one is more asshole-ish than the other. do you want one or maybe both for comparison?

[ He truly isn't trying not to answer, it's just that the truth is a nuanced thing and he likes to talk about it in a nuanced way. That and he's a little bit embarrassed that he's willing to drag someone along into that circus, but if anyone was willing to go on those terms, he'd take them. ]

Like you're two separate people?

( claude off-duty and claude on camera are the same person, whether he can own it is something else. sidebar: archie knows what he's getting into with someone who has to be under public scrutiny. he's okay with being in the crossfire if it's worth it. )

I want you to tell me why it's important enough to you to have my whole life ridiculed because I end up on the front of one tabloid with you. Did public relations tell you I have a criminal record?

( juvenile delinquency, potentially redacted, but not impossible to dig up among small town folk. )

sometimes i wish we were.

[ But Claude knows that's not actual reality, that the right hand can't cut bread without the other hand knowing, something like that, right? He's all-around responsible.

So, he takes responsibility. ]

i have a supplement to our consent legislation in the works. once it's approved by the party for debate in the assembly, I need people in the public to already know me. i'm small fry right now, but this bill could really blow up and i want them on my side. the people decides in these matters, that's my firm belief, so i need them to care just a little bit beforehand.

that's the claude answer. the politician answer would be, your criminal record fits the public image i want. it wouldn't bother me.

but the important question here is, would it bother you?

I'm not going to pretend I know anything about politics, beyond what I'm supposed to know, but when you're torn between two things, they both suffer.

( and so do the people attached to those contrasting sides, whatever they are. )

Not really. I know I was innocent of the direct crime. I took the plea for the people I care about and to pay for my indirect choices. I don't care what other people think they know.

You can use me in public as long as you aren't also using me in private.

so i'm reminded, every now and then. it's a good reminder. thank you.
and i mean that, unironically.

[ He reads over that description and once more, for the umpteenth time, feels equal parts indignated and powerless thanks to a system that doesn't care about people who don't have any privileges on their side. Money, influence, what have you. ]

your story is yours, should be yours alone. if you want, i'll talk to some people, do what i can that it won't end up in the wrong hands.

and listen, i don't want to use you at all, if i can help it, but sometimes, even in private, i can mess these things up and i'd like you to tell me i'm being a dick, then.
like now.

Edited (icon) 2023-10-16 10:14 (UTC)

Will all due respect, no. I don't need you sticking your neck out for me or pulling any strings you might need later in your career. I don't answer to parents about my image. They're not usually in the picture. My checkered past is a part of what helps me relate to the kids that walk through my doors. And I have private funding, so. . .

( contributions from the community? from an ex girlfriend? it's complicated. )

I just wanted you to know what you were getting into. I'm not only a guy that looks good next to you in a suit.

I don't think you're being a dick. You're telling me like it is and I can appreciate that.

you'd make an excellent politician.
i hope your kids appreciate you, archie.
and if they don't, please know that i do.

honesty is important, both ways. so, approve of me in and out of the suit and i'll appreciate you just as much.

I don't know about that. I like what I'm doing now. Gratitude or no gratitude.

Buy me dinner first. We'll see how I feel about you out of the suit.

( it's a joke! he's joking! the conversation is far too serious for two guys trying to attend an event together that could be fun if they allowed it. )

That was terrible and I know it.

gotta warn you, my suit comes off in stages.
if we stay for the afterparty and you end up losing sight of me, you'll find me by following my trail of discarded clothes, tie first.

[ This is not exaggeration. He's been at even very official events in just his trousers before. When he was younger and had an excuse, the excuse being stupidity, sure, but it's happened. ]

Do you have something against formal wear I should know about?

( the most respectable thing he can come up with is asking why. if he doesn't ask why, then he'll just flirt eagerly. archie's not real subtle when he's harboring a crush, but at least texting gives him the illusion of a poker face. it'll be game over in person. )

I can be your designated. Driver, clothes-gatherer. You name it.

[ There's a moment's pause before the next string of messages hit. Claude is looking at "designated" and pairing it with very different words than Archie is. Designated destresser. Designated dick? Maybe? In which case, he'll need to get undressed for real.

The point is. Archie isn't someone serving him. Archie is his designated desire right now and that one's on Claude, completely. ]

don't be my designated.
just be there. i'll be happy.
i go to these things alone too often and, you know, forget my tie or my cufflinks weird places.
i could use an extra pair of eyes. an extra pair of hands.
for company.

When's this event of yours? Am I waiting all week to use my hands and eyes on you? Sorry, for you. At your side.

( a deliberate invitation to imagine. this is not entirely on claude when archie is a participant. he puts so much energy into helping others that when he stops to think about his own desires and interests, it's always like a wildfire. )

I'm honestly looking forward to it.

friday, 6 pm. classical concert with some famous soloist i can't remember the name of. after eleven, it's gonna be an open bar and dance floor.
take me dancing, that should be lots of hands-on action.

the right company makes everything better, archie.
i'll look forward to get plastered with you and probably a bit embarrassing.

[ It's not a real warning, more like an exhortation. Let's be young together, let's live a little, together, together. ]

You might be able to convince me to indulge in one. I can't hold my alcohol to save my life.

( beer is a safer choice that keeps him level-headed but participating, goofy but still sharp on his feet. it's a fun gathering meant for lowered inhibitions, probably without need for hypervigilance. )

I'll still dance my ass off with you. I love watching musical performances and I don't have two left feet to speak of. We might make some people jealous with what a good time we're going to have.

i'll stay semi-sober enough to get us both safely home, don't worry.

[ Claude, on the other hand, has a high tolerance at this point (if someone told you they spend a lot of time drinking in politics, it's not strictly wrong) and will be devoted to the notion of not letting the other man trip over himself at any point during the evening. ]

and we'll piss off the conservatives just by existing, so that's a good time all on its own.
the dancing is just a plus.

( m/m for shipping. open to canon, crosscanon, ocs.

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Why?

( simple and open ended... )

Edited (prefs would help right) 2023-10-15 11:58 (UTC)

[ Crosscanon and misfires welcome~! ]

[tl,dr: detective whose significant other/co-worker was a dirty cop and now she's out for revenge -- bringing her back after a super-long rp break, so appreciate literally anyone who wants to hang out with her. misfires and/or assumed cr are also cool.]

1. I can't wait for you to come home. The bed feels too big without you.

2. I left you a brand new outfit on the bed. Put it on and come meet me.

3. Yes, the cookies are for you, but I'm not sure I really recommend eating them. I made them with love, but they might not taste like it.

4. I've got a surprise for you.

( canonmates only | either youth/adult Suguru is okay, lmk which! )

[Open to prior CR and misfires.]

[Preference for prior CR and assumed from castmates.]

[a shred of paper tucked into an old book in the school library, in Geto's handwriting.]

You are still the love of my life. Should I tell you that? Maybe next time I see you. If I see you.

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