WHO: Nathan Petrelli, Claire Bennet (ABC) WHERE: the Hyperion WHEN: Monday, December 19; after this WHAT: Ice cream and a chat. RATING: TBD STATUS: thread; in-progress
In less than one week, Peter had been kidnapped and rescued, Nathan's older daughter had been 'kidnapped' and rescued, his younger daughter had been tortured and hadn't told anyone, Charlie had been sent back to her own time to be murdered and now Adam, the bastard that had manipulated his brother in at least his own timeline (though at least one more, since the younger Claire was from one similar), was here spouting his cult ambitions to the masses, including his family. Nathan didn't even want to think what this would mean, having the man who had also tried to kill all the Company founders now in the city.
Though ice cream had always been Heidi's coping mechanism, right now, it had a distinct appeal to Nathan because it was something to do that wasn't getting a bottle and a glass and drowning in it. Knowing he still needed to talk to Claire, that was what he had offered.
After wrapping up his work – a necessary evil, as he'd needed to bury himself in his work to try and ignore the pain of losing Charlie, ignore the empty desk in his office that had been hers and that she wouldn't be coming back to again – he headed down to the kitchen.