InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Well that explains a lot."

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!"

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

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."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	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)

(Read comments) -