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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 17, 2012 3:07:00 GMT -5
He leaned back.
"...there," he said softly. "Something to remember me by."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 17, 2012 3:09:16 GMT -5
She laughed and cried at once.
"Adrian-"
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 21, 2012 18:59:45 GMT -5
"Yes?" he said softly.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 21, 2012 19:04:56 GMT -5
In hopelessness she threw her arms around him, rubbing her cheek on his chest. His body was familiar enough to almost be a comfort - almost.
"You still smell like cologne," she said through tears.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 21, 2012 19:14:23 GMT -5
"I've got standards to keep up," Adrian said bitterly.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 21, 2012 19:18:55 GMT -5
She looked up with glittering eyes.
"I could leave now and live with Steve, and love him all my life, and at the end of it, when I was near dying, part of me would still be in love with you. I... I love you, Adrian."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 21, 2012 19:47:53 GMT -5
"He's... a good man," said Adrian. "He was- I will not say a proto- Alexander to myself, Alexander consumed so much of my life, but he..."
He sighed.
"Captain Rogers is not the ultimate disappointment I was forced to finally recognize in Alexander."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 21, 2012 19:55:28 GMT -5
"He'll never mean to me what you did," Adrien said quietly.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 21, 2012 20:26:06 GMT -5
Adrian hesitated.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 21, 2012 20:36:09 GMT -5
"You changed my life, Adrian."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 21, 2012 20:40:30 GMT -5
"Would you like to come home tonight?" he asked quietly. "Even if it's the last time-"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 21, 2012 20:45:46 GMT -5
" - yes," she said in a slightly rough voice, nodding. "Yes, I would like that very much."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 21, 2012 20:49:23 GMT -5
Adrian clasped her hands and kissed her.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Jul 21, 2012 20:53:23 GMT -5
She kissed back, gripping his hands tightly.
"If only..."
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Jul 21, 2012 21:12:21 GMT -5
"Yes?"
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