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Tweak says, "pick up your shoes"

Christopher "Chris" Perry Halliwell. (changethefuture) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-08-25 01:52:00

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!complete, chris halliwell, day 20, location: gym, rose tyler

Who: Chris Halliwell and Rose Tyler.
What: Showing off his powers, just a little.
Where: The gym.
When: Day 20 - Shortly after noon.
Rating: PG.
Status: Complete.

As soon as he found out about the birds Chris had thought about orbing to the clock tower to make sure Connor was indeed alright. He didn't know exactly where the clock tower was but he could pick up on the other man's presence and that was enough of an indicator for him. It wouldn't do good to not look after his unofficial charge, now would it? But Connor insisted he was fine for now, and Chris really didn't want anyone to know about any of his powers that didn't have to. His friend knew and Remy knew about the teleporting, unfortunately, but that was pretty much the extent of it.

Then the pretty girl that had taken care of the lot of them the day before sounded like she was a little concerned to be staying in the gym and his pesky whitelighter instincts kicked in. Surely it wouldn't be that bad if one more person found out about one of his abilities. Or at least not any worse than having it clear as day to read in his journal that he was a witch.

So Chris had slunk off to a corner of the museum where no one could see him, journal tucked in his back pocket as he orbed himself from there to the gym. It took the span of fifteen, maybe twenty seconds for him to disappear from the museum and reappear at his new destination with the show of little white lights that always accompanied orbing. Since he wasn't sure exactly where she was at he had chosen to orb to about the center of the gym floor, and once he was solid one hand brushed his hair out of his eyes as they sought Rose out. Belatedly Chris hoped there weren't too many other people around.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-31 12:43 am UTC (link)

"No, no," Rose protested quickly, grinning brightly. "Believe me, six was a perfect age. Everyone could feed themselves, everyone was potty-trained, and you all knew how to not die. My biggest fear would've been them turning you all into infants on me. The way most of you reacted to kids?" A shudder ran through her, but she giggled. "It'd have been me and maybe one or two others trying to juggle ten babies. God, you'd think we were asking people to play with man-eating lions, not a group of grade schoolers!"

There was something special about him. Not like some of the others she'd been attracted to. Sure, she'd thought they were. Maybe he'd prove her wrong, too. But she didn't think so. Her perception of people was improving every day, and the heart on this one? Massive. "There's more to you than just...standard witchy stuff, isn't there?" she questioned. Chris could tell her what he wanted, it didn't mean she wouldn't ask. Laughing a little, Rose shrugged. "Not that I entirely know what standard witchy stuff is. Most of this is still new to me."

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changethefuture
2009-08-31 01:21 am UTC (link)

"I don't know, kids can be pretty scary when they want to be. It could have been a lot worse. Could've been ten crying, scared kids all yelling for their parents. Good thing you knew how to keep that from happening." he remarked, giving her a pointed look. Even as a kid he had been observant, and he knew Rose had played a bit part the day before in keeping things relatively calm. Hell, if he hadn't been a kid she probably would have been able to rope him into helping her, if the way she was getting him to chat now was any indication of her slight influence.

At her question Chris raised his brows slightly and in what he hoped was an innocent manner. Who, him? More than average? He glanced down at the floor between them somewhat bashfully as he pondered what exactly to say. Well, he had come out and told Connor up front, hadn't he? And even if Chris had decided the other man was his unofficial charge in this place, he knew he would keep an eye on Rose too. A whitelighter could have more than one charge, after all, and this place was clearly outside of the normal rules besides.

"I don't know that there's much that's standard here. Pretty sure that witches are a little different in that other girl's world than mine." And it made him quite interested to talk to Tonks. Magic was magic, he did mean that, but from what little she had written he could tell there were differences.

"My mother was a witch. My father..." Was an angel. Well, it was true, wasn't it? It still sounded kind of funny, and people could have funny reactions when you started talking about things like angels and demons. Sure, Connor had seemed to taken him comparing himself to a guardian angel well enough, but that certainly wasn't the type of reaction Chris knew to be common. "He was something else. What I did, popping in here like that? I get that from him." Chris finally looked back up at her as he talked, and he lightly bit his lower lip after. It may not matter in the grand scheme of things, and he might not even remember what happened in this place after they got out (if they got out), but what Rose thought mattered to him. And if she laughed and thought he was crazy for talking about angels and Heaven? Well, it would sting. And it was that worry that made him hesitate.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-31 02:45 am UTC (link)

Chris had nothing to be anxious about where Rose was concerned. After all, other than initial culture shock, she had accepted that her new friend was from a destroyed planet with little trouble. And all the things she'd seen since then had been handled relatively well. Besides which, she'd never laugh. Ever. It wasn't her way. Unless he committed some horrible faux pas like wearing leather shorts or socks with sandals.

