Derek Reese (derek__reese) wrote in omega_reality, @ 2013-04-05 15:01:00 |
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Entry tags: | *complete, 2013 03, character: derek reese, character: nell jones |
RP: Derek, Nell
Who: Derek, Nell
Where: the safe house
When: April 5, 2013
Summary: Derek is taking a break
Derek was used to being in charge, at different levels, but this felt so different than back home. Besides John, who'd always done whatever the hell he wanted, he was used to people who gave everything and then some, not because he demanded it, but because they knew the alternative was death. It was the sort of motivation that he could never give the people here. Intellectually knowing that you could die and walking out of an underground tunnel and feeling your lungs burn even with precautions were not the same thing. Still, he was stuck here, teaching these people, while he wondered what was going on at home.
Not that he had much time to wonder, but they were having a break, a much longer than usual break, but he'd worked them out all morning, and he figured that they needed a break or they'd be useless all afternoon.
He sat far away from the house. He almost wished that they had big trees to use as cover, anonymity for twenty minutes. On the other hand, this gave him the opportunity to enjoy a sun that hadn't been paled by nuclear war. He took his shirt off and leaned against his backpack, eyes closed, but he didn't miss the people walking around. He wasn't the only one who chose not to be near the house, where the research, the kids, the talking would still go on.
Derek opened his eyes when the steps got closer and grinned. "Hey, Red. You've abandoned me now that you have a husband and child. Sit, we can have my one conversation that doesn't involve training for the day. You'll just have to have the rest for me, to keep that average up."