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Tweak says, "DANNY DEVITO!"

Gordon, Barbara Gordon (batgirlbabs) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-10-08 00:14:00

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barbara gordon, galen marek (sw)

Who: Barbara and Galen
What: Sibling time
Where: Galen's house
When: Today

The second Barbara realized that Galen was among those who had suddenly reverted to some younger versions of themselves she was off to check on him at his home. The last thing they needed was a younger version of him wreaking havoc on the town. She had a small hope that maybe he was from some point in his life before all of his trauma, but from what she knew of his past that was highly unlikely.

In any case she'd gone to his house knocking at the door but letting herself in after a moment. "Galen?" She called his name just to make sure he knew she was coming.

"It's Barbara," She added just in case he didn't remember her. As she came in she saw snacks littered the floor and the flamingo was making itself at home, the bird was strange, but it was just one more weird thing about this place. And then her eyes landed on Galen, "There you are," Or ... she thought it was him, he was younger than he'd been, just a boy really and it was toeing the line of being very sweet seeing him like this. Of course she kept that to herself, she'd wait until she was sure he knew her and trusted her before she started pinching his cheeks and telling him how cute he was.

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batgirlbabs
2019-10-12 08:07 am UTC (link)

"He's not going to kill anyone," Barbara promised him, putting her hands on Galen's shoulders to try and steady him, to soothe him a little out of the fear of his master who he thought might come looking for him. "He cannot find you here, I promise you Galen." She told him firmly trying to catch his eyes to make Galen listen to her and understand.

It was heartbreaking seeing him like this, a scared and worried child compared to the hardened young man that she knew normally. It was a little like the differences she saw in her boys back home too. Those points when they were younger and brighter to that point in their lives where things turned darker for them. Though she supposed she'd been like that too, it was just harder to see it in herself.

"I know Galen, I know." She said it softly, "You didn't ask to come here, none of us did - but you've been here with me and Lucario for months now, he hasn't found you in all of that time. We've kept each other safe all this time. And I promise you, he will not find you here." She wished she could make him understand, make him remember but he was so young now and he didn't seem to have any memory of this place before this week. But sometimes you just needed an adult figure to tell you things were going to be alright. She could do that for him, if he'd allow it.

"He hasn't found you in all this time that you've been here." She reminded him, hoping that would help too.

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killerofstars
2019-10-14 04:46 am UTC (link)

There were hands on his shoulders, and his eyes went to the woman's eyes. This woman has been here with him since he arrived. She guided him, and offered her support. Barbara was in his support network. She wouldn't lie to him, and she'd keep him safe. Despite being a young teen being trained to be a ruthless killer, the tears ripped free from his eyes. Just as if a relief was brought forth to him.

Starkiller lunged forward wrapping his arms around the woman's middle burying his face in her shirt coming completely undone. The relief of safety, that he had never thought he needed was finally bringing forward. Where it was coming from, Starkiller wasn't sure, but he just knew that it was there. Finally feeling as if he could just let go of the anger in his soul.

Starkiller cried.

It wasn't short lived either. It felt as if he had to release the emotions of many years of torment and misery, which was weird feeling. Though when he finished he pushed away from Barbara sniffling and wiping his face almost ashamed of himself, not able to look her in the eyes. The flamingo came up and rubbed against him, which Starkiller pet it's head. "His name is Frank.." He told her before looking. "I asked Lucario if it had a name and he didn't - so I gave him one..." He paused for a moment before looking back to her. "I'm hungry." Was all he said, just coming full circle back to the reason she showed up to start with.

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batgirlbabs
2019-10-14 07:56 am UTC (link)

Barbara hadn't been totally certain how Galen would react, she hoped that maybe she could calm him at the best, she'd feared maybe he'd get angry at the worst. She hadn't expected the way he suddenly clung to her, or the tears. But she didn't try to push him away either.

Hugging Galen just as tightly as he held on to her Barbara allowed him to cry out all of that fear and anger and pain that had been building up in him for all these years that he'd been with his master already, she rubbed an easy slow circle against his back while he cried himself out and only let go of him when he pushed himself away, letting him be the one to decide when he'd had enough.