So she slid down the wall, and patted the spot at her side, smiling up at him to offer him to join her. "Must've made it hard as a kid," she teased, playing with the ends of her hair. "Couldn't exactly yell 'I hate you!' and slam your door when he could just pop his way right on in." A smirk crossed her features and she shot him a mischievous look. What exactly did "something else" mean?

"I actually think it's kind of fascinating," she said, giving him the chance to decide just how much he could open up to her. "That, even though you both consider yourselves witches and do magic, you and Tonks are from two entirely different worlds. It's so...different here, you know? I mean, I'm here with friends...people I know. But some of them? Only exist in my future. They know me but I have no idea who they are. Isn't that weird?" It was, wasn't it? She wasn't making a total arse of herself, was she?

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changethefuture
2009-08-31 04:29 am UTC (link)

It was like she intuitively knew he needed some kind of reassurance and Chris couldn't help but smile, sliding down to sit with her. Yeah, she was the sort of kind soul that would make a perfect whitelighter, no doubt. "He wasn't really around enough for that to happen but yeah, if he was that would've made tantrums hard." Leaning against the wall, he drew his legs up partway, far enough that he could stretch his arms out and rest them on his knees. Sitting was certainly more comfortable than standing, even if they were sitting on a hard gymnasium floor. It kind of felt strange, to sit and talk about such things or even just think about them, because it wasn't what he did. Hell, who would he have to talk to? In his future he was in hiding and in the past he couldn't talk about the future.

"I get the time thing, actually. Where I just came from was in my past. Dying on the day I was born. How's that for weird?" He glanced over at her, cracking a smile. "I used a spell to go back to the past to try and stop something from happening, and I had to be around my family and I couldn't tell them who I was. My mom... and my dad. I couldn't tell them because I didn't know how or what it might change in the future. Guess I should have known they'd all find out anyway." Chris looked at his hands as he talked, picking at the seam of one pant leg. He was a little envious of her hoodie; he tended to toy with the cuffs of his sleeves when he was a little anxious, and t-shirt sleeves just weren't long enough for that. During the pause he sighed, thinking about what he was telling her. For all he knew he hadn't changed the future at all. Or perhaps Leo managed to stop Gideon, but another evil force found a way to get to Wyatt so he'd really only delayed the future that he knew. Too many questions and he had no way of knowing any of the answers.

"He's an angel, my father. In my world we're called whitelighters, because of that light when we appear, but we're basically guardian angels." Chris answered the unspoken question, looking over at her. Apparently he was willing to pretty much completely open up.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-31 05:16 am UTC (link)

Well, then. It was like he'd been sent to talk sense into her. What, did all the men around this place have a cult going or something? The 'don't let Rose be such a downer' cult? That was definitely not what she'd expected. Not that she minded. In her heart, she knew he was even newer than she was and that it was highly unlikely Jack or the Doctor had gotten to him yet. She also didn't think Chris seemed like the sort to be swayed by suggestions from others, and she really didn't want to believe he was only talking to her to relay their messages anyway. That particular thought burned.

But there he was, basically telling her the Doctor's story, whether he knew it or not. Being forced to be around someone you cared about but being unable to tell them who you were? Well. That was exactly what the man had gone through, wasn't it? "How did they react? When they found out who you were?" No, it wasn't the same scenario, but she wanted...no, she needed to know. Was she being completely unreasonable?

Maybe she should have been more surprised. Or called it bullshit. But she couldn't, because come on, what else could possibly surprise her by that point? "A guardian angel, hmm? Is that why you got dragged here, I wonder? To babysit everyone?" Ha, funny terminology, wasn't it? Considering she'd baby-sat him. "I didn't think angels were supposed to be good-looking. I've seen It's a Wonderful Life, and the ones in A Christmas Carol are never very good looking. Then again, Dickens himself wasn't, either." And she knew that from experience!

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changethefuture
2009-08-31 06:23 am UTC (link)

Chris shrugged, looking back at his hands. "As well as anyone would, I guess. I think they both wished they hadn't been so hard on me when I first showed up but I'd pretty much been expecting that. I'd have been suspicious of me too. Showing up from the future telling everyone I had to keep something bad from happening but I didn't know exactly when it would happen. I dunno, it was just kind of awkward all around for awhile. They didn't even know they were going to have another son, and I didn't want to get close because of how things had played out in my future."

