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[She smiles slightly, half embarrassed, half proud.]
Not a bad way to say, "Glad you're still here."
[Or "Glad you're not dead."]
I...
[A pause.]
Don't laugh. But, I mean...I miss you. When you're not around.
Not a bad way to say, "Glad you're still here."
[Or "Glad you're not dead."]
I...
[A pause.]
Don't laugh. But, I mean...I miss you. When you're not around.
Huh.
[She closes her eyes, head on his shoulder.]
Better than I was expecting.
I would have laughed.
[She could get very, very sentimental right now. But that phantom pang in her side reminds her that she can't. That having Sam means...not having Sam.
So there are no remarks to the tune of "I wish we could spend more time together" or "I hate this sneaking around." Only an absent smile and a teasing:]
I think I got a little carried away on your neck.
[She closes her eyes, head on his shoulder.]
Better than I was expecting.
I would have laughed.
[She could get very, very sentimental right now. But that phantom pang in her side reminds her that she can't. That having Sam means...not having Sam.
So there are no remarks to the tune of "I wish we could spend more time together" or "I hate this sneaking around." Only an absent smile and a teasing:]
I think I got a little carried away on your neck.
It's not quite Nick Cassavetes, but that's probably for the best.
[ He, apparently, is okay with some Soap Operas, but Sam has his limits.
At the mention, he reaches up and absently rubs the area in question before leaning to the side to admire it in the mirror. ]
Holy crap.
[ That's not going to be easy to hide. When he looks back down at her, he's a mix of surprise and impressed. ]
You work fast.
[ He, apparently, is okay with some Soap Operas, but Sam has his limits.
At the mention, he reaches up and absently rubs the area in question before leaning to the side to admire it in the mirror. ]
Holy crap.
[ That's not going to be easy to hide. When he looks back down at her, he's a mix of surprise and impressed. ]
You work fast.
[She offers him a sheepish shrug.]
We agreed I was calmer than last time. That didn't mean I was...you know...calm.
[Fatima sinks down to the ground, leaning her shoulder and side against the wall.]
At the risk of setting what is, no doubt, a very unhealthy precedent...I feel better now.
We agreed I was calmer than last time. That didn't mean I was...you know...calm.
[Fatima sinks down to the ground, leaning her shoulder and side against the wall.]
At the risk of setting what is, no doubt, a very unhealthy precedent...I feel better now.
[ He can't argue with that. He makes a mental note to wear his hoodie for the next few days in case he runs into Dean. But he watches her move to the ground with some concern, tilting his head to the side. ]
Isn't that what's important?
[ He crouches down in front of her, resting his wrists on his knees. ]
We all find our own ways to cope.
Isn't that what's important?
[ He crouches down in front of her, resting his wrists on his knees. ]
We all find our own ways to cope.
It feels like giving up. Admitting that I need to cope.
[Her own stubbornness can work against her sometimes. It twists her brain into knots, where she sees some kind of surrender.]
Admitting that this place might actually be worse than Zelien. And that I'm in over my head.
[A thoughtful pause. She looks up at him, lizard-like and unblinking for a moment or two.]
Is it? Worse than Zelien? You still haven't told me about what happened there, after I blacked out.
[Her own stubbornness can work against her sometimes. It twists her brain into knots, where she sees some kind of surrender.]
Admitting that this place might actually be worse than Zelien. And that I'm in over my head.
[A thoughtful pause. She looks up at him, lizard-like and unblinking for a moment or two.]
Is it? Worse than Zelien? You still haven't told me about what happened there, after I blacked out.
[ He shakes his head, frowning a bit. Maybe because sometimes that feels like it's all he does; cope. Make it through the day and say that's the best he can do. He knows it shouldn't be. ]
We all have to cope. No one wants this.
[ No one in their right mind, at least.
But her question makes him pause. He doesn't have a direct answer, unable to fully weigh one against the other. Sometimes it feels just like one big nightmare--is there really a beginning and end from one to the other? ]
I don't know. There are a lot of similarities...they're both nothing anyone should have to go through.
[ And deftly doesn't offer any further explanations. ]
We all have to cope. No one wants this.
[ No one in their right mind, at least.
But her question makes him pause. He doesn't have a direct answer, unable to fully weigh one against the other. Sometimes it feels just like one big nightmare--is there really a beginning and end from one to the other? ]
I don't know. There are a lot of similarities...they're both nothing anyone should have to go through.
[ And deftly doesn't offer any further explanations. ]
Uh huh.
[She sees what you're doing, Winchester.
It bothers her more than she cares to admit. The nagging feeling that Sam is hiding something from her. Or worse yet, trying to shield her from something. The former, she could deal with, if that's what it was. But the latter hits a nerve. She's a grown-ass woman. And she deserves to be treated as an equal. Not some pathetic...
Well, it doesn't matter.]
We're going through both, regardless of "should."
[She sees what you're doing, Winchester.
It bothers her more than she cares to admit. The nagging feeling that Sam is hiding something from her. Or worse yet, trying to shield her from something. The former, she could deal with, if that's what it was. But the latter hits a nerve. She's a grown-ass woman. And she deserves to be treated as an equal. Not some pathetic...
Well, it doesn't matter.]
We're going through both, regardless of "should."
[ His motivations are, in part, selfish. He doesn't want her to know things that would scare her, things he's upset and feels guilty about. Things that would make her find more reason not to trust him, but he also knows how stubborn she is. There is a factor of her own safety involved, and something like that, Sam won't back down on. Not when it deals with the devil. Not when it deals with Sam being a monster. ]
I know. [ He wishes he had answers. ] It's not easy.
I know. [ He wishes he had answers. ] It's not easy.
Yeah. Well...
[Nothing really to say to that. If wishes were horses, and all that.
She lowers her eyes, taking a deep breath and letting it out in a long stretch.]
I should have found you. I'm sorry I didn't.
[Nothing really to say to that. If wishes were horses, and all that.
She lowers her eyes, taking a deep breath and letting it out in a long stretch.]
I should have found you. I'm sorry I didn't.
Please don't.
[She just can't handle his self-effacing drama right now.]
Just say...I don't know. Something classy like, "Oh, baby, don't worry about it."
Only don't cal me "baby" because it's patronizing and you are way too white to pull it off.
[Making jokes? Someone's gone back into defensive shut-down again.]
[She just can't handle his self-effacing drama right now.]
Just say...I don't know. Something classy like, "Oh, baby, don't worry about it."
Only don't cal me "baby" because it's patronizing and you are way too white to pull it off.
[Making jokes? Someone's gone back into defensive shut-down again.]
Edited 2014-08-06 02:31 (UTC)
I wanted to speak with you about something. Do you have time?
It feels as if Haven is changing around us. Have you noticed anything... unusual?
Not the air. Something else. [ Ugh, he misses texting. ] Have you visited the tunnels recently?
They're different.
[ So you might want to re-think that, Sam. ]
[ So you might want to re-think that, Sam. ]
[Fatima nods slightly.]
Acceptable.
[Nodding more to the word choice than the sentiment, apparently.
She closes her eyes, letting her head thunk softly against the wall once.]
You are going to have to tell me someday.
Acceptable.
[Nodding more to the word choice than the sentiment, apparently.
She closes her eyes, letting her head thunk softly against the wall once.]
You are going to have to tell me someday.
[She opens those eyes, slightly, peering up at him from beneath her lashes. Normally, she'd be playing that particular look cute and seductive. But not right now. Mostly, it's just tired.]
Why does that scare you?
Why does that scare you?
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