It was. It was a lot, okay. Memo hadn’t been to a real party in… maybe ever? And by ‘real party’ he meant one where you could actually think over the bass in the music. And it wasn’t in a bar. And they weren’t snorting coke in the bathroom.

Well. At least, they shouldn’t be.

There was a lot of anxiety, okay. He had a terrible, lingering fear that they’d get there and Alex would split off and go be social with all his other friends and the people who came to shmooze with him. And while Memo was normally extremely social and never had a problem making friends, he still wasn’t feeling entirely himself after the whole cyberspace fiasco.

It was… incredibly disconcerting, to feel like a stranger in your own body.

But his boyfriend was so fucking cute. And in makeup?

Yeah, he didn’t have a chance in hell.

“...do we have to stay long?”

He knew the answer, but still. He had other plans for the later half of their night.

Alexei Ivanov
this song has been stuck in my head since this mission came around

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Memo let his head loll to the side, cheek to shoulder.

“Mmm. Little of column A, little of column B,” he said, pensive. “I… don’t know how full my social tanks are, still.”

He watched Alex consider what colors to apply, slowly becoming disgustingly horny.

“Also you are very cute. And sexy,” he added, as though that would help sway things in his direction. “Very much both things.”

Alexei Ivanov
this song has been stuck in my head since this mission came around

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“Depends on the company,” Memo said, capping the eyeliner stick. He figured he’d fuck with it later. He reached his palms back and leaned back on the bed. “And how fast you vamoose when we get there.”

It was a gentle plea, said in a joking tone. Please don’t leave me.

“Yes,” he said, shameless and eager, excited at the prospect of it actually working. If Alex hadn’t put so much effort into his costume and makeup, Memo would literally be throwing himself at his boyfriend right now. In a dramatic, fake-swoony way.

“You hardly need your intuition to know I want to fuck you six ways from Sunday,” he said, aiming to get that red in Alex’s face fired up, “and maybe we can keep the ears on?”

Alexei Ivanov
this song has been stuck in my head since this mission came around

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Memo cocked his head as he listened to his boyfriend, grin growing across his face.

“I didn’t realize I was dating such a socialite,” he teased, leaning into his accent and really clipping his consonants, driving it up into the high-society mockery that Alex would be familiar with from movies and TV. “Did you learn you skills from your first season, my lady?”

Ah, there it was. No matter what else happened that night, the red flushing over Alex’s cheeks and down his throat would be a victory.

“’Already’,” he parrots, “as though I don’t always want you.”

Still. The clock was ticking. “I guess the sooner we get there, the sooner we can leave.”

Alexei Ivanov
this song has been stuck in my head since this mission came around

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Making Alex laugh was going to be one of the best joys of the rest of his life. Sometimes, he felt that as long as he could manage to drive his partner to giggles, he would be satisfied.

Most of the time, though, he also wanted to drive his partner to other things.

“Okaaaaaay,” he said, in a beleaguered sigh as he pressed himself up from his seat, “sounds like a plan. Just… don’t abandon me for all your friends, okay?”

He pushed the door to the bedroom open.

“Thy chariot awaits, your grace.”

Alexei Ivanov
this song has been stuck in my head since this mission came around

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“Dunno,” Memo said with a shrug, as they headed out the door, “I imagine you have many acquaintances. You are the longest standing gym leader in the region, right?”

Alex had showed up to his shitty apartments in disguise once, for god’s sake. The man was practically a celebrity.

“Oh, by all means. Show me off. You may not have realized but I happen to be very cute.” There, there was a tiny flicker of the old Memo charm; he winked, looping their arms together. “Like a dog in a purse in a place it should not be.”

Alexei Ivanov
this song has been stuck in my head since this mission came around
party timeskip <3

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