𝑑𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑏𝑜𝑥.

[castle]

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[castle]

[ "nothing" is either a good thing or heavily suspicious. ]

jesus christ

[ fucking chores? ]

real winner you got here, dutch

[motivation]

if you ask nicely, he'll probably offer you the same deal

[ not even kidding. ]

[castle]

yeah i think i'll pass

think i'm doing alright

[ he's not. he's got no contract yet, has no intentions for one despite his advice to her.

but if something happens to him for not abiding, that's on him. he'd rather not see dutch get any of that punishment. ]

[motivation]

[ she's pretty sure she could handle it, but —peter's offering and as much as that makes her angry, she's not angry at him and this system sucks.

still not the kind of thing they can punch their way out of. ]

when's your deadline coming up

[castle]

end of january

figure i got time before they come after my ass

[ he hasn't actually been thinking on it much, what could happen if he doesn't meet it. frank castle's always moved on his own agenda, made his own plans; cooperating isn't something he's done for quite some time. ]

[motivation]

they randomise people, don't they

[ that's what she perceives as the biggest threat. that some stranger is given power over her, someone who might abuse that power.

she wouldn't wish that on frank, either. ]

[castle]

then good luck to the bastard that gets me

[ he doesn't discount that he technically has the disadvantage here as the submissive, but it isn't as though he'd make it easy on his dominant either. ]

[motivation]

cocky bastard

[ it's a compliment ]

[castle]

part of the charm

[ he knows she's into it. ]

[motivation]

careful
you'll make me swoon

[ she's not the swooning type. but definitely into it, yes ]

[castle]

oh we definitely wouldn't want that

[ he can't imagine her swooning, but he knows she can be impressed in plenty of other ways. ]

[motivation]

i might fall and hit my head

[ never gonna happen. but he can impress her by eating her out again ]

[castle]

wouldn't let it happen

[ which is — more serious beyond the teasing implications. because there has been a layer of trust formed here, that even as two submissives, he'd have her back if she ever needed him there. ]

[motivation]

sweet of you

[ she'd have his back, too. but they don't have to acknowledge that, do they? ]

[castle]

most people don't associate me with sweet

[ or at least when they do, he's quick to deny it. ]

[motivation]

do you promise most people you won't let them hit their head when they swoon?

[castle]

nah i save that for special occasions

[motivation]

you know just how to make a girl feel special

[castle]

what can i say
i'm old fashioned

[ and then — ]

but i mean it
whatever you decide dutch

i got your back

[ he knows for the kind of people like them, words don't tend to mean much, that laying their lives in another's hands if a far more complicated trail, but it's all he can offer for now. ]

[motivation]

don't get sentimental on me now, soldier boy

[ but hells — ] it's mutual, okay

[ if he needs her at his back, she's got him. if he wants to run an op that needs her skills, she's there. if someone hurts him and he's in no place to hurt them back? she's got that covered, too. ]

[castle]

glad to hear it

[ frank's spoken to his share of people here, gotten to know a number here and there — but there were still far too few he'd place his unquestionable trust in.

dutch has found her way in that small number. ]

let me know if you ever need me to kick his ass

though i'm sure you can handle a good ass kicking yourself

[motivation]

you'll be the first i call if i need any help kicking arse

[ she means that ]

[castle]

it'd be an honor

[ especially watching her do it. ]

[motivation]

you know what
you and i should go a few rounds at some point

[ for once, she doesn't actually mean sex ]

[castle]

sounds like a plan

it's a date

[ except not a date cause they don't do that but whatever, it's a line. ]