this popped into my head while i was browsing homestuck sexcanons and i decided to post it.
The meteor was a very boring place. Nothing really changed much from day to day. As a result you really tend to notice little changes. Someone cuts their hair? you notice. someone wears something new? you notice. Someone is glowing? You definitely fucking notice. Such is the curious case of Dave Strider. He was simply sitting at a table in the lab actually reading for the first time in a long time. Not for lack of trying to avoid it mind you but like I said, the meteor is pretty damn boring. He sat alone barely acknowledging the words on the page as he read when in walked the seemingly inseparable duo of flighty broads. He jumped at the chance to pass the time in a less boring manor and slammed the book shut nearly as soon as they stepped through the door. "How are you guys doing?"
they both smiled at him rose piping up with an uncharacteristically genuine "Fantastic!"
Dave's eyebrows were in the process of achieving air that one might describe as beyond the realm of plausibility, unreal eve, when he noticed something almost as strange as Rose being chipper. All across her face there was a strange hue. He decided against mentioning it considering it was quite possible he just needed to give his eyes a rest from reading in the dark with shades on. Being a Strider took dedication after all. He sighed. "Ladies there is a shocking development... I'm bored."
The two of them both chuckled rolling their eyes. "Color us shocked."
He chuckled. "What's with the sunny dispositions? Vampire and light player puns aside."
He doesn't catch the glance they share and Rose merely shrugs. "It's been a nice morning."
His eyes narrow a bit but he decides against pressing it. He knew how annoying it could be to have people pry. Conversation died out and they sat in companionable silence between the three of them for a while as Rose and Kanaya both hefted books larger than their torsos onto the lab tables. After a short while Kanaya stood and stretched. "Rose Sear I Hope You Don't Mind But I Think I'm Going To Go Lie Down For A While."
Rose smiled at her and after a peck on the lips (and an exaggerated retching sound from Dave) she strolled out of the room. They were settling back into silence when Dave noticed something. It's miraculous he noticed it through his shades really. But the glow that was always following the vampiric troll had left the room. Not entirely at least. He looked around thoroughly and found only rose. That is when he noticed that without Kanaya in the room her face was quite clearly glowing and ever so slightly tinted green in places. He paused and leaned forward and pulled his glasses down a bit looking over them at her face. Yep... she was definitely glowing. "Rose..."
she looked up from her tome with an inquisitive expression. "Hmm?"
He paused and licked his lips. "Do... do you realize that your face is glowing?"
her brow furrows and she opens her mouth to speak. That's when he saw that her entire mouth was bright green on the inside. Her tongue her teeth even the corners of her lips made her look like she had shotgunned a bottle of neon green hair dye. "What?"
"And your m-"
That's when everything clicked. "Dave...? Dave hello?"
"Do you spit or swallow?"