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[wolfteen]

r u doing anything tonight?

[studmuffin]

no bro. y whats up?

[wolfteen]

nothing everythings cool

Want 2 come over & play soul caliber?? I'll beat u this time

[studmuffin]

oh young padawan. ur on. be ovr in 15

[wolfteen]

KK, c u soon. Mom has the night shift want 2 stay??

[studmuffin]

yup! my other backpack still ovr there?

[wolfteen]

Maybe, I'll check.

Yep got it. how long has this been here, dont u need any of this stuff?

[studmuffin]

its my emergency scott stayover bag dude. whats the point in taking it home?

[wolfteen]

oh. KK, that makes sense. U on ur way?

[studmuffin]

y! abt 2 drive so leave the door open!

[wolfteen]

already open!! waiting for u. see u soon

[studmuffin]

[ And here he is. With snacks. Because he's a good best friend. ]

Yo!

[wolfteen]

[ Hey check it out, there’s a whole space on Scott’s bedroom floor and his X-Box is already running. ]

Hey dude! You didn’t need to bring all that. [ Beat. ] But what did you bring, nachos?

[studmuffin]

Yes, delicious, delicious nachos. [ Folding himself immediately into the space and emptying his purchases. Nachos and skittles and like all of the m&ms his meager money could buy. ]

It's a Stiles-and-Scott night, of course I bought nachos.

[wolfteen]

Dude, you are awesome. [ Scott gives him a wide grin and pushes a handheld controller in his direction. He also has an eight-pack of Diet Pepsi which gets dragged into the middle of the floor. ]

I was gonna say you better be ready for an all-nighter, but- [ He lifts a bag of Skittles. ] - I think you got that covered.

[studmuffin]

Of course I am. [ The smugness is mostly for show. They're bros, this is how it goes. ]

Yep, caffeinated up and ready to go. You ready to get your ass kicked?

[wolfteen]

Uh, no. Didn’t you read my text properly? This time I’m gonna whoop you. [ He starts booting up the console. ] You’re going down, my friend. I’ve been practicing.

[studmuffin]

Awh. [ Aren't you cute, Scott? ] But still nope, I'm taking you down. And hard. Prepare to have your ass thoroughly kicked.

[wolfteen]

No way, dude. I’ve been practicing. [ By himself. Every night. God he misses Allison. ] You’re going down. [ It’s fun to have false hope.

The game starts up with a versus match, with Scott on the back foot from almost the start. Yep, this is going well. ]

[studmuffin]

[ Stiles plays games like he deals with the rest of his life, loudly, enthusiastically, and with a serious level of flailing and general movement. Right now he's basically button smashing with a level of over the topness that he's proud of. ]

Take that.

[wolfteen]

[ Scott’s strategy here is mostly to hit every button and every trigger at the same time over and over again and try to keep generating the same special attack.

Spoilers: It’s not working.

More spoilers: Stiles’ attack just drained half his energy.

Damn it! How are you doing that?! I had it!

[ Oh wait that’s the combination. Okay Scott will just hit that three times in a row. ]

I’m not out yet!

[studmuffin]

No.

No. [ He bites his tongue in concentration, hitting combo after combo to try and fight back as hard as he can. ] Die, motherfucker, die.