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Tweak says, "Peanut butter jelly time!"

Ianto Jones (readystopwatch) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-07-04 10:41:00

Entry tags:

bro strider, dirk strider, ianto jones, jack harkness, kitty pryde (aoa), martha jones, penelope garcia, raven darkholme, rose, sam winchester, shining armor, spencer reid

Day 226 l Christmas Party Mingle
[Ianto has, predictably, gone a bit overboard for the Christmas party he and Jack are throwing. The entire apartment has been decorated; there's a tree with gold and silver ornaments and twinkling lights, garlands draped over doorways, candles in every window and festive nicknacks scattered about. It looks like something out of a magazine, and may make visitors a little afraid to actually touch anything. There's also a lot of mistletoe around (one of the side effects of living with Captain Jack Harkness) so it's probably a good idea to keep one eye on the ceiling at all times.

Of course he's made plenty of coffee and some appetizers, so he hopes people really do respond to the invitation Jack sent out, otherwise there are going to be a hell of a lot of leftovers.]

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	tallerthanthou 2013-07-24 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	[He starts working his coat off to pass over anyway.] Did you spend a lot of time in Montana? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-07-24 01:27 pm UTC (link)
	Only as much time as necessary to give the people instructions. And hide. It was easy to hide up in Montana. [She sees him trying to get his coat off.] No, you keep it. It fits you better anyway. I'm sure it won't take too long to get to the bar, and once there I'll warm up just fine. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-08-09 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	[He pauses mid-take off.] Are you sure? And why did you need to hide? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notrosesshadow
2013-08-09 06:50 pm UTC (link)

Positive.

[She pauses before answering his next question. Everything they had discussed so far had pretty much been leading up to it. And it'd be nice to trust somebody. But it's never exactly something one wishes to tell people.]

I... I started an apocalypse. I had to stop it... but I was also a targeted enemy for the man who was ruling the world... It's... it's very complicated.

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	tallerthanthou 2013-08-11 12:18 am UTC (link)
	Are you serious? [He just stops in the cold to look at her. It actually occurs to him that she knows about his past somehow and is mocking him because how does this even happen to two people who randomly meet?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notrosesshadow
2013-08-11 09:27 am UTC (link)

[He stops so suddenly that Martha actually continues a step or two further before realizing he's stopped. She stops and turns, meeting his eyes for a few brief seconds before dropping her gaze. Her eyes tell him all he needs to know, but, feeling guilty, she can't hold his gaze. She doesn't know how to interpret his gaze, but she doubts it's good. Perhaps it had been a mistake to think about trusting him.]

Why would I lie about that? It was... it was hell. And it was my fault.

[She shuts her mouth then and tries to look him in the eye again. Martha wouldn't blame him if he decided to walk away. She probably would if she were him.]

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	tallerthanthou 2013-08-17 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	[He doesn't walk away. He manages to get over his own issues or at least push them aside for a moment to take a step toward her. He starts to reach out, but isn't quite sure how to comfort her right now.] You wouldn't. I'm sorry. Really. [His gaze has quickly turned to one of not just sympathy, but understanding.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notrosesshadow
2013-08-19 09:04 am UTC (link)

I haven't told anyone...

[She begins to tell him, but stops as the enormity of that fact finally hits her. It had been years since the Paradox, and she hadn't discussed it with anyone. Not in any way that wasn't her being the strong one for someone else. And she certainly hadn't told Tom any of it. It's why he left her. He couldn't handle that there was some big secret between them. Maybe she should have told him. Perhaps he would have broken up with her before they got engaged. It would have saved her a lot of heart break.]

[Martha sees Sam put a hand out and almost takes it. Part of her wants to walk into that hug, but now is not the time. At least it shouldn't be. She's Martha Jones. She can get over it. Somehow. She looks to his eyes instead, deciphering their meaning. Is it too late to run away? Probably. Yes. She was the one who invited him to leave the party. It'd be pretty rotten to just ditch him now. She felt too exposed though. Martha's shoulder slump as she tries to hide the moment of weakness.]

C'mon... I could really use that drink.

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tallerthanthou
2013-08-25 03:46 pm UTC (link)

Right.

...A drink sounds good. [He should tell her. Part of him even wants to tell her. The thought of saying it out loud to someone who doesn't already know sounds awful and freeing at the same time. Especially when it's something like this and he's pretty sure she'll understand. How could she not? But the words don't come. At least not just yet. He starts to walk again in the direction of that drink.]