He quieted for a few moments, staring off into space. "In the end I was still their son, no matter that I was from twenty-some years in the future. They just wanted to be there for me and even make up for lost time." Goddess, how Leo had wanted to. He'd gotten annoying there for awhile, always being around, but it had meant more to Chris than Leo would probably ever know.

Chris coughed softly to try and get rid of the sudden lump in his throat, a hand wiping at his eyes, and he started to blush. This was embarrassing, and she surely didn't care about his sob story. Everyone had their own problems after all. He did manage a small smile though, as he glanced back over at her. "I'm only half angel." he reminded, rubbing a hand over his hair and hoping she wouldn't notice the color in his cheeks. Yes Rose, he noticed you called him good-looking, and you weren't the only one with a little possible crush. "And I think maybe it's just the light playing tricks on you."

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-31 12:12 pm UTC (link)

Oh, but Rose did care about his sob story. She didn't want anyone hurting, let alone someone so open and honest with her. Despite her fury, she didn't even want He Who Wasn't Open and Honest With Her hurting. She'd never wish it for Chris, who'd been nothing but kind to her since the moment they'd met. Even if at the moment they'd met, he'd been a whopping six years-old.

So she reached out, giving his knee a gentle but reassuring squeeze. "You realize how brave that was? I should be lecturing you about how stupid it was, but believe me, I've a friend who'll take care of that," she added with a small laugh. "Skipping around through time...attempting to change an established timeline? You could've been in so much danger." What if something had gone wrong? What if he'd erased himself? Rose knew how that sort of thing could happen. After all, how many times had she heard that time wasn't a linear pattern? It wasn't point A to point B. It was point A with a left turn at E then a brief stop at B and a U turn that got you back to C before you'd finally wind up over at D somewhere.

"It's natural, though," she countered, even though she wasn't positive what, exactly, had played out in the future of baby Chris that led adult Chris to go back. "To want to get close, to want to know what you could. I went back to see the day my dad died," she admitted, flushing a bit. "I was only a baby when it happened. I kind of messed up the whole of space and time, though. Tried to save him, see..." Her laugh was strained. "Time's a funny thing, if you make one wrong move. There are laws to it..." Laws she'd broken over and over again. Laws that were being broken as they spoke because this place should've collapsed on itself just by existing.

Rose laughed again, but this time it was a bit more genuine. "So does that mean it's the witch half of you that's good-looking?" Only Rose Tyler could try and explain time's being and follow it up with flirting. Okay, Rose and probably Jack. No, definitely Jack.

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changethefuture
2009-09-01 03:13 am UTC (link)

Her touch was reassuring, and one hand moved to cover hers, squeezing gently. "Oh, I know. Trust me, I know time's dangerous. I nearly erased myself... well, no, I did blink out of existence there for a little while. Not cool. Though I did find out that the Angel of Death is just as intimidating as one would think them to be." He chuckled softly, but it didn't have much mirth to it; it was either that or give in a little to the moisture stinging his eyes and he was not about to do that in front of Rose if he could help it. A guy had to have a little pride. It was bad enough opening up and talking about things he hadn't really discussed with anyone other than when certain things were happening.

Chris looked back over at her when she spoke of going back in time to see her father, smiling softly. He could certainly understand her reasons for that. "I don't think anyone could fault you for wanting to save him. There were more than a few times I wished I could go back and save my mom. Though I guess it's good to know that time pretty much works the same no matter where we come from." Part of him wanted to ask how that situation had resolved itself, if she had had to stand back and let the inevitable happen, but it felt too personal, no matter the cute blush that added color to her cheeks. She was quick to flirt after mentioning it as well, and that distracted him just a bit.

"I dunno. I think you're just saying I'm good-looking to try and make me smile." In which case it was working, even if it did make him want to blush. One downside of being rather in touch with emotions and having magic that worked off them? He could become rather emotional himself, for better or worse.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-09-01 05:45 am UTC (link)

She wouldn't tell him, because what guy wanted to seem completely weak? But she liked this soft side of him. More men should show it. Of course, she also didn't want to think more men had been through the hard times that Chris had, especially as young as he was. He couldn't be more than a couple of years older than Rose herself. Twenty-one or so. No older than twenty-four, she was sure of it. The fact that he'd held up as well as he had was saying something, really.

"You actually erased yourself?" Rose blurted in surprise. "How did you make it back? You've met the Angel of Death? Like...going after you?" Her first reaction was, she had to tell the Doctor. She'd never heard of it. She'd thought it might be possible, maybe, especially messing around in your own timeline the way she'd been commanded not to do. But she'd never heard of anyone actually doing it before!

