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Ghost and Aaron: Master List | Next Update

Everything changes, everything stays the same... Social and very much private, trips into town and long days spent in the house on their own, changes and thefts and ghosts and bills and friends and sex—a few more days in the lives of Aaron and Ghost.

Ghost visits Robert
Robert commissions a painting and when Ghosts delivers it, dear Billy tries to start flirting like they used to...
Ghost is having none of it. They decide to just be friends.

Ghost leaves Billy
He has different priorities, now.

Not that they even need one
The boys meet up a the the park and—
No, they don't need another sink. But Aaron's thefts tend more towards fun than logical.
(I mean, if I could fit a sink into my pocket, I might just steal one too.)

Aaron bonds with Cornelia Goth
Aaron bonds with Cornelia Goth over the sprinkler in the park, because what else does anyone do in this town?
Cornelia cleans up surprisingly well, for a townie. (She lives with one of my oldest households.)

Harvesting produce
They boys have taken to harvesting produce when they can.
Some they eat, and some they sell. Either way it saves them money.

Some things no one should ever have to see
There are some things that no one should ever have to see.
I think I'll share one of them with you all.

Paying the bills
The next morning, nakey-spirit free, Ghost pays the bills.
It bites a frightening chunk out of their savings. They're fine this week—but it's a reminder not to fall behind.
(Bless the pay bills once per week mod for added realism.)

They already have one of these, two
Aaron runs some errands, steals, yes, another park bench, and then the boys have all evening to themselves...

The doorbell rings
So of course the doorbell rings.
Only Aaron would call through half the house to invite someone inside.

Dakota contemplates a startling familiar TV
Walking into the house, Dakota contemplates a remarkably familiar TV...
which may or may not have come from her living room.
(Dakota lives with Asher, Nika, and Jude—she's striking and one day I'll introduce her properly.)

The boys chat with Dakota
As the boys hang out with Dakota...

The boys chat with Dakota
They spend much of the time watching one another.
I adore Aaron's body posture. He was talking about trash at the time, just so as we all know.

They go to their separate beds as Dakota leaves.

Aaron talks for a bit with Gertrude the ghost
Early the next morning, Aaron gets to know Gertrude.
She turns out to be a master of the obvious.

Not long past the pale dawn, with the day stretching long ahead of them, Ghost surprises everyone or at least Aaron and myself by initiating contact. Not that he never has before, but Aaron is usually the driving force in the relationship while Ghost, increasingly eager but ever patient, responds to and waits through Aaron's fumbling attempts forward. Methinks he realized it was time to stop waiting.

Surprising everyone, Ghost initiates contact
This time, standing just outside Aaron's bedroom door, Ghost calls Aaron to him.

Aaron gains his footing
They lean towards one another and talk softly, and Aaron has time to find his footing.

And reciprocates
And Aaron reciprocates.

(And reciprocates)
And initiates.

The progression from there...
And what happens from there...

Is perfectly natural
Is perfectly natural.

They're beautiful
This is just to say that they're beautiful together.

In the afterglow, Ghost paints a ninja
After basking in the afterglow—Ghost goes to paint a ninja.
I don't even know what to tell you, but Freud would love it.

They were like this all afternoon
I shan't bore with pictures other than this, but Aaron was like this all through the day:
Sweet and smitten and constantly surprising Ghost with kisses.

That night
They share a bed that night. I've never seen Ghost sleep so well or so long.

A totally normal early morning in this household
A totally normal early morning in this household:
Carbonara in pjs, and a casual ghost haunting.

Eric visits Aaron and Ghost
The damn doorbell keeps ringing—the boys are more popular than they know.
But after ignoring Eric the whole time he was over, they stopped answering it for a few days.
(Eric lives with his partner Evan, and their friends Kitty and Cornelia, in one of my oldest existent households.)

Snorgles
Those few days they spend kissing, cuddling, and making love.

Aaron climbing into bed
And these nights, when Aaron climbs into bed he's not alone.

So while everything is different now, it's all as natural as can be. And as for my anxieties? Though events and time have not erased them (I never do let go of worry easily), they have at least eased them. I am foolishly happy for my little polygon boys.

Random shots this go around:

Ghost painting in pjs
Ghost painting in his pjs. Do want.
And having said that, the irony of the painting's subject matter does not escape me.

Aaron discussing ... the future?
So for a bit I was thinking marriage, right? But then I was like, duh, what a stupid idea.
That shit's dangerous. Marriage means babies and I'm just not that dumb, you know?
(No worries, Aaron, my game is mpreg-mod free.)

And I've been meaning for a while to post pictures of the house the boys share—and now that I learned how to change the lens angle in my shots (I are slow learner), that's much easier to do. Ergo:

The one weed-torn lot on an otherwise manicured suburban street, the boys live in Jcperk's Parker Place, a modest but attractive single-story suburban home—which has since fallen into disrepair. The layout and most furniture is as original, but everything has worn through, fallen apart, or quietly gone to seed after significant modding. Their house never could have reached its current condition without Guatla's Paint on Paint wood textures; Cyclonesue's Peeling Paint texture is also a great help (grab it here). All of my pics can be clicked to go through to the Flickr page where they can be viewed in larger sizes—that's especially useful for these.

House tour: streetview
Street view.

House tour: layout
Layout—perhaps more useful large.

House tour: living room
Living room, complete with TV-fire damage.

House tour: kitchen
Kitchen and dining room.

House tour: master bedroom
Master bedroom. This is probably my favorite room in the house.

The house has one master bedroom (Aaron's room, now also shared by Ghost), one single/guest bedroom (Ghost's [old] room, but the real ghosts usually nap there these days), and one spare room which holds Ghost's easel and my photo studio.

House tour: master bath
Master bath, complete with deathtoilet.
The house has 2.5 bathrooms.

House tour: back yard
The backyard, featuring pool and never-used barbecue area.
(The dingy little pool explains why when Aaron isn't in boxers, he's in swim trunks.)

House tour: side yard
Sideyard, housing the klepto treasure trove.

Current klepto treasure trove: four lights, one coffee table, one clock, one vase, two outdoor chairs and chess table, one armchair, two benches, two headstones, one sink, one statue of Grim, one TV (in the living room), one car (in the garage).

The place may be a little beat up but as Aaron would say:
House tour: it's home
This is home.
(Spontaneous speech bubble while I was taking shots of the house. For real.)

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