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Braylen King (mnemonic) wrote in zenerschool,
@ 2009-10-15 21:08:00

Thread: Braylen & Finn
Who: Braylen King and Finn Farraday.
When: October 15th. Evening.
Where: Finn's room.
What: Hanging out. And things.

Braylen had spent the afternoon training with the Junior Team, working through an obstacle course that had been set out. It had been tiring, and also a lot of fun. But he was feeling rejuvinated, after a late afternoon snack, and then a long shower which had perked him right up and had him raring to go again.

His hair was a wild and semi-dry mass, his eyes were freshly lined, and he had pulled on a pair of tight frayed jeans and a fitted black t-shirt before wandering himself down the hall to Finn's room. He lounged himself against the doorframe, one forearm pressed against it, and knocked with his other hand.

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anamnesis
2009-10-16 05:39 am UTC (link)

Braylen knocked the same time that Finn was opening the door. He looked a surprised to see him there which meant he probably hadn't known Braylen was there when he'd tugged it open. "Hey." Still, he didn't smile. In fact he looked like he was on his way out, dressed in his beat up leather coat with his car keys in his hand. He looked Braylen over up and down and then took a step back as if to let him. "I guess you can come along. Do you have a jacket?"

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mnemonic
2009-10-16 08:29 pm UTC (link)

Braylen looked surprised as well, when the door opened just as he finished knocking. "Hey," he said and then grinned when he realized that Funn was on his way out somewhere. He tilted his head to the side. "Yeah okay, I'll come," he agreed, even though he didn't know where they would be going. That didn't matter, he was game for most anything.

"Where're we goin'? An is everythin' okay?"

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	anamnesis 2009-10-17 12:04 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, kinda." He smiled tightly to show him it wasn't too problematic and tipped his head down the hallway. "My mother in law is in the hospital, no one's there to watch Sloane, I have to go down there." Not waiting for an answer, Finn started down the hallway, shutting his door but not locking it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-17 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"A shite, luv, I'm sorry. Is it something bad?" he asked as he fell into step with Finn, making their way down the hall to the stairs. "She gonna be alright?" He bumped their wrists together as they walked. "I'll come an' keep you company. I can hide when the kid's around." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anamnesis 2009-10-17 12:21 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know, she fell or something." He glanced side long at Braylen when he touched him and reached out to take his hand. "We'll work it out later. I'd like it if you were there." He let him go after a tight squeeze of his fingers before searching through his ring of keys for the one to the Suburban. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-17 12:22 am UTC (link)
	"I wanna be there." Braylen squeezed the hand that he held as they headed into the garage, towards Finn's car. "We'll figure something out." Some way for him to be around Finn's daughter without it causing problems in the long run. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anamnesis 2009-10-17 12:28 am UTC (link)
	Finn got into the driver's seat, buckling up. He waited for Braylen before starting it up and pulling away from base. "It sounded bad on the phone, I'm not sure what to do or what I'm going to do. She's already kind of old, injuries to the elderly take a long time to heal." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-17 12:30 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know, luv," Braylen said as he fastened his seatbelt and then shifted to lean against the door, so that he was half facing Finn. "Maybe you should have her move here? Or both of 'em, even. Where you can be closer an' keep an eye on them?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anamnesis 2009-10-17 12:44 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, maybe." He glanced briefly at Braylen and then at the road again. "She's...she's too young. If my mother in law has to stay in the hospital over night, for longer than that, we'll definitely have to take her home. Not to the base, the other...my house." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-17 12:46 am UTC (link)
	Braylen reached over and patted Finn's thigh. "I know," he said with an understanding nod of his head. "We can do that if we have to. I'm sure Mr. Smith would be okay with it. He was fine when you were livin' there with Malcolm." Because Finn's kids were psychics, after all, and his house wasn't that far from the base. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anamnesis 2009-10-17 01:10 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah I guess, I guess." Finn didn't look convinced. At all. "I can't..." He looked over at him again. "How am I supposed to raise kids?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-17 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Braylen gave him a knowing little grin. "The same thing you did with Malcolm over the summer. Looks to me like one of those things you figure out as you go along. But you'll do a good job at it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anamnesis 2009-10-17 01:25 am UTC (link)
	"I'm going to fuck it up." He said sullenly and looked all too serious. "That's why I let her take care of them in the first place. I'm..." He sighed. "Sloane is the worst. She looks just like her mother. I love her but I can't...stand it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-17 01:34 am UTC (link)
	"Ah, luv. You'll stand it, because she's your daughter. An' you'll get used to it. I bet," Braylen reasoned, "The more time you spend with her, the less she'll look like her Mum, coz she'll look like her own person." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anamnesis 2009-10-17 01:48 am UTC (link)
	"I think you give me a lot more credit than I deserve." He answered as they pulled into town. He took hold of Braylen's hand over his thigh, squeezing it tightly. "I don't want to screw it up, screw her up." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-17 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"An' I think you don't give yerself enough credit," Braylen replied with a little smile. "You'll be a good father. Cos you care enough not to want to fuck things up." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anamnesis 2009-10-17 02:09 am UTC (link)
	Finn didn't say anything until they pulled into the parking lot of the hospital. He looked over at Braylen and leaned over to kiss him lightly. "Thanks for coming." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-17 02:10 am UTC (link)
	Braylen touched his cheek. "Always, luv," he murmured, before he released his seatbelt and slid out of the car, shutting the door behind him and letting Finn lead the way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	anamnesis 2009-10-17 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Finn followed him out of the car and reached into his pocket for his phone, moving through the menus. "Room three zero six." He told him as they stepped through the automatic doors. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-17 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	The hospital smelled the way hospitals always did, and Braylen glanced around as they entered, making their way to the elevator. There were already people waiting, with the buttons lit up, so he stopped there, until the doors slid open and they could get in. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

