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Pierce Gregory is Odin, CEO of the World (the_allfather) wrote in paxletalelogs,
@ 2010-08-20 07:38:00

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Who: Nate and idk his BFF Pierce?
What: It's Beer O'Clock. And discussion time.
Where: T1.
When: After Pierce meets his cheery niece Aura in a graveyard, and after Nate picks up Simon from the airport. LULZ.
Warnings: This bromance is so awesome, it may kill you in the face fifty times.

Let us first start by traveling back in time a few years, back to the days of Stanford, keg parties, and stealing your roommate's clothing from the communal bathroom while he was in the shower. When it became glaringly obvious that Pierce and his biological brother David were meant to spend the rest of their natural lives in a love-hate roller coaster of angst and one tear (that they would blame on dirt in their eyes), Nate stepped in to fill that brotherly role. No one could take David the Anathema's place per se, but Pierce considered Nathan part of the family regardless. It was true that Nate was dedicated to his good friend and grateful for what he had done for him (money is important, despite people who will lie about it otherwise), but it went both ways - Pierce was always looking out for Nathan and he would do most anything for the man, which didn't make Nate simply a minion or someone who did Pierce's bidding. It was not a one-sided bromance.

He knew that when he called Nate, seeing if he was free to come up for drinks and a chat, it wouldn't be long before he climbed the relatively short distance to the tower and just let himself in. Most anyone else who did that would have gotten a katana blade in the eye right away but Pierce was expecting Nathan, so he only glanced up briefly before going back to rummaging through the fridge for beer.

"Alright, what'll it be: Dark Lord Imperial Stout or Westvleteren?" The latter wasn't easily accessible outside of Belgium but Pierce, of course, had connections to end all connections.

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sinistral
2010-08-20 07:55 pm UTC (link)

Despite how Nate had never been sure on how exactly he wrangled up the grades to get into Stanford, there was never a time when he regretted that choice. Running across the country to get somewhere better, with better opportunities, had let him meet Pierce, and from there the rest of his life was the history they knew. When your only older brother was ten years ahead of you, it strained the relationship somewhat - which was why Pierce was a closer friend than most of the rest of Nate's own family. The almost-thirty years of working together only made that stronger.

With the kid comfortably back in his room, Nate took the stairs (he would have tried the elevator, but he had to get in a little exercise somehow) up to his room, dropped off his coat, and then went up the last few flights to the tower room. He envied Pierce a little for this kind of amazing view but wasn't about to hold it against him - he was allowed to visit any time, after all. He pushed open the door and gave the room another once-over.

"What is your obsession with foreign beer?" he asked, shutting the door behind him and coming to look over Pierce's shoulder into the expanse of the fridge. "I'll take the one that sounds like it came from an English-speaking country, thanks."

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the_allfather
2010-08-20 08:07 pm UTC (link)

"It's better?" Pierce offered by way of explanation, then graciously handed Nate the bottle of Dark Lord. "What do you have against beer names that are impossible to pronounce?"

He had moved in a short time ago and already things were strange. The cap came off of the bottle - first he reached over and popped the top off of Nate's Dark Lord - and then Pierce took a long, well-deserved swig of Westvleteren. "I think moving into this building is the beginning of the end," he said as he grabbed the rest of the beer and also remembered to pick up his lighter and cigarettes off of the counter as well. "But come in! Sit. Let's talk."

	the_allfather 2010-08-21 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes," he nodded, the word coming out along with a puff of smoke. "That's what Aura - I mean, her real name's Olivia - said her brother was called. They do know each other. How'd you know his name?" Pierce just figured that Nate knew the name because he had followed up on the adoption, and subsequently what the boy's new identity was. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)