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Post by Teja on Sept 18, 2015 19:27:40 GMT -5
"But Loki, if I run I'll never be able to come back... he'll live forever, he'll hold a grudge forever if I break his heart."
It didn't sound like a romantic inclination to protect his feelings. It sounded like the fear of retribution had her nearly paralysed.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 8:50:10 GMT -5
"You're not his property just because you let him f- because you slept with him," Loki retorted heatedly. "It's not your job to ensure his heart stays unbroken! Living forever doesn't mean he can keep you. That's not-"
He sounded miserable.
"That's not how loving someone is supposed to be."
Loki climbed up beside her on the chair again, and his vision went swimmy in one eye. He frowned and rubbed it with his fingertip, and his fingertip came away damp.
"Well, look at that. I'm crying," he sighed.
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 9:50:19 GMT -5
She peered up at him.
"Why are you crying?" she asked timidly, anxious that the answer was something to do with his disappointment in her. The words he'd almost said were more accusatory and malicious than the ones he had said.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 10:47:11 GMT -5
"Something to do with being sadder but wiser than I was when we met, that's all. Don't worry, darling."
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 10:50:45 GMT -5
She laughed shyly, twisting her fingers in her lap. "The crying was missed," she admitted.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 10:55:32 GMT -5
"Easy for you to say," he teased.
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 10:57:36 GMT -5
"You've been kind of distant," she said gently. "I know that's sort of overcompensating for being smother-y, but.... I'm like you and I need attention or I get sad."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 11:04:43 GMT -5
He gently put his hand on Teja's anxiously twisted little fingers.
"I never want to lose sight of you again."
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 11:07:48 GMT -5
"Do you mean that literally," she sighed, with bitter laughter, "so that I can't sneak off to Johannes again, because I need that kind of supervision." Her laugh sounded like a death rattle.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 11:23:24 GMT -5
Loki pulled her to his chest and buried his fingers in her hair.
"It's going to be all right. I'll protect you."
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 11:24:48 GMT -5
"You won't literally always be here - and he knows where I live, he knows where I work..."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 11:29:54 GMT -5
"Don't go back to the shop," Loki said swiftly. "There are other places you could find work. We'll live somewhere else- somewhere no one will suspect."
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 12:19:23 GMT -5
"This city is teeming with vampires, and every one of them would turn me over to him," she said grimly.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Sept 19, 2015 13:07:25 GMT -5
"He's an old man who just arrived from the backside of Europe," said Loki. "I doubt they're all already his sworn swords."
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Post by Teja on Sept 19, 2015 13:16:28 GMT -5
"Herbert thinks so and I don't think he's all that clueless. You know how disenfranchised they are. But he offers them legitimacy. Now, think. Who else has campaigned on that basis..."
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