anamnesis
2009-10-18 05:46 am UTC (link)

Finn chewed on the inside of his lip in a nervous sort of way as they got into the elevator and ascended to the third floor. Keeping one free hand in Braylen's, he waited until the doors opened again. They weren't the only ones who got out on that floor though but once it was their turn, Finn let go of Braylen's hand and moved forward to intercept a girl who was waiting not a short distance away.

Sloane, Braylen would probably think, looked a lot like Eddie. She had lots of curly blond hair and rosy cheeks, blue eyes that were light enough to be distracting and dominated the other features of her face. She looked pretty calm, disturbingly stoic, in a yellow dress with wool stockings and a matching cardigan sweater, as Finn scooped her up in a hug. Instead she eyed Braylen from over her father's shoulder.

"There you are," Finn cooed, squeezing her and kissing her forehead. "How are you? How's grandma?"

"She's sleeping." she answered, her eyes still on Braylen. "It's a raccoon."

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mnemonic
2009-10-18 11:53 am UTC (link)

Sloane did look like Eddie - well, a younger Eddie - but also looked like a younger version of the Eden he had seen in photographs, Finn was right about that. He stood to the side and smiled as the pair embraced. Finn was a good father, he knew that already - the man just needed more faith in himself.

"I don't know if raccoons talk, luv," he said with a chuckle, because he wasn't going to take offense by that. It was more amusing than anything.

"Or walk into hospitals. I'm Braylen. An' you're Sloane."

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	anamnesis 2009-10-18 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	"They could on tv." She told him and when Finn crouched to let her down she curled her arms tighter around him and rested her cheek against his shoulder. He sighed and squeezed her tighter before detaching himself. "Let's go see Grandma and then we'll talk to the doctor." He murmured and forged ahead towards the designated room. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mnemonic 2009-10-18 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Well yeah, anything can happen on the telly," Braylen agreed with an easy sort of grin. "But I promise I'm no raccoon." He followed along after the pair as they resumed their trek down the hall, until they reached the room that currently housed Finn's mother-in-law. Since Finn had a handful, Braylen got the door, pushing it open for the pair. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

anamnesis
2009-10-18 11:02 pm UTC (link)

Inside the room, Finn's mother in law, connected to monitors but otherwise very still in her hospital gown, was alone. Without a nurse or doctor in sight, Finn frowned, looking back curiously at Sloane who couldn't seem to take her eyes off of Braylen for a minute. "What happened, Sloane?"

"She fell down," The girl reported, staring at Braylen as if she expected him to do something. "In the bathroom and she was shaking but when the ambulance came to get her she was sleeping."