Tess Doerner (bastionofsanity) wrote in madisonvalley, @ 2021-08-19 14:35:00 |
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Entry tags: | !closed, !complete, !log, !match-up, tess doerner (bastionofsanity), ~2021 august, ~~cora hale (escapedtheblaze) |
Who: Tess Doerner and Cora Hale
What: Just randomly meeting
When: Thursday afternoon
Where: That Book Place
Warnings: TBA
Status: Closed/Match-up/On-going
Tess was adjusting to town faster than she'd actually expected to. She still jumped a mile sometimes if someone talked to her, and she was still looking over her shoulder almost every time she went out. She was getting better, had started meeting people -- like Paige and Alex -- that could maybe be friends. And Wanda, who she hadn't met in town but who was so welcoming despite everything.
It was enough to encourage Tess to keep venturing out, even if she was still sticking largely to places where she could hide somehow.
She couldn't resist the bookstore, though, had always loved reading. And books made her think of Kevin, in a good way, made her remember all the times he'd managed to find something new for her somewhere in Abendson. Tess was pretty sure he'd lifted books off a good half the staff by the time he got out. That memory was what had her seeking out a copy of the last book he'd managed to swipe for her, At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft -- because she needed reminders of the good times.
It didn't take her long to find the book; with it in hand, she headed up to the register, only to bump into a woman. "I'm so sorry," Tess told her with a sheepish smile.