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Tweak says, "Me? I'm dishonest."

Nick Hollis; Peter Pan (never_old) wrote in bellumlogs,
@ 2010-04-04 17:37:00

Entry tags:

cinderella, peter pan, red riding hood

Who: Boyd and Nick and added Hannah!
What: Nick wants to help Boyd.
Where: 1007 to start
When: Immediately following this
Warnings: Crazy talk? Possible drug references? Nick may awkward you to death?

Nick hadn't really known what to tell Boyd. He had never been given much a chance to offer anyone real comfort, even Evie had rarely needed any comforting. Venturing out the door and down the stairs seemed like a feat on a good day, but talking with Boyd had picked at the corner of his brain he didn't like being awoken.

He took his Seroquel like clockwork before poking his head in to see Evie. She had her headphones on, so he didn't bother her. He'd just leave a note that he stuck on the fridge and grabbed his sketchbooks from the hospital. If they were going to talk, it was best he brought what really said all he could about the hospital.

He took the stairs to the tenth floor and looked for 1007. Fidgeting with the hem of his shirt for a moment, Nick took deep, calming breaths before he was able to knock on Boyd's door.

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never_old
2010-04-05 04:40 pm UTC (link)

"Do you know Hannah?" Nick asked Boyd. He liked talking about Hannah. She was sweet, a lot like Boyd was. He looked down at the drawing he did of her. "I knew her a little bit. They liked having us in a big group to talk. I didn't talk a lot, but I knew Hannah. She's nice."

He gently turned the pages more toward the back where Hannah appeared again, not as broken. "She got better too. Enough that they let her leave. I dunno if she knew I drew her. She reminds me a lot of you."

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ex_sanguine300
2010-04-05 04:46 pm UTC (link)

The comparison made her smile. "Hannah and me ain't so much alike, but you're right about her being nice. She' real sweet. She lives couple of apartments down," she explained, smiling at the happier picture. "Me and her met when things weren't going so well for either of us," she went on to tell him, "and I like her real well."

To say she felt protective over Hannah was an understatement, and that came through in her voice when she spoke about the other girl. She reached out a hand, and she touched Nick's cheek gently as he turned the pages, already feeling protective about him as well.

It seemed wrong, somehow, that a building so very dangerous had such gentle, delicate people living in it.

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never_old
2010-04-05 05:01 pm UTC (link)

"No, I think you're alike," Nick was pretty set in that. "You're both really nice."

He looked over his shoulder at the door for a moment, "On this floor?" He wanted to try to visit her too. Plus, his doctor would really like he was meeting people beyond his family. Turning back to look at Boyd, smiling a little easier when she touched his cheek. "I'm glad you two know each other. I'd have tried to make you meet otherwise."

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ex_sanguine300
2010-04-05 05:28 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, honey," she said, her hand still on his cheek. "You can't think people are nice within a few minutes of meeting them. Not in this building." That was exactly the way Vaughn had gotten her clutches on Aaron, and it was the same way she had charmed her.

"Me and Hannah are good friends," she said, looking toward the door. "Wanna go visit her? She was talking to me on the forums just before you came over, so she's probably in her apartment. We can both go?" she suggested.

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	never_old 2010-04-05 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm a good judge of people stuff," Nick retorted. He actually didn't know if he was a good judge of anything, but he assumed he knew what he was talking about enough. He looked worried for a moment, close to a full out fretting, "Go visit? I don't know. I shouldn't. We didn't ask if it's okay to see her.." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_sanguine300 2010-04-05 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	"You don't gotta ask friends, silly," she told him, and she uncurled her legs and tugged him to his feet, her smiled widening infectiously, almost enough to eclipse the dark circles and drugged gaze. "You in love with your Wendy?" she asked, curious now as to what tale Hannah was from. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	never_old 2010-04-05 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	"But manners," he protested a little. He didn't stop Boyd from pulling him up, more easily lead like a puppy than a grown man. Nick shrugged awkwardly at Boyd, "I don't know. I've never been in love." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ex_sanguine300
2010-04-06 03:59 am UTC (link)

She laughed a little at his protesting, and she stopped just long enough to kiss his cheek, before pulling him the rest of the way down the hall. She felt better than she had in days; she might even try to tell them about Vaughn, without saying the woman's name.

When she knocked on Hannah's door, she was holding onto Nick's hand. They could figure this out, right? Together?

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