"Oh yeah?" She asked, pleasantly surprised when he told her that he'd named the flamingo. "It's a good name," She assured him with a smile. "I'm glad he's got one now, he needed one." Especially since the flamingo wasn't going anywhere for the foreseeable future.

And when he told her he was hungry, Barbara finally broke and she laughed softly, ruffling his hair gently. "I'm not surprised if you've only been eating junk all this time." She teased him. "Do you want to come over to the house? I can make us something to eat. You can come too." She added looking over her shoulder to Lucario.

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killerofstars
2019-10-14 09:16 pm UTC (link)

To be fair, Starkiller hadn't expected the reaction really either. It was a lot of emotions he had jumbling around his head. It just finally something broke, in the teen that had it all come rushing out. Just the embrace alone was enough to cause Starkiller to lose his shit all over again.

Nodding he stood up from where he was, still wiping his face. How embarrassing. Later, he was sure he'd give himself trouble for his behavior, though in the now, he felt refreshed. Reborn almost. "Yeah." Starkiller commented about going with her. Looking around at the mess he made, before his eyes popped to Lucario who barked at him. "Yeah yeah." Starkiller responded as a teen would. "I'll clean it up when I get back."

Picking the bird up under his arms like it was some comforting security blanket he looked to Barbara. "What do you have to make?" HONK! the bird responded also looking to Barbara. "I want pizza, but Frank can't have it. He has to have fish or something."

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batgirlbabs
2019-10-15 07:04 am UTC (link)

Barbara was on her feet once more as Galen stood, giving him a moment to wipe at his tears. She couldn't help but laughing a little when Lucario seemed to be chastising him about the mess he'd made. It was the sort of thing she could see any normal teen doing, and she couldn't help but be pleased by it, Galen deserved just a little bit of normalcy, and sure almost nothing about this place was normal, and you couldn't really call getting a talking to from a pokemon normal, it was better than what he'd had before.

As for the flamingo? Well she supposed she could live with that for now. They were all going to go back to her place and she'd figure out something for them to eat. "I'm not sure I've got the stuff to make pizza, but we can look." She told him tipping her head in the direction of the door so they could all set out.

"As for Frank," She couldn't wait to tease Galen about that later, that he'd named the flamingo. "I might have some tuna, we'll see." She didn't know how any of this had become her life, but it had and she was going to make the most of it. "Come on you guys, let's go see what we can find."

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killerofstars
2019-10-15 05:25 pm UTC (link)

Starkiller was bounding in front of Barbara as the shift in personality from what he was in before. The food, was now all that mattered. "Come on Lucario!" Spinning around to walk backwards he started towards the door. "Barbara is going to make pizza." Yes, he heard her - no he wasn't paying attention to the odds. "She even said so!" With that Starkiller was out the door with the honks of the flamingo sounding off from the door way.

Before he poked back in the door looking to Babs, a some what serious look on his face.

"Um. If I ever had a sister.." He paused obviously bashful about the feelings he had. "I hoped she was anything like you. You're pretty great..." He paused shifting uneasily while looking at the pink bird who was stuck to Starkiller's whims with how he carried it. "Even if you're weird and old." He finally followed with a devious smirk and leaving the door way. "C'mon! You're slow he screamed from the front yard.

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batgirlbabs
2019-10-16 08:31 pm UTC (link)

She just rolled her eyes when Galen announced that she as going to make pizza despite telling him she wasn't sure she could. But he seemed in high spirits so she wasn't about to go squashing that just yet. Lucario cast her a look that seemed mimic her own feelings and she just grinned shaking her head as they all followed behind Galen and Frank.

What she hadn't expected was the way he poked his head back in as she and Lucario were heading for the door to tell her that he thought maybe she was kind of great before calling her weird and old. "Oh Galen," She huffed softly but he was already back out the door again.

"Come on, we're going to have pizza." She reminded Lucario and they were all off to her house so they could have something mostly real to eat for dinner.

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