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[bywolves]

[ He's got everything set up after a minute, which means he makes his way back over to Alfie and flops out on the bed. The feeling of contentment from him is pretty strong. He hasn't bothered to turn most of it off yet. ]

[devoutish]

I can still feel what you're feeling.

[He murmurs as he shifts closer - just in case Royce has forgotten and doesn't want to be sharing anymore.]

[bywolves]

Mm. I don't mind. [ He settles in. ] Unless you do. If you mind, I'll turn it off.

[devoutish]

I don't.

[He says, flopping an arm over Royce's middle.]

No, I don't mind it; I like it.

[bywolves]

[ He's happy to just lay here and let Alfie hug him. It's nice. ]

Then I'll leave it for now. [ Get ready for all of his emotions he feels during Return of the King. There's a lot of them. ]

[devoutish]

[BRING IT, ROYCE. He grabs the remote, starting up the movie.]

[bywolves]

[ As always, the parts with Arwen and Aragorn hurt a little to watch. There isn't as much in this movie, but for the little parts that there are, he gets... wistful, maybe. Just a little sad, but not too much.

THe victories are what he's looking for. Frodo managing to throw the ring into Mount Doom, Sam helping him the whole way. The satisfaction and relief and joy at watching all of this might be vaguely embarrassing, but Royce doesn't care. ]

[devoutish]

[Embarrassing? No, adorable. Alfie can't help but grin when he feels the emotional surge from Royce, though he doesn't say anything about it - he just lies there looking happy.]

[bywolves]

[ Royce ends up sprawled across Alfie's chest and lap about halfway through the movie, like usual. He won't say much either - these movies tend to enthrall him and he's not paying attention to anything but it. Some other fun little emotion sparks - a bit of attraction and respect to both Arwen and Aragorn that he doesn't notice, a strong, strong sense of protectiveness over Sam, and vague annoyance at Frodo, here and there. ]

[devoutish]

[Alfie doesn't speak up when it ends - he just quietly dozes for about half an hour, drifting. When the credits finish and the DVD menu kicks in, though, he grabs the remote again to flick off the screen.]

I didn't know you didn't like Frodo much.

[bywolves]

I don't dislike him. I think he's an idiot, here and there. [ Royce hums, stretching catlike. ]

[devoutish]

Mm. Why? What does he do?

[bywolves]

For as much as he thinks he's being a benefit to his friends by leaving them behind, he's not. These people are not going to write this off as a lost cause, nor are they going to think you're being noble. They're just going to chase after Frodo, either because they care about him, or more likely, because destroying that ring is the single most important thing to do to win the war against the all-seeing all-powerful evil.

Pretending to be self-sacrificing just makes it that much more difficult for things to get done, especially when you're supposed to be following a plan. What if he died, and some random person picked up the ring and ran with it? Used it? What if he got kidnapped by orcs? What if a spider ate him? It almost did.

[devoutish]

[Damn boy, you've got some feelings. Alfie hmmms.]

You aren't wrong. Suppose that's why you like Sam so much, eh?

[bywolves]

[ He does have a lot of feelings. He huffs. ]

Loyalty means something.

[devoutish]

Mmmm. Yeah, it does.

[Says Alfie, who betrays people with alarming regularity in his line of work. But look, those aren't the people he's truly loyal to.]

I liked feeling your emotions as we watched.

[bywolves]

[ Says Royce, who would sell someone to Satan for one corn chip, but - it's the same idea. There are people who he would die for, and that means something. ]

-- you did? [ A beat. ] I didn't realize I was feeling enough for you to notice.

[devoutish]

Yeah, you were. More than I expected.

[And he knows how much Royce fucking loves these movies.]

[bywolves]

[ There's a faint flush of embarrassment, and Royce dims his emotions down slowly, trying to make it so he's not completely shutting Alfie out, but. ]

Oh. [ Shift. ]

[devoutish]

[Oh, well-- now Alfie feels a little bad. He runs a hand down Royce's arm.]

Hey, hey. It's not a bad thing, mate.

[bywolves]

I - I know. [ Royce says, wrinkling his nose a bit. ] I know. It's just a film, though.

[devoutish]

It's a film that you relate to.

[bywolves]

Mm. [ He sighs. ] I don't know why I do, but I do.

[devoutish]

Why wouldn't you? It's got relatable themes and such.

[bywolves]

[ Shrug. ]

You're right, I guess. [ He stretches out again, with a yawn. ] Wonder if Gwen has seen it. I've never asked.