[What's that supposed to even mean, Newendyke?? Freddy shakes his head. How can Larry be so comfortable this way? Of course, one could also ask how can Freddy be so comfortable with Larry around him like this? It's because he's still Larry and he hasn't felt that touch in a week.]
Such bullshit. [Sniff. He wipes his delicate but still somewhat larger than average nose. See, runny.]
Thought maybe it might help you feel better to know we're not the only ones with a problem today.
[The being women problem. They got others. That...shouldn't be important right now. Larry's comfortable because he's focusing on the kid, not on how lost he feels in his own skin. Another lean and he finds that Freddy smells the same.]
We're tough guys. It's strange and we're gonna get through it. We're not real tranny's.
[Oh, that runny nose. He fumbles for something to wipe his nose with.]
[Swatted he then combs his fingers into the other man's hair.]
One I knew for forever in my neighborhood grownin' up. Nobody talked about her, but people weren't nice to her. And heh, I met one at a bar. Took her to a room, and uh...well, I was too embarrassed. We stayed in touch though.Sweet lady.
[Bet you like that one, huh kid. Larry leans close to his hair to tell him that.]
[Finger combing his hair is far more tolerable because...because the kid loves the feeling of Larry's fingers on his head, okay? Man or woman, as long as it's Larry.]
You couldn't do it?
A show huh...you got a thing for them?
[Freddy's just asking since it sounds like the old man's had more than his fair share of close encounters. The kid on the other hand, he's tried not to arrest the ones looking to make some money. They're safer indoors than on the streets.]
She gave me a hand job. I took her to dinner, a show. Treated her like the lady she was.
[All of which could sound as dumb as not getting em in bed. Larry's okay with it. Just more twists and turns in that road of his that isn't quite straight.]
Bullshit, they do that in comics?
[He welcomes the subject change, especially to something that makes Freddy happy.]
[No sarcasm here because in Larry's case it's true. He's got that old fashioned something when it comes to treating dates right. The kid nods now, feeling better already. They're actually talking, not fighting. Strange, but right.]
Oh yeah, I mean you gotta read between the lines. [The speech bubbles and panels, he means.] But it's totally there.
[A hand does go to his newly curved hip. Nothing funny about that, right? Hips are only hips. As close as Larry is, he is still thinking over how welcomed a kiss would be right now.]
You calling yourself a nerd?
[Why ruin this? Well...to make it even better. His mouth brushes against Freddy's temple, could be a bump too depending.]
[Creeping up his shirt, not going for the breast though it'd be a lie to say he's not tempted. Freddy already said he didn't like being this way at all. That'd be like rubbing it in...unless he could show him that it wouldn't be so bad, right?
The real question is how lucky does Larry Dimick feel.]
I'm. A. Woman. Larry. [Not that Freddy has anything against women.] I'm not the same, hell neither are you. Look.
[He rolls onto his side enough to drop part of his jacket off his shoulder to reveal a perfectly hairless (epilated clean via curse by City Salon Services, TM) underarm.]
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