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@timmyyyyy

[holyposition]

what's the deal with your doctor

[interpersonally]

"My" doctor? Our family doesn't use the same doctor now? Mi medico di base?

( His general practitioner? What is he trying to ask? )

[holyposition]

Stephen Strange? I think he's hitting on me

[interpersonally]

( His first thought before he gets a response is, do you need a doctor? And then. Wut? )

Where are you right now?

[holyposition]

Not right this second!

I'm out by the lake trying to get a tan.

[interpersonally]

( okay, so, then dr. strange is probably not hitting on his son. this is neither here nor there that stefano hit on him after arriving. )

You used the present tense.

Stephen Strange isn't my doctor. He was your uncle Damon's doctor.

[holyposition]

He texted me late last night, drunk. Nobody drunk texts unless they're horny or depressed, and the latter couldn't have anything to do me, since I don't know him.

[interpersonally]

Did he pay his respects to your grandfather?

[holyposition]

After he tried to neg me, sure.

[interpersonally]

Neg you?

[holyposition]

Yeah. It's when you're being insulting, but also trying to get into someone's pants, because you think they have low self-esteem. Real loser stuff.

[interpersonally]

Like a pick-up artist?

I don't think Dr. Strange engages in that kind of behavior, Teo. Why do you think he was hitting on you? What did he say?

[holyposition]

Yeah, like that

He opened by telling me I can do better than Harry, which wasn't from a place of concern, because again - I don't know him. And considers himself among the pool of better options.

[interpersonally]

( Oh. Oh he could see how that could be misinterpreted. Stephen knowing about Harry is Timoteo's father's fault and led - Well. That has nothing to do with now. He had a fairly messy time - before reconciling, kind of, with his ex and then bonding with his son.

Why does he think he was hitting on him?

He can't just tell his son that not every man with salt and pepper hair is hitting on him. Or would. )

I'm fairly sure, he recently lost an ex-wife. Christine.

[holyposition]

every dilf in this place is on the rebound

don't worry, if I were interested, I wouldn't have come to you about it.

[interpersonally]

After your uncle Damon's graduation from university, he needed medical attention. Dr. Strange saved his eyesight. He knew our family, but declined your grandfather when he offered for Stephen to be on our payroll.

He became renowned, but a tragic accident cut his career short. He hasn't operated since.

And, I suppose he's here for the summer.

You really feel like he was making an attempt for you?

[holyposition]

That just makes it weirder. They know each other. There's a lot of bitterness. idk if he respects you more than he hates Harry.

no offense. they just REALLY hate each other.

[interpersonally]

I was a teenager when he knew our family. Our paths have only rarely crossed. I've read more about him than spoken to him in person.

It sounds like there is mutual loathing there.

[holyposition]

He probably just wants to get under his skin.

[interpersonally]

Or, he was inebriated.

[holyposition]

So he hit up a stranger? In that case, it's sadder if he ISN'T looking for a hookup.

[interpersonally]

He knows the family. There are degrees of being strangers. You could've met him at the funeral, or at Christmas. Instead, he sent you a message.

[holyposition]

To berate me. Which is worse than trying to fuck me.

Did you or mom put him up to it?

1/2

[interpersonally]

Yes. After making a great deal of progress and feeling like I understand you better, I went behind your back to someone I haven't spoken to in years and asked him to badmouth another doctor I had recently made amends with. And apologized to. In costume, so, you know what I thought of that. And yet, still he persisted.

[interpersonally]

As far as I know, your mother is also staying out of it but I haven't had her under thumb in a decade. She tends to do what she wants.

My guess. A friend of the family reached out, out of nowhere, and caught you off guard. He and Dr. Goodsir have a torrid history, he drank a little too much, and he couldn't help himself.

But, again. That is my guess.