Lindsey McDonald (morallydamaged) wrote in parabolical, @ 2008-10-05 23:02:00 |
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Entry tags: | lindsey mcdonald, peter petrelli (future), sarah petrelli (née williams) |
Who: Lindsey McDonald, Peter Petrelli, and Sarah Williams
What: Delivering bad news and looking for direction
When: About an hour or so after talking to Peter
Where: Hyperion
Rating: TBD
He was toeing that line that if stepped over would result in snapping. Lindsey relied on the cold detachment that he'd slipped into after leaving the apartment that stifled grief and guilt and tampered down the anger until he needed it. The world needed to be saved first and foremost. Everything else, including his emotions, took a backseat.
Except for one promise left to fulfill. He'd told Sarah that he would have Cathy call her once he found her, which was now an impossibility. Telling her over the phone or the messageboards what had happened was too impersonal. He'd never had a problem with Sarah and finally decided that he at least owed it to the woman who had been Cathy's friend to tell her face to face.
After getting in contact with Peter, he spent the next few minutes fumbling around for his keys before heading down to the parking garage, some time later driving across town. It didn't take much to get to the Hyperion but the moment he started walking up the pathway to the hotel, he wanted to turn back around and walk away, to not have to deliver the message. Instead he tightened his fist around the keys in his hand, the serrated edges pressing uncomfortably into his palm and steadying him. Resolve renewed, he pulled open the door.