[Welp. Way to make Steven feel like a total shit for telling John Egbert that you and Dirk were fucking. Not that he hadn't been a unbelievable shit to a lot of people last summer--honestly, getting therapy from Hythlodaeus had been one of the best things he'd done for himself--but it only now occurs to him that he'd basically outed Dirk to his little brother's best friend.
Tio Carlos would have been so disappointed in him.]
No. I get it. I do, Hades. I may be a bit of a gossip, but if Dirk isn't out to his little brother, I'm not *going* to out him.
It would probably make him feel *better* if he told his brother and his brother accepted him, but if he doesn't think Dave *would*, then I understand why he'd want to avoid that emotional anguish. It's horrible when the people you love reject you for something that's such an intrinsic part of yourself. Fuck knows there have been times when I've regretted telling Abuelita and Abuelito and they eventually (mostly) came around.
And, honestly, I can also understand why he'd be a little leery of Dave knowing about you two even if he *was* out to his brother. *I* know that despite the age difference, you're both basically gods that have been jammed into regular human bodies. I *was* one of you yesterday, unless my weird weekend memories have been extra fucked up, and what little I still have of the whole experience is... well, I really *do* understand why you're on your whole mission to squish everyone's souls back together back home. It's profoundly different from being a normal mortal.
I know that shit. But Dave won't necessarily realize that you and Dirk are peers. He'll see his brother with a man twice his age and he'll think you're taking *advantage* of him, that you're a goddamn chickenhawk or Dirk's sugar daddy and react accordingly. I can state this as a *fact*, because people (mostly Lydia) have called Jack *my* sugar daddy and the apparent age difference is much less profound than between you and Dirk.
So yeah. Don't worry. I won't say anything. I mean, I get why you're having to actually tell me, because I've been here too long and I've gotten used to how oddly and delightfully accepting things are here--but I think the last thing any of us want is for Dirk to lose his brother over the question of who he fucks.
Re: text; right after dave's post to the network
Tio Carlos would have been so disappointed in him.]
No. I get it. I do, Hades. I may be a bit of a gossip, but if Dirk isn't out to his little brother, I'm not *going* to out him.
It would probably make him feel *better* if he told his brother and his brother accepted him, but if he doesn't think Dave *would*, then I understand why he'd want to avoid that emotional anguish. It's horrible when the people you love reject you for something that's such an intrinsic part of yourself. Fuck knows there have been times when I've regretted telling Abuelita and Abuelito and they eventually (mostly) came around.
And, honestly, I can also understand why he'd be a little leery of Dave knowing about you two even if he *was* out to his brother. *I* know that despite the age difference, you're both basically gods that have been jammed into regular human bodies. I *was* one of you yesterday, unless my weird weekend memories have been extra fucked up, and what little I still have of the whole experience is... well, I really *do* understand why you're on your whole mission to squish everyone's souls back together back home. It's profoundly different from being a normal mortal.
I know that shit. But Dave won't necessarily realize that you and Dirk are peers. He'll see his brother with a man twice his age and he'll think you're taking *advantage* of him, that you're a goddamn chickenhawk or Dirk's sugar daddy and react accordingly. I can state this as a *fact*, because people (mostly Lydia) have called Jack *my* sugar daddy and the apparent age difference is much less profound than between you and Dirk.
So yeah. Don't worry. I won't say anything. I mean, I get why you're having to actually tell me, because I've been here too long and I've gotten used to how oddly and delightfully accepting things are here--but I think the last thing any of us want is for Dirk to lose his brother over the question of who he fucks.