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_eliot_spencer (_eliot_spencer) wrote in omega_reality,
@ 2012-11-29 08:15:00

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*complete, 2012 11, character: april kepner, character: eliot spencer, dead: nathan ford

RP: Eliot/April/Nate
Who: Eliot/April/Nate
When: 11-29-12
Where: Cool Springs Inn
Summary: Time to settle in

Eliot sat at the small table in the motel room, eating the remaining fries from their take out dinner. April was across from him, laptop open, scrolling through rental sites. Nate sat propped against the headboard on his bed, legs crossed at the ankles, watching WGN News.

Eliot had worked his first day as a line cook at B&J's American Cafe. He'd been hired full-time on the spot on Monday after his interview. He'd be working around the Pappas' niece's college schedule, as she was the alternate cook, giving him Monday and Wednesdays off weekly until May. The hours at the diner were great, in Eliot's opinion, from 0600 to 1400. The early afternoons allowed for him not to have to find time to cram in his akido/kempo workout.

It had been a pleasant surprise that April had been able to find a job quickly, too. Eliot hadn't been concerned about Nate; by Tuesday, Nate had already obtained a full-time-with-benefits job in advertising sales at the local WCOE-FM radio station. April had gotten hired that morning as a part-time receptionist at Medspa Women's Healthcare.

With jobs in hand and salaries known, it was time to find a place to live and get settled. Three adults and a collie in a small motel room wasn't the ideal situation. Eliot slipped a fry to Cody under the table and hid a smile behind his hand when April gave him a look.

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_eliot_spencer
2012-11-29 09:14 pm UTC (link)

Eliot shrugged, like it was no big deal. "If her logic beats my logic, she wins," he said. "Personally, I'd rather have you close, but I get why you'd rather be elsewhere." Eliot could only do so much, and Nate wasn't clueless on the dangers in this dimension. But Eliot also couldn't protect Nate in another house, just like he hadn't been able to protect Parker and Hardison.

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nate_ford
2012-12-01 07:02 pm UTC (link)

Nate liked April, he truly did. She was sweet and kind and had done more than she should to take care of him in the house they had on the base. It had been many years since he didn't have to wash his own clothes or get his own food, for one.

Right now, he really didn't like her. He'd never thought of her as manipulative before, possibly a bit naive, but with a worried look on her face she had pinned him down with the one thing that could influence his decision.

The safety of her and Eliot's child.

Grumbling, he turned off the news as she requested, then threw a glance at the pictures she'd pointed in his direction. They showed a white clean suburban house with a garden surrounded by other clean two story houses with gardens. It looked quaint, sweet, calm - everything he'd stayed away from since Sam died. Oh he'd rather be elsewhere, anywhere else than there, but he couldn't fail a child. He couldn't fail Eliot's child, or Eliot.

"Fine, I'll take the upper one," he said with a grumble as he got up. "I'm heading out for a walk."

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	_eliot_spencer 2012-12-01 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	Eliot watched Nate leave with an arch of an eyebrow, then turned to April. "Guess your logic won," he said with surprise. He hadn't expected it. Nate had always been the most distant of them when they'd integrated into each others' lives back home. Eliot might have to ask what changed Nate's mind. "So we're settling on this place, then?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

april_kepner
2012-12-01 07:21 pm UTC (link)

April was elated. This was better than she could have hoped for. It wasn't just an apartment, it was a family home, a house, even if it was divided in two apartments. It wasn't the farm, and it was a bit too expensive given that they wanted to save up for that farm one day, but she could see herself be happy in that house.

"I guess so," she said brightly, nodding. "It's a bit on the expensive side, but it's a home, and it's beautiful. We'll be happy there."

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