Natalie Godfrey (bornincrossfire) wrote in nevermore_logs, @ 2012-08-17 15:39:00 |
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Entry tags: | natalie godfrey, the red baron |
WHO: Natalie & Manfrad
WHEN: Thursday night
WHERE: Manfred's place
WHAT: Birthday boyfriend/girlfriend times (that may or may not end up badly?)
WARNINGS: Mentions of domestic violence
Natalie trudged up the stairs of Manfred's building with a yawn, her late flight in from Dallas getting her to his apartment door not long before midnight. It would be her birthday in a few minutes - her thirty-first - but tomorrow she would have to spend most of it flying to Brazil. Because of that she wanted to get to see Manfred tonight. (Natalie missed school days when she could beg enough and her parents might just let her stay home from school to play with her newest toy. Completely unethical and possibly terrible parenting, but it had thrilled Natalie.)
Reaching Manfred's door she steeled herself a little. It was hard to tell these days what she'd find on the other side when she came to see him. With this younger face his mood swings could be volatile. Luckily for Natalie she'd had years and years of practice in dealing with volatile boyfriends. She knew the tricks of the trade. She knew when to soothe and when to keep her head down. With Manfred's unpredictability, Natalie had fallen back into those ways without even meaning to. She rarely thought about whether that was healthy or not, because when she thought about their relationship it was in terms of how fortunate she was to have it again.
Natalie ran a hand through her hair and knocked on the door. (She'd stopped using her key to get in. She'd started knocking even after he'd buzzed her into the building and told her to come right in upstairs.)