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Darius Alexander Summers (dasummers) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-10-24 14:42:00

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darius summers, emma frost

Who: Darius and Emma
What: Coming home
Where: England, Emma's place
When: Early in afternoon

Darius trudged up to the door, more tired than he'd thought possible. The night's sleep had been much needed, and he was glad that Emma had offered it.

Despite all the trauma, it was nice to be back. He still wasn't sure how he should feel about Emma, but since she obviously cared for him, and his mother wasn't there, he saw no reason not to think of her as such.

He searched his pockets, and realized he didn't have his keys with him. Sighing, he knocked on the door.

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	dasummers 2008-10-24 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded. "I didn't think so. I don't even know how the man who did it survived, really." Unless he was an early experiment. "Damn." He should have just kissed that girl. Maybe they'd have gone out for coffee together and she'd still be alive. Oh well. That was angst for later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	elitistqueen 2008-10-24 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	She couldn't just tell him what to do. People couldn't be told to feel. Still, Emma looked at him with worry in her eyes. The more he put of feeling things, the worse he'd explode later. "I'm sorry, darling." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2008-10-24 08:15 pm UTC (link)

Her expression made him feel guilty. "Me too. If I'd have been less oblivious, maybe I'd have seen what was going on."

After all, a bomb that thorough would have to be planted inside the building.

"I thought maybe I'd be fine, since I wasn't interesting, or particularly useful, at least experiment wise. What the hell was the point of coming after me?"

That was unexpected. He even looked surprised. But that was what he'd come for, wasn't it?

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elitistqueen
2008-10-25 10:38 am UTC (link)

"I don't know what his plan was. It's likely he just wants to hurt you to make a strike at your father. You cannot hide who you are, Darius." The poor boy would always be a target just because of his relatives. It wasn't fair.

"You couldn't have known what was going to happen, darling." She made eye contact with him and didn't let him look away. "Don't blame yourself. "

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	dasummers 2008-10-25 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	The unfairness had occurred to him as well. "But he's not even here! What the fuck?" His voice was louder and higher. "Bastard." There was more feeling in that one word than in anything else he'd said since he came home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	elitistqueen 2008-10-25 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Emma smiled a little, but it was sad. "I haven't really spoken about Scott in a long time. I haven't even thought about him. But..." She leaned in a little, "I know how you feel." She was with Logan, here, yes. But it still stung some days that Scott wasn't here. There was something very solid and comforting in Scott. It was missing because he was gone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2008-10-25 09:44 pm UTC (link)

Darius noted her expression. "I'm sorry."

His voice was quiet. "I miss him a lot. I even miss my brothers, and I didn't think I would."

There was a moment where he just thought, and realized how much stuff he hadn't been dealing with. It was a pretty long list.

"I'm almost afraid that if he did wind up coming here, he'd be from some crazy alternate universe or something."

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	elitistqueen 2008-10-25 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	"I've been blessed to meet a number of incarnations of your father. Not all of them were entirely pleasant." They were far enough in the past that she could laugh through the memories. "I'm sorry that you aren't with them." Emma was acutely aware of the fact that Darius probably missed his Emma. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2008-10-25 09:54 pm UTC (link)

He thought for a minute. "I miss them. But. . . I was always the least useful, the least capable. I was the one who only made the reserve team, because being a good physical fighter just doesn't trump telepathy, or being made of organic diamond, or whatever. Here. . . it's like I stand more on my own merit with people who were so inundated by kids who need them more that I got pushed aside. Hell, I think before I came here the deepest conversation I ever had with Nate was about butter and how he should hand it to me. But here, now that he's not teaching seven classes and two Danger Room sessions a day, he's got time to talk to me about actual stuff."

He paused for a minute. "Even Mom and Dad were so busy once they went back to the X-men, or reformed it, or whatever actually happened, that we all had to compete for attention, and it's hard to trump 'hey Mom, I can hear the thoughts of everyone in San Francisco, and it's kept me up all night.'"

He knew it was a stupid feeling, but it wasn't something he could help.

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elitistqueen
2008-10-25 10:00 pm UTC (link)

Back home, having children was more a dream of Emma's than anything she'd planned for. When the world was constantly ending, it was hard to set aside time to raise children. Emma tried to think what she might have done, what she might have felt if she'd given birth to a child that hadn't had powers. She didn't exactly love human beings, as a general rule. "I'm sorry," Emma said suddenly. "If your world was anything like my own - and it sounds similar - it wasn't a place that children deserved to grow up in."

Lightly, she squeezed his knee. "Your parents love you. They might be too busy to say it or show it properly, but they do." A pause. "You deserved better than they gave you, but I'm positive they did the best they could."

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dasummers
2008-10-25 10:07 pm UTC (link)

"I'm not mad at them. They had so much going on, I think it was almost a relief to have a kid who wasn't constantly battling telepathy that was advance beyond his ability to handle it, or dealing with looking like a stone golem. But at the same time, I do wish things had been different."

He shrugged. "But what is, is. The world needed them to be X-men. Three kids compared to the rest of the mutant population isn't even a contest."

He wasn't angry. Sad, lonely, but not angry. "But either way, this universe has distinct advantages over home, even if I do miss a lot of people. If I left now, I'd still miss pretty much everyone I've talked to."

Including her.

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	elitistqueen 2008-10-25 10:09 pm UTC (link)
	"We would miss you, too." Emma was a little quiet for a few seconds, thinking about all the children - all the family - she had here. There were so many things to be grateful about here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-10-25 10:15 pm UTC (link)
	This time, when he smiled, there was some real emotion behind it. "How have the girls been doing? I didn't get to talk to Sophie as much as I wanted to, and I never know where I stand with Rose." Esme, he assumed, was still cute and tiny. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

elitistqueen
2008-10-26 10:51 am UTC (link)

The change of topic was a much needed one. The look on Emma's face changed. It always did when she spoke about her children. "They're... teenaged girls. Constantly in the middle of some boy drama, but otherwise well behaved and bright. I believe they're plotting what they will do for Halloween and how they will sneak out in their costumes without Logan or I seeing what they're wearing." Emma was a laid back mother who let her kids dress and do what they pleased - within reason. Logan, on the other hand, tried to control the girls, Rose especially. Emma imagined the two would come to words over costumes. "You should speak with Rose. I imagine she's as curious about you as you are about her."

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dasummers
2008-10-26 08:28 pm UTC (link)

Darius laughed at that. "I think I'll be strategically absent when that conversation happens."

Logan alone was bad enough. Protective father Logan had to be terrifying.

"I will. There was just so much going on before, and she didn't leap out at me every time she had half a chance like Sophie."

Talking about his sisters was nice. "I should see if they want to do anything when they get home from school."

Being out and about with two teenage girls was probably a pretty good distraction.

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	elitistqueen 2008-10-26 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	"If I could avoid it, I would," Emma admitted with a smirk. "That might be a good idea. It took Rose some time to warm to me." The girl was as hardheaded as Logan and as proud as Emma. It led to plenty of fights. Rose kept herself aloof. "I doubt she'll ever be as friendly as Sophie is, but she cares." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-10-26 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	"That's alright. Sophie being as friendly as she is a surprise." He was more relaxed now, and leaned back in his chair. "A good surprise. It's weird going from having all brothers to having mostly sisters." But not a bad weird. He liked Rose and Sophie a lot more than he'd liked Chris and Henry. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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