Adjusting
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“I’ve been in town about two weeks now,” he starts. Cecil nods enthusiastically. “And I keep hearing… okay, it’s just. Whatever, I just keep hearing people call each other their husbands and wives?”
Cecil takes a sip, waiting for more, and then tugs his straw out of his mouth when he realizes that’s all he’ll get without prompting. “Yep,” he agrees, popping the last letter. “That’s what people call each other when they’re married in Night Vale. Is it the marriage thing that’s confusing? I know it’s kind of an outdated concept, it started back when families would exchange blood to merge—”
“No, I understand what marriage is. That exists outside of this town,” Carlos interrupts. “I mean that I keep hearing two woman call each other their wives. Or two men call each other their husbands.”
“Mhm,” Cecil murmurs, folding his hands under his chin as he nods. “They’re married, then.”
“Cecil,” Carlos finally snaps, frustrated that he’s not being understood. Cecil furrows his brow, and somehow his third eye even looks concerned. “That’s not legal here.”
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- Part 1 of Adjusting
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When he hears Cecil start talking about the condos on air, it feels like a sign. There isn’t a radio anywhere in sight, but there doesn’t need to be one now that City Council has installed collapsable antennas on every citizen’s phone that pick up Cecil’s show. The citizens in line look at him as Cecil chatters about when the right time to move in together is, and he blushes at the attention. Still, he can’t help smiling at his ridiculously nervous boyfriend, so he pulls out his phone and dials Cecil, knowing he’ll pick up even in the middle of a broadcast. He expects Cecil to put on some pre-recorded bit, not broadcast their phone call to the whole city, but compromises are made in a relationship.
“Carlos?” Cecil questions excitedly.
“Yes, scientifically speaking, that is who I am,” he says as confidently as he can muster with everyone around him either trampling over each other to get a look at a condo or staying in line, avoiding looking at Carlos to pretend they aren’t listening in on the conversation.
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- Part 2 of Adjusting