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Post by Adrian Veidt on Feb 16, 2010 23:16:07 GMT -5
"Adrien, please-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Feb 16, 2010 23:18:01 GMT -5
He broke off and looked down, clearly troubled over something. And it couldn't be that hard to guess what that something was.
"Do you think," he began hesitantly, seeming to tremble a little. "...do you think that the world is ending?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Feb 17, 2010 16:04:43 GMT -5
He hesitated again, glancing away from the innocent worry in Adrien's eyes, then forced himself to look back.
"No," he said very firmly. "I'm sure of it."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Feb 17, 2010 17:43:16 GMT -5
Something in their blue wavered and was plainly crushed.
"How old do you think I'm going to live to be?" he asked in a choked voice, clearly biting down on panic and quivering.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Feb 17, 2010 17:50:38 GMT -5
"Adrien, stop this," he sighed, pulling him into his arms. "It will be like you said- you'll be the age I am now, and I'll be in my seventies-"
He bit back a rather sharp comment he was on the verge of making about that.
"You'll have a long, long life. I'll make sure of it."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Feb 17, 2010 17:53:05 GMT -5
Adrien pulled himself further into Adrian's arms, trembling a bit more plainly now.
"I feel like I'm going to die," he confessed. "Not like a dread, but a feeling, like it should have happened or it's going to happen soon.... and so when I heard about this, this war..." He rubbed his cheek against Adrian's chest. "...I thought that might be how."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Feb 17, 2010 17:57:14 GMT -5
"Even if there is a war, I promise you, I'll keep you safe from it."
He leaned back from Adrien enough to look in his eyes and tuck a hand under his chin.
"I love you. You understand that, don't you?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Feb 17, 2010 21:06:35 GMT -5
Adrien lifted his eyelashes and looked mournfully at Adrian, and then nodded just slightly.
"But love won't stop a nuclear bomb."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Feb 17, 2010 21:33:04 GMT -5
"If I have to take you to Karnak, I will."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Feb 17, 2010 21:36:21 GMT -5
"You - you mean... away from everyone else?"
He looked very pale and disbelieving. "Like... we really might be the last people on earth?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Feb 17, 2010 21:59:36 GMT -5
"I'm not going to let that happen, Adrien, calm down-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Feb 17, 2010 22:00:45 GMT -5
He stared at a wall in shocked silence.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Feb 17, 2010 22:02:55 GMT -5
"Adrien, did you-"
He glanced at his watch, then back at Adrien.
"Did you have a nightmare?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Feb 17, 2010 22:06:36 GMT -5
He looked over at him, blinking a few times as though to clear his head. "I... that is... I don't really remember."
He said it in the flattest possible voice. "Adrian, would you be happy with just me? No one else?"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Feb 17, 2010 22:18:23 GMT -5
"Adrien, I promise you-"
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