And then she remembered she wasn't actually speaking to the Doctor just then. Either one. Oops.

She could've gone on and on about how time was all messed up here. About how it should have imploded the planet all around them. How the knowledge she carried should have been enough to rip them all apart, but it hadn't. But really, that was hardly the way to pick up a guy, now was it? Or even to just make a new friend. So she smiled sideways at him, her grin playful. "I could be," she admitted. "Or I could just be enjoying the view."

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changethefuture
2009-09-02 04:29 am UTC (link)

She almost seemed excited by his tale, the curious sort of excitement, and it had Chris blushing almost immediately. "I... yeah. Things that happened when I first appeared helped to break my parents up, so they weren't together when I was supposed to be conceived. Then they ended up on the ghostly plane while I was fading and they didn't make it back in time so I kind of... disappeared. But then when they came back I popped back into existence so all was well. It's kind of a long story." He was rubbing at the back of his neck as he talked, mostly looking at their hands on his knee but occasionally shooting glances over at her. Chris had practically just met the girl and already she was under his skin. In a good way.

He tried to get his blush under control but he probably shouldn't have bothered when he caught sight of her playful grin. Oh hell. "Enjoying the view? Isn't that usually supposed to be my line?" Chris laughed, looking away, but he was quick to look back at her. He was pretty sure he'd never met anyone like her; perhaps there was something decent about this place. "You're sweet, you know. You've got a good heart." His smile softened as he looked at her and he again squeezed her hand before gently curling his fingers to hold her hand. If they kept this up too much longer, he might just try and kiss her. Well. Assuming Rose didn't try for it first.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-09-03 11:01 pm UTC (link)

Rose couldn't help giggling. Really, who wouldn't? He was cute, she was lonely, and he was actually treating her like someone who mattered. Weren't many of those around, if she thought about it long enough. Which she didn't want to. Thinking led to hurt feelings. Feelings were complicated. This? Flirting, hand holding, not to mention talking to a real live part-witch, part-angel? That...was also kind of complicated, but it was also completely brilliant. She'd probably have wondered what sort of person he was, telling her all these things, getting close to her, holding her hand, all of that, if it weren't for the fact that she was sort of used to that. The Doctor had done the exact same sort of thing.

Hmm. Best not to be thinking of that when those pretty blue eyes were on her, wasn't it? So instead, she dipped her head slightly, her own blush creeping up her neck and into her cheeks. "I...don't mean to? I mean, obviously, I don't want to be some horrible person," she amended quickly. "I just... It's not intentional. When someone's hurting, it's only right to be there for them. I didn't always think that way. I was a pretty awful kid. Well, teenager. Still technically a teenager now, I guess," she added with a short laugh. "Feels a lot older, though. One of the problems with messing around with time. I may have missed my own birthday and I'm not likely to know it." As she talked, her thumb absently rubbed his knuckles, and she was completely unaware she was doing it.

Well. Perhaps not completely. But she didn't notice for several seconds, at least.

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changethefuture
2009-09-05 03:36 am UTC (link)

Goddess, she was adorable. Well... more than adorable. Downright attractive. Which was probably horrible to think because he should be focused on finding a way out of the place and getting back to his time. But honestly? There was a part of him that wasn't in that much of a hurry to get out of here. For all he knew he was dead; he'd been dying before he showed up here, and it was quite possible that wasn't going to change when he left. And surely there had to be some sort of reason for him being brought here. He had been raised on talk of fate and destiny and all those sorts of things so they weren't thoughts he could simply turn off.

All that aside... a selfish part of him felt he deserved at least this. One quiet little moment with someone who seemed more than willing to listen to whatever he wanted to say. Even hybrids like him that weren't supposed to exist because they could become too powerful deserved a little genuine affection.

So Chris made no move to bring attention to the gentle rubbing of her thumb across his knuckles, for fear of her stopping and drawing her hand away. He just smiled and let his eyes run over her face, listening to her speak while at the same time wondering if she would smack him if he tried to kiss her. "I find it hard to believe you were ever awful, Rose. And trust me, you are most definitely not a horrible person. I can kinda sense that sort of thing." That whole, being an angel and all. The look in his eyes was as warm as his smile as he turned his body just slightly, making it easier for him to reach over and hook a finger under her chin. He gently tilted her head up a touch so his eyes could find hers, searching for a moment before he leaned in.

It was just a little kiss, barely more than a soft brush of lips, but it was more than enough to make his heart race a bit faster. Now Chris just had to hope she wouldn't shove him away or slap him.

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