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notrosesshadow
2013-08-25 03:53 pm UTC (link)

[They enter the karaoke in silence. The warmth floods over Martha, almost painful as she gains feeling in her extremities. Someone is singing Silent Night badly off pitch. She grimaces and walks over to the bar, ordering the strongest thing they have. She doesn't care.]

There's a table back there. In the corner...

[She indicates the one that is almost in a blind spot to the stage. A good place to hide.]

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tallerthanthou
2013-08-25 03:57 pm UTC (link)

[Sam just holds up two fingers to have them make another one for himself. He's more of a beer drinker, but tonight it feels deserved.] It looks good. [He settles down into one of the seats when they reach it. It is a good place to hide. Just not from the one you're with, yourself or your past. And what else do they really need to hide from tonight?]

Listen, about earlier I... [But whatever confession was coming gets cut off again as the bots appear to deliver the liquor. He passes one of them to her.] Here.

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	notrosesshadow 2013-08-25 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	[What else indeed. She looks up when he starts talking, wondering if he was about to apologize or call a raincheck even though he had just ordered something when the bot came. Martha takes the drink from Sam and takes a much larger sip than she had intended.] I... I probably shouldn't have brought it up. It's not exactly good Christmas talk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-08-25 04:14 pm UTC (link)
	I was just...going to say I get it. [Which really needs more explanation because the normal person can't get something like that. It's just too big. He barely gets it and he is in the situation. But instead of explaining more just now he follows suit, taking a drink.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-08-25 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	[She looks up a little defensively.] Don't patronize me Sam. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-08-25 04:20 pm UTC (link)
	[He takes a deep breath, and sets his drink down before looking at her.] ...I have to get back home. And I have to get back so I can stop the one I started. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-08-25 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	[Whatever Martha was expecting to hear from Sam, that was not it. She stares at him open mouthed for a second and then laughs. It was a mirthless laugh. More of disbelief and confusion.] Out of all the people... I mean... Bloody hell! [She downs her glass and turns back to him.] I'm sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-08-25 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	I know. [It is definitely worthy of the unfunny laughing and the drink draining. He doesn't go quite that far but he does drink deeply of it.] I thought you knew somehow before. I thought you were taunting me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-08-25 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	I don't read minds. I'm just human. [She's still wrapping her head around the fact that both of them were or are involved in apocalypses in their own worlds. It's so... strange.] I don't taunt. Not about that... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-08-25 04:50 pm UTC (link)
	I know. I just...didn't think I'd be running into anyone else who started an apocalypse. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notrosesshadow 2013-08-25 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	[Martha nodded.] I can't decide if they think it's a massive joke or if they think it'll help us in our rehabilitation. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-08-25 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	[He's a bit slow to respond.] Do you think you need it? Rehabilitation I mean. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notrosesshadow
2013-08-25 05:06 pm UTC (link)

[She's not sure how to answer that. Martha plays were her glass as she works through an answer.]

I don't know. I never really discussed what happened with other people before. It's not exactly something you bring up in normal conversation. And I knew all the right answers to say when the UNIT doctors asked me questions...

[She holds her head in her hands then.]

But they don't get it. They can't understand it. Not UNIT. Not my family. Not my friends. And besides. They needed me to be strong when it was over.

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tallerthanthou
2013-08-25 05:11 pm UTC (link)

[It's hard—impossible—not to think of Dean and his reaction to it all. As close as they were he couldn't understand how Sam was feeling and Sam didn't do much to make it easier. Keeping it inside. Staying strong. He knows that drill.

He puts down his now-empty glass and motions to the bartender bots for another round.]

It's hard enough to understand when it's happening to you. Someone else understanding... It's not something you expect.

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	notrosesshadow 2013-08-25 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	Right. Because how many other people do you meet who are responsible for... for... [Martha can't quite bring herself to say the fact that so many people had died.] And in my world? When it was all over? Time reversed itself. Everyone forgot except those at the epicenter. As though that would somehow absolve me of everything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2013-08-25 05:18 pm UTC (link)
	[Bring about the end of the world as they know it? Yeah, good sentence not to finish.] It was still in the beginning phases in my world. Lucifer still needed one more thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)