[ACE] Devil's duty

[aerin 'ace' colt endsley]

He finally finished his cone, wiping his hands and face free of whatever ice cream he'd gotten on him. "That was good. Thank you." He said quietly.

[derek chandler ralston]

"No problem." He smiled and stretched before looking around the empty shop quietly. "Did you want to go do anything else today?"

[aerin 'ace' colt endsley]

"No.. I'm ready to go home.." He said quietly, rubbing at an eye. He leaned back in his chair, looking over at Derek for a moment before he drew his attention back to the window beside him.

[derek chandler ralston]

"Okay." He patted his head, getting up to throw their naplins away and motioning for him to follow back out to the truck.

[aerin 'ace' colt endsley]

Ace followed him out to the truck, his hands in his pockets. He drew his eyebrows together when another girl tried talking to him, reaching over for Derek's hand. He shrank back against him, holding Derek's hand tightly.

[derek chandler ralston]

Derek took his hand and kept him close, looking over at the girl with a steady gaze until she backed off. He led him to the truck and opened the passengers side, helping Ace inside with a smile.

[aerin 'ace' colt endsley]

"Why's everyone gotta talk to me?" He asked, climbing up into the truck. He drew his legs up under him, looking over at Derek.

[derek chandler ralston]

Derek rose an eyebrow, grinning. "Because you're cute. And they don't know you're gay." He chuckled light heardtedly, slowly pullin out and starting back towards Parish's.

[aerin 'ace' colt endsley]

"Well you're cute too and everyone doesn't try talking to you.." He mumbled, messing with the seat belt around his waist. "Maybe I should just stay inside." He said, rubbing at his eye.

[derek chandler ralston]

Derek smirked, but his voice was somewhat cynical. "Yeah but I'm a freak with scary monster teeth," He muttered. He shrugged. "I'm used to being glanced at and shied away from." He slowed at a light, yawning.

[aerin 'ace' colt endsley]

"You aren't a freak, Derek.." Ace said quietly, drawing his knees up into the seat with him. He looked over at him, his eyes slowly wandering over his face. "We're all a little odd.. It's what makes the world go round.. I think you're handsome." He mumbled, chewing on his thumb again.

[derek chandler ralston]

"Well then you must think Wolverine is handsome, too.." Derek teased softly, trying to keep from straying into anything too cynical or upsetting for either of them. He managed a smile his way. "If you try wasting your life away inside, I'm going to make you catch up on movies until you're sick of them." He grinned, pulling away from the intersection as the light changed.

[aerin 'ace' colt endsley]

"Wolverine's my favorite, actually.." He said quietly, looking out the window again. And despite not being able to see the colors outside the window, he could imagine how they looked. Or as much as someone who couldn't see colors could imagine. It was like someone who didn't understand a language trying to decipher it. "I don't mind movies. I just can't sit in one place very long." He'd found out long before the fact he couldn't sit still was because of who his father was. It was the same reason he'd always had trouble reading.

[derek chandler ralston]

Derek smiled the faintest bit, an honest smile that just barely lifted the corners of his lips crookedly. He relaxed slightly, listening to what else Ace said. "Mm, I get fidgety too, sometimes." He yawned again, honestly growing more and more content with the idea of curling up and watching movies for the night. "Should we swing by a video store?"

[aerin 'ace' colt endsley]

"Correct me if I'm wrong.. I mean, I'm a foster kid and everything, but doesn't the tv play movies too? Same concept, only we don't have to rewind the tapes?" He asked, looking over at him. It was clear he hadn't been to the movie store since VHS tapes were the cool way to record shows. He sighed, wiping blood from his chin from his thumb. "I have got to stop doing that.."