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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 2, 2010 0:20:15 GMT -5
...hallucinatory Eddie hooted.
Adrien took a little breath, steadying himself. "I think I should go," he whispered when they'd parted. "If you're... if you need to be alone right now."
With your friend who's not a friend who's not there, he thought silently.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 2, 2010 0:28:09 GMT -5
"Please don't go." he whispered.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 2, 2010 0:29:29 GMT -5
"Begging, Ozy?" came a sneer.
Adrien twisted uncomfortably. "Are you... completely sure you're comfortable..."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 2, 2010 13:28:11 GMT -5
"It's an acceptable tradeoff. I'm starting to get some of the movement back in my hand," Adrian replied, lifting it and feebly bending the two remaining flesh-and-bone fingers to illustrate this point.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 2, 2010 13:39:43 GMT -5
Adrien smiled; in an instant he'd caught that hand and brought it to his lips, kissing the fingers to see if he felt any of the pressure.
"Oh, for fuck's sake," groaned Blake.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 2, 2010 13:42:11 GMT -5
"It's only movement so far. No feeling yet."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 2, 2010 13:44:55 GMT -5
"Oh."
"Story of your life, eh, Ozy?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 2, 2010 13:51:00 GMT -5
He nevertheless traced the fingertips along Adrien's cheekbone, with a smile.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 2, 2010 13:51:54 GMT -5
He caught and kissed his fingertips with a shy flicker of the eyes upwards.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 2, 2010 14:00:39 GMT -5
"See? It's worth it."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 2, 2010 14:05:17 GMT -5
He looked downwards with a smile, and nodded.
Eddie was muttering.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 2, 2010 14:13:52 GMT -5
"If you don't like it, you can leave," Adrian muttered to Eddie just before ruffling Adrien's hair and going back to his desk.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 2, 2010 14:17:33 GMT -5
This time, when he heard him speak under his breath, he just brushed it aside, still upset, but no longer raising his voice to point this out. "What should I do?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Mar 2, 2010 14:20:19 GMT -5
"What?"
Lovely, now he was finding it difficult to process more than one train of thought at a time.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Mar 2, 2010 14:21:23 GMT -5
"What do you want me to do until closing?"
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