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Tweak says, "Bang."

Charlotte Rebecca Kemp (haunted_muffin) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2014-11-15 00:33:00

Entry tags:

aidan mcallister, charlotte kemp

WHO: Charlotte Kemp and Aidan McCallister
WHAT: Badness
WHEN: Tonight :D
WHERE: His place
WARNINGS: Violence (but not between them!)

It probably said a lot about how much she trusted Aidan that his was the apartment she ran to. It wasn't just because of the proximity. If she didn't know he was safe, she would have run farther to find someone else. It was raining and dark and Charlotte could hardly breathe as she turned the corner to his street. Her stockinged feet slipped on the went concrete, but she righted herself and charged up to his door where she pounded hard, screaming for him to let her in.

She was soaked and her shoes and coat were still in the apartment she had run from. There was a darkening bruise on her eye and she was panicking. She couldn't breathe. Oh god, what if he had followed her? What if he was behind her?!

"Aidan, let me in, PLEASE!"

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	haunted_muffin 2014-11-14 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	Charlotte sniffed and she finally nodded. "Yeah," she said, "I should tell them. He was going to hold me down, but Lena taught me- She taught me how to get away? God. If she hadn't, I'd be-" Charlotte leaned against him heavily. "I hate men. Except you and Tommy." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	becomesthisart 2014-11-15 06:48 am UTC (link)
	"Lena's good like that," Aidan said. "And I'm really glad she did, because guys like that...I just have zero sympathy for them." He shifted slightly, turning them closer to the fire. "I'm honored to be one of the men you don't hate," he told her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

haunted_muffin
2014-11-15 06:52 am UTC (link)

Charlotte was shaking so badly and she knew she had to be shaking him too with the force of it. She couldn't care.

"Lena wouldn't trust you if you were the kind of guy to force himself on a woman. She doesn't put up with that crap and she's a really good judge of character. Apparently me not so much. Arrrggghhh, he was just so mad when I got him off of me - he tried to pin me to the floor - that he punched me and then he got ahold of my neck." Charlotte sighed and she knew it was going to hurt to swallow for days. "It's harder to kick someone from there, but I finally got him in the balls. And I was too weak to keep fighting because I felt so dizzy from being choked so I just ran. Now I want to sleep, but- We should go. Go report him."

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becomesthisart
2014-11-15 08:43 am UTC (link)

"Aside from that being a horrible thing to do, I'm almost certain my mother would murder me with her bare hands," Aidan replied. "And Lena never lets me get away with anything."

He shuddered slightly as Charlotte told him what had happened, feeling angry on her behalf. "And I'm really glad you did get away," he told her. "And if you want, you can crash in Lena's old room after we go to the police."

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	haunted_muffin 2014-11-15 08:46 am UTC (link)
	"Lena's good people," Charlotte murmured. "Sounds like your mom is too." "Thank you, I- I don't want to go home." She rose then, slightly unsteady on her feet. She just wanted to get this over with. "I feel warmer now. Will you hold my hand while I talk to the police?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	becomesthisart 2014-11-15 09:00 am UTC (link)
	"Lena's one of my favorite people," he agreed. "And I agree about my mom, but I might be biased." "Sure I will," he promised. He pulled on his jacket and shoved his car keys into his pocket. "Ready whenever you are." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haunted_muffin 2014-11-15 09:20 am UTC (link)
	Charlotte looked down at herself; at her stockinged feet cold on the hard floor. "I don't have any shoes," she said sadly. She was going to have to have a sibling bring her some in the morning, but that didn't take care of now. "Do you think I can borrow some from your other roommate?" Charlotte couldn't remember Jade's name, and felt like a bitch. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

becomesthisart
2014-11-15 09:28 am UTC (link)

"I don't think Jade will mind, she's out tonight," he answered, rifling through a shoe rack he found til he came up with some slip on flats. "These should get you there and back alright."

He locked up once they were outside, opening his umbrella against the storm, since it wasn't like Charlotte needed to feel any colder. Inside the car, he turned on the heater and let it run for a bit before joining the flow of traffic.

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	haunted_muffin 2014-11-15 09:31 am UTC (link)
	The shoes were a little too small, but Charlotte didn't mind as long as it meant she wasn't trodding to the police station shoeless. She practically leaned against the heater as the drove, cuddling up against Aidan the moment they reached the stationhouse. He was warmth and comfort and she just wanted to be as close as possible to that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	becomesthisart 2014-11-15 09:44 am UTC (link)
	Aidan went up to the desk sergeant. "We need to file a report," he told the officer. The man nodded and disappeared into the back, reappearing a few minutes later. "Someone'll be with you in a few minutes," he told them. "Go ahead and have a seat." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haunted_muffin 2014-11-15 09:48 am UTC (link)
	Charlotte went to sit, wrapping her arms around one of Aidan's when he joined her. "Am I clinging too much?" she asked, warily. She had been through the wringer in the past months and she absolutely did not want to let go unless he asked her to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	becomesthisart 2014-11-15 09:52 am UTC (link)
	"You're fine," he assured her, patting her hand. "I can stay here and be clung to for as long as you want, if that's what you need." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

haunted_muffin
2014-11-15 09:59 am UTC (link)

"You're just so wonderful," she whispered to him, leaning down to kiss his shoulder.

When an officer joined them to take down the details, she recited what had happened, step-by-step, including details she hadn't really brought up to Aidan because they hadn't been important at that point. She explained how the man backed her into a wall and hit her head against it, how he had managed to get her trousers almost off before she had gotten out from under him, how he had pulled her hair to try to stop her getting away. The entire time she clung to Aidan's hand tightly.

