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Tweak says, "COOTIES!!!"

Darius Alexander Summers (dasummers) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-11-16 18:39:00

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darius summers, ophelia

Who: Ophelia and Darius
Where: Ophelia's hospital, out and about, maybe
When: afternoon
What: consuming hot chocolate
Warnings: doubtful. Cuteness may be lethal.

Darius bounced through the halls, glad to be seeing Ophelia again. He had a thermos full of hot chocolate, and had another surprise for her that he hoped she would like.

The nurse at the station smiled at him, and he greeted her by name. Darius was good at remembering names and faces.

He walked in a more dignified manner when he got to Ophelia's hallway, and tapped on her door frame before poking his head in. "Hey!"

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	dasummers 2008-11-25 12:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Sometimes we remember things from the person we replace. I started out in the air force, kind of an airborne army, here, and I had never flown the plane I was assigned to, but once I got in the cockpit for a practice run, I knew it all by heart. This world is strange." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-25 01:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh," she said softly. "Then if I said that I remember working in the flower shop, I would not be mad." They mostly came to her in daydreams or while she was sleeping, but she was starting to remember memories that weren't hers. She paused. "Well, at least not for that reason, anyway." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-25 02:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Nope. You'd just be one of the replacees." He looked around her room. It was pretty. Girly, but pretty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

love_remember
2008-11-25 03:47 pm UTC (link)

"It feels so strange...almost like I'm two people...but not."

She looked down the hall. Bathroom and another bedroom, done in a more masculine manner.

This must have been my father's room.

On the dresser, there was a picture of a handsome older man, clean shaven, with grey hair.

"He looked just like my father. If this one had a beard," she added, looking at it. Her eyes ached with tears.

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	dasummers 2008-11-25 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	Darius moved closer, and touched her hand softly. "I'm sorry." He knew how hard it was to see someone who looked like your parents but wasn't in any real way. But there wasn't much else to say, so he just stood close, hoping she would give him some idea how to respond. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

love_remember
2008-11-25 08:28 pm UTC (link)

Ophelia put her hand to her eyes. "It...was not so very long ago, not for me," she said softly.

She looked over at him. "I did go mad," she said, apologetically. "It seemed there was nothing I could do to pull myself out of it, and then I was here."

She sighed, and her breath caught in her throat. "I just wish...he wouldn't have done it. I would not have minded if he did not love me, if he hated me. But why did he have to kill my father?"

Her voice broke and she bowed her head.

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	dasummers 2008-11-25 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	He touched her shoulders, as close as he thought she would want to get to hugging her. "You weren't the only one who went mad, Ophelia. The past hurts, but it will fade. Even this loss will fade, though it won't go away entirely." He felt as though there were a stone in his heart. He wished she wouldn't be so upset, even if he understood why. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-25 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "I just...I did not know what to do. I'd been so hurt and then to lose him, I thought I'd die, then I wanted to, and then I just wanted him back." She put a hand on his. And then she just hugged him, not particularly caring if it was proper or not. She just needed a hug. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2008-11-26 09:47 am UTC (link)

Darius hugged her, arms wrapped around her shoulders.

He didn't have any words to give her, or really any comfort. But this he could do. He had plenty of hugs to give.

"I'm sorry." His voice was soft. She wouldn't see any of her loved ones again. At least he had a facimile of them. Even if she would eventually be better off without them, it would be a while until then.

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	love_remember 2008-11-26 10:03 am UTC (link)
	"It will be well," she murmured. It felt nice to be hugged, even if it wasn't quite proper. She had a feeling that it didn't matter so much in this time. "I know it will, but...just sometimes it hurts so much I do not know what to do with myself." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-26 10:29 am UTC (link)
	"I know. That will be hard to overcome, but you will be able to do so. You are smart and strong, and wonderful." He stroked between her shoulders, softly. "You can do this." There was surety in his voice. He had faith in everybody's ability to do what they needed to do to get their lives in order. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-26 10:48 am UTC (link)
	"How do you have such confidence in me, when I do not have such in myself?" She sighed and looked up at him again. "I will try." After all, if she could not, there was no where else for her to go. Unless, of course, she accepted the offer from Alexi. But she felt uneasy doing that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2008-11-26 11:08 am UTC (link)

"Because I grew up seeing the strength in others. You, Ophelia," he pulled back, so his eyes could meet hers, "have strength you don't even know about. You will find it, and it won't make everything better, it won't fix your life, but it will help you with the challenges that life brings you, it will keep you going when weaker people would just cease to care, and fade away into nothing."

He stroked her hair, softly. "Look at how well you're handling this. I wasn't a stranger to the idea of alternate universes, but I handled it much worse than you did."

In his own mind, at least. He'd just clung to anyone who resembled people he'd known back home, and was only know seekign independence.

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	love_remember 2008-11-26 11:50 am UTC (link)
	Ophelia closed her eyes. "If you see it, I'll try to believe that it's there." She did not think she was handling it well at all. All she was doing was depending on others for her strength...at least in her own mind. "I'm trying very hard." Sometimes the madness was so close she could stare into it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-26 12:23 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded. "It will get better. It will take work, and time, and it will hurt, but this pain will ease. You can get past this, and you can persevere." He wrapped his arms around her again, holding her gently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-26 12:29 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia nodded as he held her. She felt strangely contented and safe. "Thank you, Darius. Thank you for everything." But especially for giving her hope. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-26 12:33 pm UTC (link)
	"Anytime." He would let her pull away when she wanted to, but for now he rather liked holding her. "If you want to talk about it, or anything, I'm more than happy to listen, or help anyway I can." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-26 12:51 pm UTC (link)
	She nodded again, then slowly pulled away, blushing a little. "I am glad you've been here for me. It's helped me more than you know," she said softly. She looked around the room one more time. "I think we should probably head back. I'm sure they will be getting worried soon." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-26 12:55 pm UTC (link)
	Darius let her go, and nodded. "Possibly. Is there anything else that you would like to see on the way?" He took a deep breath, gaining control of his body. She had been very warm and nice in his arms, and he was sad to have the hug end. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-26 12:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh...I think that what we pass on the way back is quite enough for today." In truth, the house was the only place she had not felt overwhelmed. "I should check on the plants again before we go back," she said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-26 01:05 pm UTC (link)
	"Alright. Next time we'll have to do a little cleaning, so you won't have a lot of housework to do when you get back." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-26 01:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Dusting at least, yes." She nodded and headed downstairs and into the sunroom again. The plants already looked better, and Ophelia smiled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-26 01:15 pm UTC (link)
	Her smile was beautiful. Possibly the best thing he'd seen all day. This was a good, if somewhat rocky, day. He was glad that she had decided to come here with him. "Did you want to bring one of the plants with you? For your room at the hospital, to remind you of the plant room when you're not here tending them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2008-11-26 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	She was glad, as well. Her heart felt quite a bit lighter and it was good to know what her house would look like. "I'd like that," she said softly. She went over and chose a rather sickly-looking fern. "This one needs me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2008-11-26 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded and looked around for a plastic bag. "Think you can carry it that far?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)