Ah bleskový, you know how it is in the honeymoon phase. One mention of a new man in my life and half of Sokovia is asking for a wedding date and an invitation. I wanted to make sure with this one. Especially after - well, you know - špiceľ.
[that was maybe the kindest name they'd come up with for he-who-won't-be-spoken (john) post-breakup. zemo should have known better thinking he'd keep steve a secret from his closest friends and even his family by now. they've been to enough dates together at this point to set the great machine chattering - he just doesn't know how to let down the illusion now. and maybe he doesn't quite want to just yet either.]
You and little šarlátová will try and eat him alive. You especially. He's no boy scout, but I'm not ready to throw him to the wolves just yet. This one is...different.
But to make it up to you we will go out and we will drink ourselves blind - my treat of course. Dobre?
if there is to be talks of weddings then i must be your best man is that what they call it here? americans are so gauche but so funny. i would pretend to be offended that you think šarlátová will be nicer than me but you are right you know how i am with very pretty things and they do say he is very very pretty you must send me a photo i am disappointed you did not find a second wherever you found him if we cannot share then you should have at least found one for me too nohy i will forgive you this once if all the drinks are on your tab
Oh prosím, môj priateľ - you think you need to tell me this? If there is to be a wedding you will be the first person I tell. Prisahám.
So maybe this is another reason I keep him a secret...he's very pretty. Actually, if I am honest, he's straight out of a magazine. Or better yet - like the fashion shows your Teta used to take us to before we got our own invitations.
But because our love runs so deep, I will send you this.
[a selfie of him and steve - taken at the gala. it looks utterly convincing in its authenticity - a flash of colgate white teeth and perfection from steve and zemo with just the right amount of champagne to color his cheeks and slant his pleased smirk. he's not looking at the camera, and it should be embarrassing how dazed he looks even here just staring at the other man. it would make the perfect wallpaper, if this were real. and it isn't as if he doesn't feel the slightest bit guilty lying to his best friend.]
Just between us for now, okay?
And yes, yes, you know you don't need to ask. We will find you your own, I promise.
oh now i see very much why you have hidden him away the whole world will want that picture for their walls, nie? i have seen him in those pretty paintings at the boring museums it is not fair that he did not have a pretty friend you are so very selfish nohy
i bet he is better in bed than ugly špiceľ your face is very pretty next to his miláčik i will disappear to my flat with jealousy and send malá šarlátová to avenge me
I am not at the part where I get to meet his friends yet, bleskový. But I have a very strong suspicion they are almost as pretty as he is. Call it a hunch.
[are the escorts friends with each other? he'll have to ask next time he sees steve.]
Ahoj - he wasn't ugly. And for all our problems, the things we got up to in the bedroom were not part of it. But you are right, there is a clear winner here.
Flatterer. You just miss having it next to yours.
If you don't come out I will go there and drag you myself. You cannot back out now, and you never know what gifts are you there just waiting for you to find them. Prosím?
Yes, yes, samozrejme - only the best for my little Pietro. Does Wanda need one too, or is she still seeing that four-eyed bifľoš? At least he seems nice.
Wrapped around our little fingers - yes, something like that. Though I am very much missing the sun these days, aren't you? I'm not saying we should find our way to Anguilla, but...
Good. Besides, you can save the nudity for the after party, áno? Better when it isn't just you.
wanda will not leave his side i am so lonely now what do i do if i cannot annoy my baby sister nohy he is nice to her but i am watching him he hurts our wandachka then it will be very bad for him
so maybe a sunny trip to lighten our spirits anguilla - i think my aunt still has a villa there no? until then i will come to you and we will have much fun we haven’t been dancing in so looooong :)
She is in love - that is the way it should be. It will either run its course and you get to play big protective brother while I plot his assassination or there will be wedding bells in our future and you walk her down the aisle, hm?
Speaking of which, are you coming to cousin Zelenka's wedding next month? You know how she is - I am expecting an affair for the ages.
Dokonalosť! Oeznik will get everything ready for us. In the meantime, we are going to dine and drink and dance ourselves into oblivion. Why don't we start at LAVO?
but he is very boring nohy and she is like a firework she could do much better and yet she is with him he will not even come to party with us!
but ugh yes i will be at cousin zelenka's wedding do you think i should tell her husband to be about the boy i saw her kissing last month?
ohhhh LAVO so you will feed me too? ugh why must you be with a pretty blond man i am much prettier no? ;) i will even let me hair grow to your liking like that story with the girl and the tower but you could climb it all you like
He must take the edge off. You know what they say about opposites. Maybe he isn't so good looking and he is a stick in the mud, but better that than some party animal like us, yes? I think our little Wandachka is more maternal at heart than she wants us to think.