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	becomesthisart 2014-11-15 10:30 am UTC (link)
	Aidan smiled softly down at her. "And you're being really brave, coming down here. Hopefully they'll nail his ass." He sat silently as she talked, squeezing her hand occasionally to let her know he wasn't going anywhere. If that was the only thing he could do, then he would, for as long as she needed him to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

haunted_muffin
2014-11-15 10:33 am UTC (link)

When Charlotte finished taking, someone else came up to them to let them know the man had been at the address she had given. She needed to pick him out of a line-up, though they needed a little while to organise it.

Charlotte and Aidan were allowed to wait in the staff break room and told they could help themselves to instant coffee if they liked.

"Feel like some freezedried coffee?" she asked, still clinging to his arm. "I have to look at this guy's face again. Not...not looking forward to that."

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becomesthisart
2014-11-15 10:53 am UTC (link)

"That is not coffee," Aidan said, eyeing the jar of instant like it had insulted his mother. "But I could use some caffeine, yeah." He started poking around for sugar or creamer, anything to help with the taste.

"At least he won't be able to see you, unless Law & Order lied," he offered. "And you'll be helping to get him off the street, before he does this to someone else."

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haunted_muffin
2014-11-15 10:57 am UTC (link)

Charlotte located the powered creamer and held it up. It was better than nothing. "I'm actually kind of starved, she said, as she mixed boiling water with the coffee flakes. "We should get something and I don't know...eat in bed after this bullshit. Especially since I might not be able to swallow much tomorrow." The bruises on her neck were already starting to form.

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	becomesthisart 2014-11-15 11:05 am UTC (link)
	Aidan glanced at her neck and winced. He seriously wanted to punch this guy in the face. "Sure, we can do that," he agreed. "Anything in particular you were craving?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

haunted_muffin
2014-11-15 11:21 am UTC (link)

"Anything," Charlotte said with a one-armed shrug. "Whatever's closest. I'm fairly non-picky." She had spent the first years of her marriage poor, though not as poor as Thomas. She didn't mind eating cheap food, as long as it was filling.

When the officer returned to fetch her, she followed him, her arm in Aidan's again. They went to a viewing room, separated from the line-up by a two-way mirror so the participants couldn't see Charlotte.

"Do you recognise any of these men?" the officer asked.

Charlotte barely even hesitated. "Number three," she said, pointing at the tall man with brown hair who looked like he belonged at a frat party. "He's the jerk who assaulted me."

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	becomesthisart 2014-11-16 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"There's a Chinese place near my apartment that's open all night," Aidan suggested. "We can get some food on the way home." He followed Charlotte into the viewing room, watching silently as she identified her attacker. Hopefully her positive ID would put the creep in prison for a while, and he wouldn't do this to any other women. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haunted_muffin 2014-11-16 04:41 am UTC (link)
	"We'll take care of it from here, and let you know," the cop promised her. Charlotte nodded and moved to hug Aidan from the side. "Food now?" she asked quietly. "Food and cuddling me forever so I can forget this entire stupid night?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

becomesthisart
2014-11-16 05:19 am UTC (link)

"That I can definitely do," Aidan promised, dropping a soft kiss on the top of her head. "Come on, let's get out of here, you look like you could sleep for a week."

He drove them to an all-night Chinese restaurant, loading up with greasy comfort food, then took them back to the loft. "I'm going to turn the heat up a notch," he said, hanging up his coat. "You want something to drink?"

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haunted_muffin
2014-11-16 05:26 am UTC (link)

Charlotte snorted and she was glad she didn't have a mouthful of food. "Oh god, for a second I thought you were trying a really lame pick up line. Let's turn up the heat! But you know...in a cute Aidan-y way." There was no way in hell she was actually going to sleep with anyone tonight, but she still approved of ridiculous flirting when it came from Aidan. "Ahem. I mean, I'd love some juice?"

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	becomesthisart 2014-11-16 05:35 am UTC (link)
	Aidan snickered. "Yeah, that's not really what I was going for there, Red. But I think there's some apple juice in here for you somewhere." He poured a glass for her and some water for himself, before shoving an eggroll in his mouth. "Mmm, grease," he said around a mouthful of vegetables and pork. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haunted_muffin 2014-11-16 05:40 am UTC (link)
	Charlotte snagged an eggroll for herself before literally chugging an entire glass of juice and refilling it with water. "Oh god, liquid so good. Food so good. Sweet boy so good." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	becomesthisart 2014-11-16 05:54 am UTC (link)
	Aidan smiled slightly over the rim of his glass. "And you're not shaking anymore. Also good." He snagged one of the boxes, opening it and just foregoing a plate to start eating. "God, I don't remember being this hungry when we left." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haunted_muffin 2014-11-16 06:28 am UTC (link)
	"It's hard work, justice," she said, grinning so hard at him her nose wrinkled. "Seriously, Aidan...I'm so glad I came to you. Thanks for being the kind of guy people can turn to. It's really remarkable." She stood up onto her tiptoes to plant a tiny, chaste kiss on his nose. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	becomesthisart 2014-11-16 06:43 am UTC (link)
	Aidan smiled back at her. "I'm really happy to see you smiling again," he told her. "And really, I had a lot of people I leaned on when I first came up here for school. I figure it's only right that I do what I can when people need me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haunted_muffin 2014-11-16 06:50 am UTC (link)
	"It's easier to smile when you feel safe. Mmm fried rice. Was Lena one of those people?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	becomesthisart 2014-11-16 06:56 am UTC (link)
	"She was," he said, digging further into his sweet and sour chicken. "She sort of adopted me, in that way that she does with people she cares about. And now it's weird to imagine my life without her in it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	haunted_muffin 2014-11-16 07:21 am UTC (link)
	"The way she did with my brother and Jamie," Charlotte smiled. "Lena's amazing. And now she's my sister, which is awesome." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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