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Tweak says, "You taught him well..."

Gabriel Holden (angeloffire) wrote in dalton_rpg,
@ 2011-09-27 12:09:00

Entry tags:

! thread, @ character: gabriel holden, @ character: rose morgan, status: incomplete

In Which Gabriel "Smokes"
Who: Gabriel and someone who will interact with him (Luke? Aaron? Rose? Connie?)
What: Gabe's a little stressed. He goes for his favorite form of stress release.
Where: That old statue of what'shisface, where everyone goes for a smoke.
When: Tuesday evening, 7 PM or so.
Rating: SFW. It's Gabe. Is he ever NSFW?

There had been too much lately. Too many changes, too many memories, too many realizations. It was all too much. Gabriel had come back from dinner, looked at his stack of homework, and then simply grabbed his lighter and a little-used pack of cigarettes from his drawer before heading right back out the door.

Cigarettes weren't ideal, but it had been a wet week, so there wasn't really any dry sticks for him to burn. He needed to set something on fire, though, so this would have to do.

It wasn't hard to find the on-campus spot for smokers. The old butts in the grass around the base of the statue was evidence enough that this was a good spot. Gabriel sat on the base of the statue and lit up, though he didn't bring the cigarette to his mouth. He just sat there, his arm resting lightly across his knee, watching the paper and tobacco smolder.

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	angeloffire 2011-09-30 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	Gabriel dropped his gaze to where Morgan's foot swung toward his leg. "Obnoxiousness, you have in spades. You just haven't cultivated it. Such wasted potential..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll waste your potential in a minute, fuckface," Rose said in a tone that endeavoured to suggest that she was indulging in a bit of banter rather than letting him get to her. Again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 04:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Why do you do that?" Gabriel asked, lifting his eyes back to Morgan's face. "I understand the desire for solitude, but you, you take it to a conflicting new level of simultaneously trying for friendship while shoving people away as hard as you can. I am aware I'm no expert on relationships, but even I know that doesn't work." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, it doesn't work. That's why I have people worrying about me all the fucking time until I have to run off when, oh look, there's someone even more irritating in my spot." She glared, lips pressed tight together. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 04:52 pm UTC (link)
	Gabriel gave a little nod. "Exactly. It doesn't work. So why do you continue to do it?" If Morgan was running away from friends, then they weren't (in Gabriel's admittedly limited experience) the sort of friends one should seek to have. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Cause that's who I fucking am. Why are you a massive asshole? Why is Dalton full of drama? Why is life shit? It's just the way the world is. Get over it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	"How I act and what I want are in sync with each other," Gabriel said with a tiny shake of his head. "I know what I want, and I act in an appropriate manner to achieve my goals. You, on the other hand, seem to want something--friends--but act in a way contrary to achieving your goals. That is the part I am not understanding." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	"You don't know what I want," Rose challenged, setting one hand unconsciously on her hip as her position shifted aggressively. "You know fuck all about me." She stopped herself from saying 'what I want is my boyfriend back', because God knew Gabe would sneer at it and cheapen it and she could not deal with that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	"You have consistently given me overtures of friendship," Gabriel said, shrugging one shoulder and tracing a gentle circle with his cigarette. "And yet in your words and manners, you clearly tell me you want anything but." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Well isn't that just fucking peachy," she muttered irritably, and stared him in the eye. "I feel fucking sorry for you, ok? You are the most fucked up kid I have ever seen. Ever. So pardon fucking me for trying to see through the fact your issues make you the biggest douchebag since George Bush and Rush Limbaugh's lovechild." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	Gabriel turned to return Morgan's stare evenly. "But I want to be left alone," he said. "Failing that, if I absolutely must have people in my life, I would rather have ones who do not feel the need to spew profanity with every sentence. You hide behind your foul mouth as if it is some form of armor, and it is really quite tiresome to endure." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Sure you do. So did I. Doesn't always work out that way, though." Her expression, for once, was wholly blank and entirely without emotion, a sudden shift. "And I might be tiresome, but I'm also fucking tired, so are we about done here? Cause I can wait for you to finish up and fuck off whenever." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Have you ever heard the expression 'slow and steady wins the race?'" Gabriel asked, some slight amusement flicking across his face. "It's all about stamina. The flame that burns hottest dies quickest. A slow, controlled fire can go all night." He half-closed his eyes, reclining against the statue. "You're running out of steam. I'm only just getting warmed up." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

rose_tinted
2011-09-30 10:48 pm UTC (link)

"That's what she said." Rose kicked him again, almost absent-mindedly, turned her back on him and set off clambering up to sit on the statue's shoulders. "You're a dick, and that might as well be a fucking compliment to you, so what the hell else is there to say?"

She didn't really want to be here any more. She was seething, furious and utterly humiliated, but she was damned if she'd back down and leave.

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	angeloffire 2011-09-30 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	"It's been a while since anyone kicked me," Gabriel mused, looking at his half-gone cigarette. "Not since middle school, I believe. Yes. Alabama." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Good for you," Rose said dryly, staring at the sky. "Was it a wonderfully nostalgic experience?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	"I almost kicked him back," Gabriel answered. "Restrained myself. Self-control is a marvelous thing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	"And how long after did the school burn down?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 11:22 pm UTC (link)
	That actually brought Morgan the very first non-Scottie-induced smile out of Gabriel in years. "I spared the school as well. I don't burn things that belong to other people." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	"And there's your first mistake. People leave you alone completely when they know you're a total psycho." She swung her legs against the statue, affecting relaxation. "So you draw the line at fucking with people's stuff, then? Only with their heads?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm just an angel at heart," Gabriel said, the smile gone from his face but the amusement still there. "Besides, being a total psycho would just prove them right. I can't have that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rose_tinted 2011-09-30 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	"So's Lucifer," Rose shrugged. "Know what you mean. You gotta keep an air of mystery. I never got the hang of that shit. But on the other hand when I smile it's not front page news." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	angeloffire 2011-09-30 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	Precisely. Gabriel switched his cigarette into his left hand to draw another out of his pack. "Smiling is overrated. Happiness, sadness, anger, joy... it's all bad for you, in the end." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

rose_tinted
2011-09-30 11:49 pm UTC (link)

Rose took a cigarette out of her pocket and leaned down, holding it out. "My lighter's fucked. And so are you. I tried the whole dead to the world thing, it didn't work out so great. Sometimes you gotta take the gut-shattering awful with the fucking amazing, it's called li-ving." She twiddled the cigarette in her fingers, and added, "Anyway, sooner or later shit'll get through even your armour, might's well make sure you let something decent in too."

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	angeloffire 2011-09-30 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	Gabriel didn't accept the cigarette--he didn't even see Rose's offer. He took his own cigarette, touching the unlit one to the lit one, watching as the ends smoldered together. "I do believe I've had enough of the gut-shattering awful for more than one lifetime. I'm lived-out." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)