Oh please. You could barely stand on your own two feet that night - I am not convinced it was him. I still have the texts from you to prove it.
For the sixteenth time yes, I will feed you and plaster you with drinks.
You know there is never any competition with my bleskový - even if you insist on these horrible roots. If you grow it out like I beg you, I may have to think twice about Steven.
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[that was maybe the kindest name they'd come up with for he-who-won't-be-spoken (john) post-breakup. zemo should have known better thinking he'd keep steve a secret from his closest friends and even his family by now. they've been to enough dates together at this point to set the great machine chattering - he just doesn't know how to let down the illusion now. and maybe he doesn't quite want to just yet either.]
You and little šarlátová will try and eat him alive. You especially. He's no boy scout, but I'm not ready to throw him to the wolves just yet. This one is...different.
But to make it up to you we will go out and we will drink ourselves blind - my treat of course. Dobre?
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is that what they call it here? americans are so gauche but so funny.
i would pretend to be offended that you think šarlátová will be nicer than me
but you are right
you know how i am with very pretty things
and they do say he is very very pretty
you must send me a photo
i am disappointed you did not find a second wherever you found him
if we cannot share then you should have at least found one for me too nohy
i will forgive you this once if all the drinks are on your tab
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So maybe this is another reason I keep him a secret...he's very pretty. Actually, if I am honest, he's straight out of a magazine. Or better yet - like the fashion shows your Teta used to take us to before we got our own invitations.
But because our love runs so deep, I will send you this.
[a selfie of him and steve - taken at the gala. it looks utterly convincing in its authenticity - a flash of colgate white teeth and perfection from steve and zemo with just the right amount of champagne to color his cheeks and slant his pleased smirk. he's not looking at the camera, and it should be embarrassing how dazed he looks even here just staring at the other man. it would make the perfect wallpaper, if this were real. and it isn't as if he doesn't feel the slightest bit guilty lying to his best friend.]
Just between us for now, okay?
And yes, yes, you know you don't need to ask. We will find you your own, I promise.
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the whole world will want that picture for their walls, nie?
i have seen him in those pretty paintings at the boring museums
it is not fair that he did not have a pretty friend
you are so very selfish nohy
i bet he is better in bed than ugly špiceľ
your face is very pretty next to his miláčik
i will disappear to my flat with jealousy and send malá šarlátová to avenge me
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[are the escorts friends with each other? he'll have to ask next time he sees steve.]
Ahoj - he wasn't ugly. And for all our problems, the things we got up to in the bedroom were not part of it. But you are right, there is a clear winner here.
Flatterer. You just miss having it next to yours.
If you don't come out I will go there and drag you myself. You cannot back out now, and you never know what gifts are you there just waiting for you to find them. Prosím?
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i insist
it is for my wellbeing!
but i do miss your face next to mine
we are very good looking no? we will have all of new york in our hands
is that the saying?
but FINE my nohy
i will get dressed and come to find you
i liked being naked better though so you owe me many drinks
[ Can you hear his dramatic whine? ]
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Wrapped around our little fingers - yes, something like that. Though I am very much missing the sun these days, aren't you? I'm not saying we should find our way to Anguilla, but...
Good. Besides, you can save the nudity for the after party, áno? Better when it isn't just you.
[like it's literally in his ear.]
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what do i do if i cannot annoy my baby sister nohy
he is nice to her but i am watching him
he hurts our wandachka then it will be very bad for him
so maybe a sunny trip to lighten our spirits
anguilla - i think my aunt still has a villa there no?
until then i will come to you and we will have much fun
we haven’t been dancing in so looooong :)
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Speaking of which, are you coming to cousin Zelenka's wedding next month? You know how she is - I am expecting an affair for the ages.
Dokonalosť! Oeznik will get everything ready for us. In the meantime, we are going to dine and drink and dance ourselves into oblivion. Why don't we start at LAVO?
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she could do much better and yet she is with him
he will not even come to party with us!
but ugh yes i will be at cousin zelenka's wedding
do you think i should tell her husband to be about the boy i saw her kissing last month?
ohhhh LAVO so you will feed me too? ugh why must you be with a pretty blond man
i am much prettier no? ;)
i will even let me hair grow to your liking
like that story with the girl and the tower but you could climb it all you like
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Oh please. You could barely stand on your own two feet that night - I am not convinced it was him. I still have the texts from you to prove it.
For the sixteenth time yes, I will feed you and plaster you with drinks.
You know there is never any competition with my bleskový - even if you insist on these horrible roots. If you grow it out like I beg you, I may have to think twice about Steven.