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Bruce Wainright has (onerule) wrote in doors,
@ 2013-12-24 17:41:00

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batman, catwoman, harley quinn, red hood, wonder woman

[text to wren h.]

[Early morning. After his last shift before Christmas ends.]

Hi.

[locked to jack c.]

Scale of one to ten, how traumatic was it? Not too bad? I think our childhoods were normal.

[locked to matt + jenny]

How'd we all like being kids again?

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Re: jack c/luke h

onerule
2013-12-26 04:04 am UTC (link)

[...] You can't tell her this, but she says she scared you. That you thought she was strange, and you were innocent and she tried to mess you up. It's that, I think, and the part of her childhood that I saw. It brought back the past, in a way.

I don't know either. She doesn't believe me when I tell her she's wrong. [...] She's nothing but good for me and I hate that she can't see it.

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Re: jack c/luke h

thelazarus
2013-12-26 04:26 am UTC (link)

Scared me? I was thirteen and she was a beautiful sixteen year old who was interested in me, of course I was scared. But not in the way she means. And she didn't try to mess me up. She was trying to pay me back for something, I think. I don't think she knew many ways to pay things back, back then. It was sweet, in its way.

[...] I hesitate to bring this up with any of us, but we might be nearing the age where she could actually go and talk to someone about it. Someone professional. Normally I wouldn't mention it, but considering she just had another baby, some of it could also be post-partum, that whole thing. Just a thought.

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	Re: jack c/luke h onerule 2013-12-26 04:37 am UTC (link)
	~~She wasn't interested in~~ ~~Sweet?~~ [Cursor blink. He will not overreact. He will not.] Yeah, well, she doesn't see it that way. [...] I can't tell her I think she should see a psychiatrist, Jack. I barely managed to convince her that she's not a sociopath. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h thelazarus 2013-12-26 04:42 am UTC (link)
	And I can see why. I'm only saying, she didn't do me any lasting damage, and I don't think that's what she was trying to do, and she shouldn't worry that she did. Forget I mentioned it, then. It was just a thought, like I said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h onerule 2013-12-26 04:52 am UTC (link)
	I know that, and you know that, but she doesn't. [Sigh.] It's not like I haven't thought about it myself. I just know she'd take it the wrong way. Although I guess I wouldn't be thrilled about talking to a shrink either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h thelazarus 2013-12-27 04:18 am UTC (link)
	I know. No. This is a bit different, though. If it does have anything to do with post-partum, she really should see someone. That's not about being a psychopath or anything else, that's just about creating a human being. It can be pretty trying for a person, from what I understand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h onerule 2013-12-27 04:23 am UTC (link)
	She was okay before this. Things were getting better. [...] I don't know. Maybe you're right. I think I'd just make things worse than I already have if I bring it up now, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h thelazarus 2013-12-27 04:34 am UTC (link)
	Maybe wait a day or two. But it is something to think about. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h onerule 2013-12-27 04:37 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, okay. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h thelazarus 2013-12-27 05:19 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry. I know that you don't want to hear it, because it makes it more real. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h onerule 2013-12-28 05:58 am UTC (link)
	Don't apologize. It's not your fault. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h thelazarus 2013-12-29 04:45 am UTC (link)
	You know me. What has that ever stopped me for apologizing for anything I feel some shred of involvement in? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h onerule 2013-12-29 04:50 am UTC (link)
	She's felt like this for a long time, Jack. Even when we were kids. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h thelazarus 2013-12-30 04:52 am UTC (link)
	I know. I guess I've always hoped it would be something she would grow out of one day, that she'd shed like a useless skin. Hasn't happened, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h onerule 2013-12-30 07:34 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I hoped the same. I don't know if it'll ever happen at this point. But she deserves better than to think so poorly of herself, you know? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: jack c/luke h thelazarus 2014-01-01 07:21 am UTC (link)
	I couldn't agree more. [...] It's just going to take time, I think. This whole thing, being kids, I think it was hard on everybody, especially for someone like Wren who has so much absolute shit in her past. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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