279. years disappear so fast

[want_to_jog]

THE AGE SWAP! MEME
so, uh, what's my age again?

❤ comment with your character
❤ a child character is now an adult/teen
❤ an adult/teen character is now a child
❤ or just age them up or down however you want
❤ have them do something cute/funny if you want
❤ reply to these new bbs/grown-ups for shenanigans
❤ you can use a normal character or an aged up/down

Comments

Connor MacManus || The Boondock Saints || aged down

[need_some_rope]

*Last night was a good night. More than a good night, it was payday night, and a Friday. All in all, he hadn't even gotten home...*

*A very good night. Shame he can't remember any of that now. All he knows now it that his cheek is stuck to the threadbare carpet under one of the bar's tables and as he peels himself away from that to sit up, his head hurts so bad*

... Where am I? ..... *He starts to cry as he realizes that he's lost, and the worse is yet to dawn on him*

[4_thee_my_lord]

*That's how paydays usually work for Connor and him. Doc already knows he can practically hand over the key of the bar to the twins, since they pretty much stay around until it's time for the ol' man to lock up the place.*

*Murphy's now resting his eyes. For a short while, just a bare rest for his eyelids. A rest that's been stretched out for quite a while, a time in which Rocco and the rest of the guys have used to go back home. Even Doc is at the back doing some cleaning.*

*The sudden loud wailing disturbs the Irish lad. He's soon stretching and lying back on his seat, looking around for he source of his wake up call.*

The fuck's that??

[need_some_rope]

*Connor abruptly stops crying at the rough sound of some man's voice. He lent forwards slowly, stealthily, to look out from under the table*

Oi, Murph... Who's that? *he whispers, glancing back over his shoulder... to no one* ... Murph?

*blinks. His heart starts to beat faster in his chest*

[4_thee_my_lord]

*He hears those words clearly, it's impossible to miss his own name. Tilting his head down sharply he catches sight of an even more familiar face. A face he knows so well it makes him wonder exactly how rat-arsed he is.*

Oi, Con'... Yeh gotta see this! *he turns to his side to look for his twin, but his brother seems to have gone away while he was asleep.* Connor?

[need_some_rope]

*Connor's panicking. He doesn't even remember when he last saw his twin and that scares him even more than the clear fact that he's missing right now*

*he glances up at the sound of his name though. It's the same guy that spoke before. He scrubs at his eyes with the heel of his palm and looks out again, cautiously*

... Aye?

[4_thee_my_lord]

*Murphy's brows go up, his face still showing a mix of a confused and yet a bit skeptic look. He glances around, but they're alone. That could had been suspicious if he wasn't used to being alone with Connor at McGinty's at this time of the morning...*

*So, it's not a prank? It should be a prank*

*he looks down at the kid again* Yer Connor too? *he looks exactly like his Connor*

[need_some_rope]

*he nods slowly, still not ready to come out from under the table*

I'm Connor. *he corrects, because no one else is allowed to have his name as well*

*he glances around the bar. It's not exactly familiar to him, but he at least knows what the things in the room are* What pubs this?

[4_thee_my_lord]

*he can't help snorting at the clarification, remembering the days when he and his brother would claim the same thing. Nobody was allowed to have their names. And most definitely no one else was allowed to have a twin sibling.*

McGinty's. *he explains simply, offering a hand to pull the kid out from his hidding spot. He needs to take a better look at him*

[need_some_rope]

*Connor stares at the offered hand, not at all trusting it. But now that the older man is closer to him he looks up to his face to get a better look at him. There's something very comforting about him*

*slowly he takes the hand and scrambles out from under the table*

Murphy has one of them! *he points to his mole*

[4_thee_my_lord]

That's because I'm Murphy, yeh little dwarf hallucination! *he throws his arms in the air, clapping his hands as he settles back on his seat. This is priceless. First time he's so drunk he has visits from the past!*

Yeh look just like I remember yeh, brother! And look! *he pokes his tiny button nose* I'm the bigger one!

[need_some_rope]

No yer not! *he frowns at the man, because he could almost believe it, even though he knows its a lie* Murphy's small! Like me!

.... *his frown spreads over his face, becoming a worried look* Where is Murphy?

[4_thee_my_lord]

Of course I'm Murphy, short stuff. *he snickered, leaning against the table as he covered his wide grin with the side of his hand*

Murphy's grown now 'cause I had all me soup like Ma told us ta do. *he remembered Ma's promises so vividly. Maybe it took him a while to get as big as she assured them they would, but it had worked after all.*

*Little Connor upset expression brought him back to reality though. For a moment he felt truly uneasy and quickly focused on what he could say to calm him down.* Oi, really, it's okay. I'm here. *he searched under his shirt for his rosary, pulling it out to show it to his younger twin brother* Look.

[need_some_rope]

*He didn't know whether to take this man seriously or not. It was true, that was what Ma said, but then everyone in their family made jokes like this and Connor always believed the wrong things, the things he wanted to believe in*

I ate my soup as well. Why ain't I big too?

*as soon as he saw the rosary, though, that changed everything! It was Murphy's rosary and only Murphy could wear it and Murphy wouldn't lie to him about something so important, he was telling the truth that he was him!*

*yes. That's the exact order that logic goes in...*

How did yeh get yer rosary? *he asked, putting his hand to his chest. They weren't allowed to wear them most of the time... which meant he was surprised to feel the bump under his own clothing*

[4_thee_my_lord]

'Cause I'm the older brother, that's why! *Murphy showed off a toothy grin as his younger sibling slowly seemed to believe his explanations. There was something off here though. As happy as he felt messing around with his drunk hallucination of a younger Connor, he missed the older Connor to share this with.*

I got it 'cause it's mine! *he gathered the little kid in his arms, pulling him over his lap. He felt like drunkly dancing around and tossing the kid to the air and catching him back!*

[need_some_rope]

Yer older? *he tilted his head in wonder, though now that Murphy was so much bigger than him, it made perfect sense to him. He was a little disappointed, but only a bit - he had a twin big brother now!*

*he giggled as he sat over his lap. He was too old for this now really, and there was that time that Ma had gotten really upset when some old guy had got him to sit on his lap while he told war stories at Uncle Sybil's pub... That guy had never come back again after... But this was different, this was Murphy and it was always going to be okay to sit on his lap*

[4_thee_my_lord]

I've always been the older one, yeh should already know that. *he had the upper hand here, definitely. It was much clearer proof than any dick sizes arguments they've had before.*

*Pulling Connor close for a tight bear hug was just natural to do, even more as he really felt the other missing. Holding his twin like that, he slid away from his seat, cocking the little kid to the side to let him reach his coat.* Oi, can yeh grab that? I think it's time ta go home.