quicklog: wren, luke, jack
[Jack knew a thing or two about the dead and how they followed. He had never gone the extra mile to draw lines to hold them back, however. The dead he saw were typically the friendly kind, if not always welcome.
He hadn't seen Luke or Wren since Silent Hill. Afterward, everyone had splintered, and things still weren't quite back together again the way they'd been before. The last few years had been uphill for everyone, but that door had been different, drawing out the other nightmares in ways that made them even more difficult to shake. In a way it had just deepened old wounds rather than create new ones, get them bleeding all at once, fresh and immediate.
He didn't see Helen much anymore. She'd been around consistently after Silent Hill, sitting on the kitchen counter, washing up in the bathroom. Now, though, he only saw her sometimes - out of the corner of his eye, at the end of the street. He knew it was a good thing. It didn't even sadden him to see her go, this time.
He didn't know what state Luke and Wren were in these days. He knew Thomas had been involved in getting Luke back on his feet, but he didn't know how, or what state Wren was in. 'Better,' Luke said. In Silent Hill she'd been nonverbal. Hopefully, 'better' was a marked improvement.
Jack did text before he knocked, though he honestly didn't expect it to matter as much to Luke as he did - he simply didn't want to arrive unannounced. When Luke opened the door, it was a relief to see him looking healthy and relatively pulled together. Time would tell.
For his part, Jack seemed roughly the same. He'd been sleeping better after working days hauling boxes, and the tiny place he'd found might not be glamorous, but it did have a shower that worked. He wore the same dark jeans and long-sleeved shirt he always had, and if he was the worse for wear, it wasn't physically visible. On the other hand, signs of violence and fatigue didn't show on him the way they used to.
There was no hesitation when Luke opened the door. He smiled a little, and gave his friend a brief, strong hug as a greeting.] Luke.