[ChicletPrime]

god, this was so long ago. but i remember sitting on the side of a tub while my friend lounged in the cool water, talking about god knows what while we both suffered through the early morning hangover. he was naked, i mostly wasn't, and it didn't feel weird at the time because he was feeling sticky and wanted to wash / be underwater for a bit and i wasn't finished talking to him yet so i just followed him into the bathroom and he didn't care. he had a cowboy hat on, if that counts.

Rafayel definitely weaponizes that stuff though - i cannot imagine the towel stayed. so either they're in that liminal space where naked boundaries have fallen by the wayside (easy to imagine, i suspect Rafayel strips often - even after all this time, maybe he still doesn't put a lot of stock in clothing except for ornamental purposes) or they have been fucking so long and so often by this point that its not even worth mentioning.

i gotta say, i vibe with the idea that it's before the sexy shenanigans time, and just in that odd pocket of "this is very normal for Rafayel" and the girlfriend just winging it because if she gets flustered every time he loses his shirt, nothing is ever going to get accomplished.

i, however, got very flustered for a hot second. ye lords, Raf!