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Tweak says, "You expect too much."

Scotty Atchinson (sayitscotty) wrote in dalton_rpg,
@ 2012-06-04 18:42:00

Entry tags:

! thread, @ character: archer kennedy, @ character: scott atchinson

Who: Scotty + Archie
What: Talking
Where: Archie's office
When: Saturday afternoon
Rating: Trigger warnings probably

Never before had Scotty spoken with a therapist, even if this was just a school one. No one had thought to send him to one when his parents had died because he had been so little; the most he had gotten was his social worker saying how sorry she was and that she would do her best to find him a good family to take care of him. Except they didn't take care of him -- did the opposite, actually -- and by the time he really felt like maybe he should be talking to someone, he was too afraid to. The bullying and the abuse led him to less than healthy ways of dealing with his problems, and he was sure even taking bus rides was a less than ideal way of working through his problems. He was too afraid to speak out though. He had learned to bottle everything up and stay silent.

Dalton had been a reprieve from life in Cairo. Dalton, he thought everything would be better. He made friends, he was able to draw, and he was away from the abuse. He even got adopted, though not by his first choice; no, Mr Johnson died, and all Scotty received were more apologies and Gabe tolerating him to snuggle up a bit more often.

So it seemed weird that he would speak to a therapist now, when he was so close to summer vacation, yet he had to admit that he was curious about the details of his file. That was all they would talk about, Scotty assured himself as he knocked on the man's door. They had nothing else to discuss. Scotty was nothing special.

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archerken
2012-06-05 12:05 am UTC (link)

Archie had to admit, he wasn't really expecting Scotty to show up. He had the boy's file on hand in a drawer, in case he did, but since Scotty had skipped the last time they were going to meet, he wasn't putting much stock in the second meeting.

Nevertheless, when there was a knock on his door, Archie looked up with a smile. "Come on in! Door's open!" He wasn't sure who it was, but he had some open time today.

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sayitscotty
2012-06-05 12:15 am UTC (link)

In Scotty peeked, his hand gripping the door frame shyly. He wasn't sure what he had been expecting this shrink to look at, but Archie certainly didn't fit what he had thought. Therapists were supposed to be old, with beards and glasses, and not like- like this, this handsome man that was smiling up at him from behind his desk.

"Um, hi," Scotty said. "I'm Scotty- we talked online?"

	archerken 2012-06-05 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	"There is a note from Harry Johnson, yes," Archie said. "It's, uh, talking about your art, I think? The notes are mostly just little comments: you're very quiet, a nice student. Mr. Johnson had high praise of your artistic talents. He seemed very fond of you, just in the way he worded things." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	archerken 2012-06-07 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	"You're welcome," Archie said, accepting the file back from Scotty. "Would you like a copy of anything from here? Perhaps Mr. Johnson's note?" Archie opened the file, flipping through to that letter from the late art teacher. "Whose names? Your parents'?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	archerken 2012-06-08 09:06 pm UTC (link)
	Just about every mental alarm bell Archie had was ringing as he watched how Scotty tightened and tense, shrinking down on himself. He couldn't let this boy out of the room without finding out just how bad things were for him. "What sort of thoughts are?" Archie asked quietly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	archerken 2012-06-09 01:11 am UTC (link)
	"Is that how you feel about them?" Archie asked. "The Barrys?" He folded his hands together in his lap, tapping the fingers of one against the back of the other. "How long have you known them, Scotty? Did you want them to adopt you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)