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Tweak says, "why would you do that"

Jinksy (humanpolygraph) wrote in makebelievelog,
@ 2012-12-19 07:26:00

Entry tags:

claudia donovan, steve jinks

Who: Jinks and Claudia
What: Jinks is trying to get Claudia to open up about the things bothering her
Where: Their room
When: Backdated to Tuesday evening
Status: In Progress
Rating: Potential for WH13 feels so probably on the high side, also WH13 spoilers, read at your own risk.

Steve spent most of his day at the precinct worrying over the talk he was going to be having that evening with Claudia. He wanted to help her deal with the things bothering her but more than that, he felt that if she admitted them aloud, it would be a step into them not having so much of an affect over her. He wasn't the only one that had noticed her withdrawn here and there. He knew part of it was due to the Christmas holiday and them not being home. There was no Joshua here for her to pester.

At least she got him back he thought as he sat on the trolley, heading back for the castle. If he could, Steve would give just about anything for another minute with his sister. But there were no artifacts that could reverse death nor would he use them if he could. God only knew what kind of downside those artifacts had. But at least Steve had memories with her. Better than nothing.

Getting off at the stop for the castle, he made his way down the path to the stone structure, trying to think of how to word things so that Claudia would want to open up. The young woman was stubborn and full of spirit. But he was hoping that the fact she agreed to meet with him meant she wanted to discuss what was on her mind.

Moving through the familiar halls and up the steps, he soon reached their room and let a slow breath out. Here went everything. Pushing the door open, he walked in.

"Claudia?"

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humanpolygraph
2013-01-03 06:44 pm UTC (link)

Like Claudia, Steve knew they couldn't stay in Make Believe forever. That would make things too easy and nice. And their lives were anything but. Still, he could hope that they could stay for a long time and have as normal as a life as they could here.

Hearing her mention his mother, his face closed off a little. He still wasn't at the forgiving point future him was at. But it wasn't as bad a reaction as it would have been had Steve not seen that episode of their show. "I more tried to model my adorableness off of my sister," he said, putting a smile on his face and trying to be lighthearted.

"Well...I suppose that's a good point. We could always send him rotten food though. Ding dong ditch him. Find ways to annoy him to no end." He grinned some. And like Claudia, he didn't want to think about Leena never coming back after her death. She was a part of their family and the fact that they wouldn't see her again in the land of the living... It stung and made his heart break.

"I think at the very least this has me on my way to earning my Doctor Phil mustache." He rubbed at his face though. "Are you sure I have the face for facial hair though? I don't want to look like a creeper after all."

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clauds
2013-01-06 01:50 am UTC (link)

Claudia took the hint and dropped the topic of Steve's mom. Instead, she went with the joking route and tried to continue the conversation on a path where it would be away from heavy emotional stuff and would, instead, allow her a path to retreat. "Well, it sounds like you have a pretty good reason to make sure your adoptive sister - me - stays around then. Otherwise, you might shrivel up and get all creepy-sad instead of continuing being adorable without an adorable model."

"You can install a doorbell so we can ding dong ditch." She teased, then shrugged and moved to get up and retrieve her laptop.

"I intend on getting your facial hair out of a vending machine at the grocery store, so - if it's creepy, at most I'll be out seventy-five cents to a few bucks." Claudia pointed out, shrugging, moving to take her laptop into her bedroom and then coming back to grab the parts sitting on the table. She figured the conversation to be over, really.

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humanpolygraph
2013-01-06 02:00 am UTC (link)

Steve was grateful Claudia dropped the subject. And he decided that, for now, they had talked enough about the dark things from home. He had a better idea know of the burden she was carrying and she now knew, he hoped, that she could stop hiding things about their world from him.

"And we mustn't let me get all creepy-sad. It's not a good look for me." He looked at her and chuckled some at the ding dong ditch comment and nodded. "And send him twenty of the most expensive pizzas we can find."

Steve shifted as Claudia retreated with her laptop and carefully helped her gather up the parts so she didn't have to make as many trips. "...anytime you want to talk about our world Claud, I'm a door away," he said, looking at her. "You don't have to carry the knowledge alone."

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clauds
2013-01-06 03:52 am UTC (link)

"You're going to have to fudge police files if he tries to make a complaint against us, you know." Claudia remarked with a small snort and blatant disbelief at the idea of Steve ever being able to be a dirty or crooked cop. He could lie. Going undercover as he had with Sykes had proven that. Overall, though, she doubted the idea of Steve being dirty. He was too good of a soul and she knew it, just as she knew he wasn't lying when he told her about how he had gone undercover while standing in the midst of the woods.

"Uh," Claudia didn't quite know what to answer with, so she shrugged and simply said, "Thanks."

Even with the recent discouragement from sharing, and Steve presently trying to overcome that mentality, it wasn't a new characteristic for Claudia to hide what was bothering her. The techie had always been more prone toward quiet about the serious and troubling topics amidst loud sarcastic outbursts of silliness. It was a way to try to get people to pay attention to her and care. Being as worn down as she was in that moment meant that keeping that up was getting too hard so she was starting the process of pulling away. It made sense to her to do that, in some subconscious part of her mind. Even with a surrogate family that she loved dearly, Claudia had never been great with emotions. Even after the conversation, she had no idea how to bring things up or what it had made her feel. She just knew she wanted to go get dinner, then come back and continue tinkering with her security system designs.

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