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Andy Gallagher is not the droid you're looking for (brain_ninja) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-07-17 05:03:00

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!complete, andy gallagher, day 15, elliot reid, location: church

Day Fifteen - Late Evening
Who: Andy Gallagher and Elliot Reid
What: Finding out that Elliot's okay
Where: The Church
When: Day 15, late evening
Rating: PG-13 just in case (possible graphic imagery in introspection, that is)
Status: Complete

Judging by the fact that a few joints had only served to make Andy more paranoid and upset, rather than relaxed and mellow as per usual, it could only be deduced that Tonks had been correct in assuming that the point of the day was to break him. He'd seen Sam's handwriting in the journals and Shannon and Lexie's names on the roster Sam had put up, but Elliot hadn't been listed as present, deceased, or missing. It had only served to panic him more. He was supposed to be looking out for her. He was supposed to be keeping her safe. Andy had failed Luna and he'd thought he'd failed Lexie, but he wanted to make good on it with Elliot, but he'd failed there, too. At that point, he'd have welcomed the cougar all over again in place of the emotional baggage, worry, and pain he was carrying right then.

Even though he'd found that the deaths he'd witnessed had been fabricated - which, at the very least, gave him hope for Martha yet - they'd been horrible to watch. Worse to see Luna's burned corpse, let alone smell the burnt flesh. Waking up in the cemetary alone had freaked him out and he hoped like hell that Tonks had woken up somewhere safely as well. All he could think about, though, was Elliot's being missing in action and the way that Tonks had been so unsure about whether she'd been the only one to make it out of their first experiment alive.

Andy was jittery as he smoked a fourth joint on the front stairs of the church. He'd tried going inside. He'd tried walking around looking for her. Finally, Andy had been reduced to sitting outside hoping like hell that he'd see her coming up or down the road toward him sooner than later. Elliot had to be okay. She was his only charge; his only job. He'd have traded anything to know that he hadn't completely let her down.

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brain_ninja
2009-08-01 06:34 am UTC (link)

Elliot's reaction to Andy's suggestion that she get some sleep was unsurprising, but he could tell that she needed it. "Elliot..." he said in a soft almost pleading tone. "You have to try. I will not let anything happen to you. You have my word. You sleep, I'll be right here; you can keep watch for me in the morning and I'll play nocturnal for the day, okay? Please," he said seriously.

The idea of Elliot staying up all night whether out of fear or over-exhaustion didn't sit well with him at all. He was her buddy; he'd do it right this time. If it killed him, he'd stay up for the night and keep her safe, but for his own peace of mind, he need Elliot to sleep. Beside that, if she was sleeping, he could really and truly grieve Luna without feeling awkward or guilty about it for doing so in front of her more than he already had.

Sighing, Andy rubbed Elliot's arm absently as she leaned her head on his shoulder and stared at the wall. His eyes, too, were on the crucifix as she spoke. Without looking away from the crucifix, he nodded. "It's okay," he replied. "I know it wasn't anything and I know how you feel; I came back and you weren't here," he said softly.

Andy only looked up when he felt Elliot pull away and he shifted his eyes to look over at her. In spite of himself, he smiled weakly against Elliot's lips when she kissed him. "You're welcome, although I'm not sure what for," he admitted quietly, brushing some of her hair out of her face with one hand and looking sympathetically back at her. He paused and looked down then. "You really do need to try to sleep, gorgeous," he said softly.

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