Aside | Postponed Till Never

Cristopher:  Hey, are you alive over there, Stark?

Jude: He has been pretty quiet.  Now I am worried…

Cristopher: I bet you he is just too busy smooching on the new spouse.

Jarod: They are newlyweds. Cut them some slack.

Lana: I agree with Jarod. I remember that I barely came up for air during the first three months of my marriage.

Jarod: Was that a sex joke?

Cristopher: 😂😂😂

Jude: It totally was.  Lana, no one needs to know about your head game.

Lana:  🙄 We are all adults here. 

Jude: Uh huh.

Jarod: I would also like to remind you that Kendis was just outed on national TV a week ago?

Cristopher: No reminder needed! Every time I turn on the TV or scroll through my social media feeds, all I see are Stark and Kendis’s faces.  Seriously, I don’t get why it’s such a big deal.

Jude: As the only trans non-binary person in the group? I am not even surprised.  When it comes to trans people, especially Black trans people? People are going to act a fool.  I know coming out for me was rough, and I wasn’t dating one of the most famous people in the world.

Cristopher: 😬 I remember, you were almost dishonorably discharged.

Jude: And you almost knocked out my superior officer when they deliberately misgendered me. 

Cristopher:  a gif of a man shrugging. What are best friends for?

Lana: I am kinda disappointed that Kendis didn’t allow me to humble that Everhart woman.

Jarod: I would have paid a considerable amount of money to see that.

Jude: J-man, your sadistic side is showing.

Jarod: 😇

Tony: Hello miscreants! How are you this fine Monday morning?

Lana: Why are you in such a good mood?

Jude: Sus af, man.

Jarod: He could have just had a good day.

Cristopher: Uh huh.  🤨

Tony: Why can’t I just be happy and content in my own life?

Lana: You got laid.

Tony: Spectacularly!

Jarod: Good for you, Tony.

Cristopher: Ugh, do not encourage him!

Jude: No one needs to hear that.

Lana: 😂😂😂😂

Jude: Are you free Wednesday? Lana is going to host another poker night.

Lana: I am? 🤨

Jude: Yep, it’s been way too long, and I need gas money.

Lana:  Fine, but you are bringing the fried plantains.

Jude: Done.

Tony: I can’t make it. I got a business trip.

Jarod: Afghanistan, right?

Tony: How do you know that?

Jarod: 🤷🏻‍♂️. I have my ways.

Tony: Has anyone ever told you that you are terrifying?

Jarod: Quite often.

Cristopher:  You are going to Afghanistan? Isn’t that an active war zone?

Jude: It was when we were stationed there.

Tony: Aww, you are worried about me? I am touched.

Lana: Stark, don’t make me use my collection of needles on you.

Tony: What happened to the Hippocratic oath?

Lana:  It doesn’t apply to you.

Cristopher: You are going to an active war zone? And your security people are just okay with that? Is Kendis okay with that?

Tony: Did you all forget that I am a weapons manufacturer? I got to go where my customers are. Besides, I am going to have a whole squadron of buff service people around me, and Rhodey will be there.

Jude: Your bestie?

Tony:  Bestie? What are we? Twelve!  Best friend, brother, and goverment assigned baby sitter.

Lana: Watch your ass, Stark.

Tony: I do, and it’s fantastic.

Jude: 😂😂😂

Tony: It’s just a quick three-day trip, and I’ll get right back to wiping the floors with you at poker.

Lana: I won the last game, and you didn’t even make it to the final two.

Wei-Ying: Just got here. Some of us had a whole class of third graders to teach.

Wei-Ying: Just scrolled up and read the previous texts.  First of all, yes, Tony, your ass is fantastic (No one tell Lan Zhan that), and also you are going to Afghanistan? Are you nuts?

Tony: No, I just build weapons for a living.

Wei-Ying: Still Afghanistan?

Cristopher:  That’s what I am saying!

Jude: Stay safe.

Jarod: Watch your six!

Tony:  I will! Promise, I will be back here safe and one piece in three days.

Lana: *Gif of a man in a trench coat and hat that says doubt*

Tony: ….

Tony: Can I ask you a favor?

Cristopher: 😑 What did you do?

Tony: 🙄 Nothing. 

Tony: Can you guys watch out for Kendis? She got some bad news, and with everything that is going on in the press…

Jarod: Of course! 

Cristopher: Like we weren’t going to do that anyway, Stark.

Lana: I knew Kendis before I knew any of you, and besides, someone has to make sure that Ian and Jason don’t go too far with the overprotective brothers act.

Tony: Trust me, it’s not an act. I thought Jason was going to yeet me through a window the first time I met him.

Wei-Ying: Kendis is Lan Zhan’s friend, and that makes her my friend. That’s how marriage works.  So of course, I am going to look after her.

Jarod: I am pretty sure that is not how marriage works.

Wei-Ying: 😝😝😝 It is today.

Lana: Don’t worry about Kendis. Just concentrate on not getting shot.

Cristopher: With Stark, the probability of that is pretty high.

Jude: Cristopher Zahn Dry!

Tony: Ooh they government named you! You better run.

 

 

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