Caltha

A tight close-up of a black and white photograph showing a knife's tip embedded into a spread of face-down playing cards.



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    “Connor,” Hank says in a very reasonable tone, “what the fuck was that?”

    “It was a social gathering.”

    “Uh-huh. A fuckin’ orgy is what it was.”

    “I’m well aware of what happens at an orgy, Hank.”

    AKA the one in which Hank discovers what his prissy android partner gets up to at the weekend and very much wishes he hadn't.

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    After installing new sensory upgrades, Connor's life begins to change.

    ‘If I knew my hair was gonna bug you so much, I wouldn’t have cut it,’ said Hank, eyebrows raised.

    ‘It’s not bugging me.’

    'Uh huh?’ said Hank, disbelieving.

    ‘It’s not bugging me negatively.'

    ‘So what, you like it too much? It’s just a damn haircut.’

    Connor decided that in this instance, honesty was the best policy. ‘I want to touch it,’ he admitted.

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    Alex is a wreck - he's wet, he's miserable, he's exhausted, and worst of all, he has possibly the most important pitch in his life tomorrow and his hair and beard are a mess. His usual barbers is closed for the holidays, so he tries somewhere a bit further out - "Greg's Trim & Massage". He's a nervous twitch of a man, but that might be just want someone wants.

    “Oouughhh,” he slurs, making no sense. “Oh my god. Oh my god!” He wiggles – and it’s incredible. “It’s amazing! It’s… it’s better than sex!
    Alex beams at Greg – his toothy grin shining up at him matching the gleaming delight in his eyes.
    Greg’s smile falls.
    “Oh, mate. That’s awful.” He shakes his head, avoiding Alex’s eyes.

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    Adam bends his neck so their foreheads touch, and Rao laughs weakly, because god help him now, this is not something he’s going to come back from. This is a grand cosmic joke, of course, because the last few years of his life have been one long run of things that he’s never going to come back from, from Kabul to his resurrection in a field in Rajasthan. But Adam? Adam is ruinous in a completely different way.

     

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    They do literally the dumbest things imaginable for each other

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