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[kingsroads]

two bros
chilling in the pillar of darkness
five feet apart cause they're not gay

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[kingsroads]

Yeah, Strange knows she's teasing him a little. He rolls his eyes slightly before leaning over to give Shura a smile.

"We can talk about some of those unexpected situation, if you want. Or, I can leave you guessing."

[exaomori]

She has to tease him. If she doesn't tease him, she might do something goofy like taking a moment to enjoy that stupid smile of his. She's just lightly buzzed, nowhere near intoxicated enough to get all soft. But it was best to just avoid getting soft in the first place, so Shura will just take a drink and keep on teasing.

"You wouldn't have brought it up if you didn't want to talk about it, windbag."

[kingsroads]

"I do kind of want to talk about it," Strange admits, because he is the most predictable man in the world. "But some of those unexpected situations are too serious to talk about while cuddling."

Like, you know, dead wives. So, Strange focuses on an unexpected situation that's more silly than anything else.

"Did I ever tell you about my childhood? I knew I had magic when I was young, but I had no damn clue what to do with it. I was in my twenties when someone actually showed me my potential. That was unexpected as hell."

[exaomori]

It's hard to say which is worse, the indirect mention of what Shura assumes is his dead wife or the fact that Strange actually used the word cuddle out loud. Whatever the answer, Shura tenses, feeling a twist in her gut that she can't blame on being buzzed. Fortunately for her, Strange is just wise enough to not take that particular route, so Shura can pretend that she isn't having an internal struggle.

"What, your parents didn't want to teach you or somethin'?" He grew up with money, hadn't he? If they wanted, they probably could have afforded lessons.

[kingsroads]

Strange can't help but laugh a little at that. It's a short bark of a laugh before he shakes his head.

"That would have made me happy. Or at the least, it would have made it easier for me to make a name for myself. My father was dead-set against either of those two happening."

Though he's trying, he can't hide the bitterness in his tone and his laugh.

[exaomori]

If Shura recalls correctly (though perhaps a bit reluctantly), Strange's father had also opposed his marriage. While it was possible that it was a strict father reel in a wild child, it could be a miser of a fart bringing an unruly son to heel.

"Musta been nice to get out from under him." Well, it wasn't as if Shura didn't understand how it might feel, though her situation had probably been a little less bougie.

[kingsroads]

"Oh, it was wonderful. Call me callous, but the moment I learned he had died was one of the happiest of my life."

Is this a terrible thing to say? Absolutely. Does Strange really hate his father? Also absolutely. He's trying to keep the tone light and trying to hide the fact that he still holds a large amount of anger and resentment to the man: you don't bring up daddy issues while cuddling.

"What about you? I assume your parents were better than mine."

[exaomori]

That’s a question that’s going to lead to awkward conversations. Shura isn’t inebriated enough to miss the way he changes the subject. Unfortunately, Shura’s parentage is also something that isn’t the greatest subject to discuss while cuddling, and she’s stuck between wanting to change the subject and being honest.

“Dunno, never knew them.” That answers Strange’s question, so at least she can say that she opened up a little bit. Now time to redirect the subject back to where Strange may have wanted to go in the first place. It’s a compromise!

“So why did you take up magic after all that?” Maybe that would put him a bit more at ease??