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Tweak says, "I ain't wannabe, I'm gonnabe"

Bruce Wainright has (onerule) wrote in doors,
@ 2013-03-30 20:04:00

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max m.
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	Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 12:35 am UTC (link)
	Welcome home, kid. Amanda tells me no one threw a punch. I think I'll consider that a win. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 04:27 am UTC (link)
	She got big. [...] It didn't go as badly as I thought it would. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 04:30 am UTC (link)
	She's a weed. [...] Elaborate, kid. I know Corvus has taught you all kinds of feeling words. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 04:41 am UTC (link)
	I don't know. It's not like we sat down and had a long, meaningful conversation. But he wasn't angry or judgmental, and I think he actually liked looking after Gus. Speaking of Jack. Have you talked to him since the hotel thing? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 04:43 am UTC (link)
	He's better with kids than with adults, if Amanda is any indication. Do you feel better? [...] No. Not a word. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 04:45 am UTC (link)
	[Cursor blink.] Yeah. At least now I know he doesn't hate me. [...] Why not? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 04:49 am UTC (link)
	He never did. I don't know, kid. He normally reaches out, but he didn't this time. I know he's alive. I keep track. So it's nothing dangerous. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 05:00 am UTC (link)
	I thought he did. But I thought a lot of things. [...] We're okay now, I think. And I'm glad for that. Yeah, he's alive, but [...] he's getting worse. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 05:02 am UTC (link)
	He's older. Age calms people down. [...] Getting worse? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 05:06 am UTC (link)
	He did seem pretty calm. He even almost-smiled a few times. [...] It's no secret that he's in a bad place, Max. He's going through the motions. He's living for the people around him, his friends, and not himself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 05:11 am UTC (link)
	I kind of got that, kid. I backed off and handed him to another handler, in the hopes that it would help. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 05:34 am UTC (link)
	He already thinks you don't want anything to do with him. Handing him off to someone else is just going to make him sure of it. [...] What's really going on with you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 05:36 am UTC (link)
	I thought Brandon might out me. No? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 05:37 am UTC (link)
	No. [...] What is it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 05:38 am UTC (link)
	That job in December, it went wrong. You know that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 05:46 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. [...] It was worse than you said, wasn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Slightly. Someone caved to torture - not me - and gave up a bunch of agents before they were killed. Brandon actually got me out, or I wouldn't even be here. But it was bad enough that I can't walk, so, there you go. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 05:51 am UTC (link)
	[Cursor blink.] Why didn't you just say that in the first place? You could've died, Max. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 05:55 am UTC (link)
	Well, I didn't, and this can always happen in the field. It's a risk. Plenty of other agents are dead, and just as many are wounded. And we all have huge bulls-eyes on our backs, and none of that is your problem. Or Corvus,' either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 07:50 am UTC (link)
	That doesn't make it any less of a big deal. And maybe it's not my problem, but I'll still worry, just like you'd worry about me. Like Jack worries about you, too. [...] He's one of you. Why isn't it his problem? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 09:03 am UTC (link)
	I don't want anyone's pity, kid. [...] Corvus wasn't in the field in December. He didn't get made. Dozens of connections to people he killed aren't bargaining for his name in some CIA agent name auction. And, let's face it, he'd lose it if he knew. Corvus doesn't need any new reasons to lose it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	I wouldn't pity you. [...] Can't they do damage control or something? Are you safe? [...] I know. But what are you going to do, just never see or talk to him again? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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ex_ideals961
2013-03-31 05:39 pm UTC (link)

They are doing damage control, but that doesn't change the reality of things. Yes, I'm safe. Not being able to walk doesn't mean I can't shoot. [...] Luke, I didn't stop Corvus from showing up on my doorstep, or from tracking me down. I've even been back to the office a few times. But Corvus just assumed I didn't want to see him because of some emo shit he came up with in his own head. If the guy can't see past that to realize it's not me to do something like that, after five years, then he's better off staying away.

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	Re: Max M/Luke H onerule 2013-03-31 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	Being able to shoot doesn't make you safe. Is there a chance of someone coming after you? [...] So you wouldn't stop him from seeing you? ~~He was supposed to tell you about~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Max M/Luke H ex_ideals961 2013-03-31 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	Kid, I'm patching up security holes as best I can. Amanda isn't coming to stay, and I need to figure out what to do about Daniels. But I can handle it. As for Corvus, I doubt he's going to come near me after the shit he said when he wasn't himself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)