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Tweak says, "What’s with GI Jane?"

Harry Dresden [The Dresden Files] (flickum_bickus) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-01-23 16:40:00

Entry tags:

harry dresden, maggie dresden

WHO: Dresden & Maggie
WHAT: Father/Daughter drama & awkwardness
WHEN: backdated to last weekend (sometime while Jude is resting/recovering)?
WHERE: Maggie's & Jude's place?
WARNINGS: none yet

Harry had met Jo and Gabriel outside the apartments, where the two had proceeded to retrieve Jude and tend to her injuries, while Harry had hurried onward to look after Maggie. He didn't expect the meeting to go over well, or his presence to be appreciated. He certainly didn't expect that he could buy his way into her good graces with the shield bracelet he had spent the past several weeks since her arrival working protective magic into for her--but he was in no way going to leave her alone with the toclaphane finding their way into the buildings.

In fact, he had resigned himself to a rather dismal time of it until Jude was healed and rested enough to return and rescue Maggie from his dreaded company.

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wannabewizard
2011-01-23 10:56 pm UTC (link)

Maggie had a basic understanding of what was going on. Jude didn't baby her, and even if she didn't tell Maggie everything, she told her enough. Maggie didn't feel like a pesky, bothersome kid when she was with Jude. She felt important, she felt like she mattered. Jude had told her more than anyone else about the Toclafane, what they were, and what they did. What the could do, and why it was important to stay inside.

Maggie was only 8 years old. Even if she was 'almost 9' she knew she was still a kid. And she didn't want to die. So she listened to Jude, and she stayed inside, and she stayed away from the windows and she didn't look out. She had see Toclafane when she'd first come to Colligo. She didn't really need to see them again, thank you very much.

But now Jude was hurt. And that meant Maggie was on her own. Never mind that she was worried. She didn't really know what was going on. She wanted Jude to come home so they could eat ice cream for dinner and have a sandwich or chicken tenders for dessert. She liked talking to Jude, and she liked looking at Jude. She wondered if she'd look just like that when she was bigger.

And then her dad was there. And she didn't know what to do with that. When she looked at him, all she could see was how he'd killed her mom. And then she thought about how she'd grown up without them, she'd never even known Susan was her mom, never knew who her dad was at all. Not until the day he'd killed her mom. And maybe he'd done it to save her, but she still had a hard time processing it. She was only 8, after all. She was just a kid.

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flickum_bickus
2011-01-24 12:00 am UTC (link)

To say Harry sucked at cooking was an understatement, and that was without the constant knowledge that Maggie--the daughter he'd never known--despised him. But he supposed it was fair enough. He pretty much despised himself after what he'd done to the girl's mother.

He rummaged around the kitchen, trying to fix something edible for them, debating whether to risk baking the chicken tenders or just to make sandwiches. He settled on sandwiches, not wanting to ruin Jude's appliances. However, his appetite diminished as he came out and saw the look on Maggie's face. "Maggie?" He set the plate of the sandwiches down on the coffee table. "I have something for you."

	wannabewizard 2011-01-27 02:16 am UTC (link)
	She considered forcing him to look her in the eye, but she decided, at least for the moment, to call a truce with herself, and not antagonize him. He seemed to be trying to give it to her straight, and the bracelet was a decent peace offering anyway. "Okay. Tell me about the bracelet," she said, fingering one of the charms. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wannabewizard 2011-01-27 03:47 am UTC (link)
	"How do I do that?" Maggie was aware she wasn't like other kids. She didn't know any other eight year old who had been kidnapped by vampires. She's always thought vampires were nonsense. But being aware she wasn't like other kids didn't mean she had any idea what made her different, or how to do anything purposeful about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wannabewizard 2011-01-29 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	"Why would someone throw baseballs at you?" She may not like him much, but she didn't feel inclined to throw baseballs at him. That wasn't even something she'd think of doing. And besides, she was starting to think maybe he wasn't so bad after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wannabewizard 2011-01-30 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay." That was enough of an answer, for now. It didn't really alleviate her fear, but she took in a breath and pushed it out slowly. "And I can keep the bracelet?" She asked, shifting gears. She fingered the charms that dangled from the chain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)