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[maximumlegend]

W-Wait, you want to hug me for that?

[ At least it's not really panic in his tone. Instead it's more just surprise, especially when he was already a little awkward a moment ago. It just makes the surprise hit him even harder now.

He's not used to people hugging him, okay! Maybe his papa after said papa's death, but-- That's his papa! It's different! ]

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ OH NO, DID SHE MAKE IT WEIRD AGAIN... this is just like the time she offered to arm-wrestle his mom! Rein it in, Doreen! ]

Unless that's not cool! Totally fine if it isn't, fistbumps or high-fives are a good option too!

[maximumlegend]

No!

[ Maybe said a little bit too quickly. So quickly that it almost sounds kind of panicked, or maybe desperate, but Fabian is quick to reign it in. He has to be at least somewhat cool here, after all. ]

No, a hug is-- It's fine! I don't mind.

[ No, that's a lie. But Fabian wonders if telling the truth here is also a little bit too uncool..

.. he has thinks for a moment, and then admits, reluctantly but genuinely: ]

I like it, actually. You know, perhaps we could use both it. A hug, I mean. [ Admitting to your needs is embarrassing!! Ugh!! Kill him now!! ]

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ Doreen is so earnestly dorky that she has passed through Uncoolness and gone straight out to the other side, where the only person who gets to decide how cool you are is you! Give it a couple more years, Fabian, you'll get there. ]

... Yeah, I think so. Next time we run into each other, we're bringin' it in! The hug train is pulling into the station!

[ sometimes the dorkiness does overpower it though, NGL ]

[maximumlegend]

[ This is dorky. So dorky. Incredibly dorky.

But Doreen has hit just the right notes with Fabian before, which means she can get away with it. It's a very exclusive position, Doreen, make sure to hold onto it! Especially since Fabian calls even his years long friends nerds sometimes..

Even though he does have to protest just a bit, sounding slightly embarrassed: ]

Does it have to be called a hug train?

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

[ listen, Doreen would take being called a nerd as a compliment! nerds are cool! ]

Choo choo!

... Nah, I kid. A hug is a hug, no matter what it's called! Although I guess a hug train would imply more than two people, so it's a bit off, semantically.

[maximumlegend]

It's just-- It's better when it's not called a hug train, okay!

[ Don't try to intimidate him with that 'choo choo'!

... mostly because it'd actually work! There's nothing scarier to Fabian Seacaster than seeming uncool. (Or sexy rats.) ]

That makes it sound like I'm a little kid. Which I am most certainly not! I am a grown adult who just enjoys getting and giving encouragement to friends through hugs! [ Please, Fabian, you're barely 18.

And you act even younger than it. ]

[eatsnutsandkicksbutts]

Gotcha, gotcha! I concede your point, and you're right, hugs are great!

[ Man, Doreen remembers what it was like to be a teenager who's trying so damn hard to be cool, especially to adults! It felt like being a raw nerve, she does not miss those days. ]