DEDICATED HENRATURRA POST;

[vecna]

(( when the sun sets, we're both the same ))

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[velluminous]

[ clumsy and earnest, and she puts out a hand to keep it from tumbling off. ]

I think that is already.

[vecna]

[The mushroom, aided by Sprezzatura, manages to climb into her lap and turns to sit. Smiling happily.]

…Maybe. But that’s not so bad, and I’m happy to see you warming up to them.

[velluminous]

[ instinctive to rest her palm atop its head, once settled—she lifts it away again at Henry's words. ]

They are such persistent things!

[vecna]

Of course they are. They love you.

[Simple as that. Says a mushroom, Pwesistentwy!]

[velluminous]

No, you love me. They follow your lead.

[vecna]

Maybe that was true at the start. But I think if I suddenly declared that we're not seeing you anymore, they'd burst into tears.

[ACCEPT THEIR LOVE]

[velluminous]

I do not even understand what I have done to earn that. One day, you are sending them to my room, and now they demand me to carrying them from place to place.

[ girl they're right THERE ]

[vecna]

[it's okay they're too dumb to overthink it]

Isn't that how it works? Time makes the heart grow fonder. That's what happened between you and me, after all.

[velluminous]

[ local wizard having difficulty ascribing full emotional complexity to mushroom sons ]

That was little bit different, don't you think?

[vecna]

[ ⭐️ ]

And how? Just because one's romantic and the other is familial, it doesn't mean the process is much different. Though... maybe I had to work a lot harder than they did.

[That's because we're cuter than Henwy!

Wow. The blunt force honesty of children.]

[velluminous]

[ immediately: ] They are quite cute.

[vecna]

[Whether or not she's teasing him, he accepts that answer with hidden glee, because getting an admission from Sprezzatura like that feels rare.]

Cuter than me?

[remember the spider owo face? he's doing it again]

[velluminous]

[ WHY ]

You, as grown man, wish to be cute?

[vecna]

[Because it’s fun to tease her.]

To you.

[velluminous]

You are many things to me.

[vecna]

[Ohh?]

Oh? Such as?

[velluminous]

[ she reaches out... and dusts off a little more snow from his crown. ]

My snow king.

[vecna]

[nnnoooo CRITICAL HIT

The warmth he feels might melt all the smoke away, anyhow. He leans in, all attempts to tease now replaced with sincerity.]

With his snowball queen.

[a beautifully devilish one]

[velluminous]

[ ehe ] You have been wanting for me to say something like this, hm?

[vecna]

[A kiss. Mwah. The little mushroom in her lap giggles.]

And if I said I was? I love any kind of compliment that I get from you.

[velluminous]

[ wiggles her fingers around that little mushroom body, in direct response to that giggle.

she knows she doesn't communicate it enough. but she doesn't know how to change it, either.

so, instead, she simply flops down into the snowbank, too, in her full furs. ]

Lyubimy.

[vecna]

[And is she taking the mushroom with her? Either way: Woah! Haha!

Henry looks down at her, settling into a proper sit in the snow, too. It’s cold and kicked-up from their snowball fight, but strangely serene besides.]

What is it?

[velluminous]

[ yes, with mushroom son! she holds him close and bundled to her chest. ]

I want tea and foot massage.

[vecna]

[He is the coziest mushroom son known to man. The other two try to scramble into Henry’s lap, now, wanting equal attention. He easily scoops them up, one in each arm.]

Then we should all go back inside, hm? Tea sounds nice.

[velluminous]

[ as she rises, ] But not other part?