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Tweak says, "You're lucky to have me. "

Bruce Wainright has (onerule) wrote in doors,
@ 2013-12-24 17:41:00

Entry tags:

batman, catwoman, harley quinn, red hood, wonder woman

[text to wren h.]

[Early morning. After his last shift before Christmas ends.]

Hi.

[locked to jack c.]

Scale of one to ten, how traumatic was it? Not too bad? I think our childhoods were normal.

[locked to matt + jenny]

How'd we all like being kids again?

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	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 01:08 am UTC (link)
	[Long pause. Calm.] What's his name? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 01:17 am UTC (link)
	[Panicky.] I swear. He was okay the last time I talked to him. Robert. His name's Robert Montgomery. The last address I know for him was in California. You can check, okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 01:19 am UTC (link)
	[...] Wren, why exactly do you think I asked for his name? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 01:22 am UTC (link)
	[Nervously, which wakes the baby and makes her cry.] To make sure I didn't kill him. I didn't. I was with him until the day I turned sixteen, and then I ran away, because maman always said to never have a pimp. But I didn't kill him. I promise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 01:26 am UTC (link)
	[Long, long pause.] You think I care about that? About him? [Exhale.] If you left when you were sixteen, how did he find you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 01:29 am UTC (link)
	[Long pause, during which the baby keeps crying.] About me killing him? Maybe not actually about him. [Pacing.] I was arrested a lot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 01:31 am UTC (link)
	No. No, that's not really my main concern. [More eerie calm.] What did he want? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 01:35 am UTC (link)
	[Finally starting to calm down enough to get concerned. After a few seconds of shushing Lia. Tentatively, and maybe not entirely honest.] Just [...] to talk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 01:39 am UTC (link)
	[Another long pause.] Was he well respected? The kind of guy who cares about his public image? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 01:44 am UTC (link)
	[She actually has to think about that.] I don't know? He would give me to a lot of people back home, but I think they all knew he was keeping maman from getting arrested before she died anyway. So- No? I don't think so. [Then quickly.] Luke, it doesn't matter, okay? It's in the past. You said so. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 01:46 am UTC (link)
	He shouldn't be free. He shouldn't be living his life unpunished. It's not right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 01:49 am UTC (link)
	[Hello, panic.] No. Stop that. Stop. I'll leave. I swear. I will. I'll go. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 01:54 am UTC (link)
	No, don't. I won't kill him. I want to, but I stopped doing that. Don't say you'll leave. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 01:57 am UTC (link)
	[Gaspy, panicked breaths and more pacing.] See? See? This wouldn't happen with someone else. It wouldn't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 02:05 am UTC (link)
	What? I-- Wren, hey, calm down. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I just hate what he did to you but I won't do anything, I promise. Please don't blame yourself. I don't want anyone else, I never will, so don't. [Panicked himself, now.] You won't leave? Say it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 02:10 am UTC (link)
	I'm not ruining Christmas. I promised. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 02:13 am UTC (link)
	[Heavy pause. Oh, so quiet.] So you're going to wait until after? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 02:19 am UTC (link)
	[Long quiet.] We can talk about it after Christmas, okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 02:22 am UTC (link)
	[Deep, deep breath. Shakily.] You already know how I feel. I said it all before, when you wanted to leave after Lia was born. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 02:26 am UTC (link)
	[There's a sniffle, and the sound of a jerky nod, and she disconnects the call.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 02:29 am UTC (link)
	[That stings, admittedly. He almost leaves it, but somewhere between five and ten minutes later, he calls back.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 02:40 am UTC (link)
	[Without the hollow echo of the attic, she answers, but she doesn't say anything.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 03:22 am UTC (link)
	[After multiple starts and stops, helplessly.] I don't want us to fight. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke elfen 2013-12-26 04:18 am UTC (link)
	I knew you would get mad. I know you get tired of saying the same things. I know I frustrate you a lot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Call: Wren/Luke onerule 2013-12-26 04:44 am UTC (link)
	I'm not mad. I didn't get mad. And I'm not frustrated, I just-- [Inhale.] I don't want to make things worse. I don't want you to feel like you can't tell me things. I-- I don't mind telling you I love you all the time, or reminding you that I don't want anyone else. I'll say it every day for the rest of our lives. It's not a-- an obligation. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)