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Tweak says, "Not without you."

Jesse Custer (cowboy_god) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2011-06-24 19:20:00

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fight club, jesse custer, veronica mars

Boys and girls - Fight Club Challenge (Veronica)
It was a typical day for Jesse Custer. He moved about The City, watching out for things he could help with. Seeing if there were any new faces about. Occasionally playing with the stupid fucking phone thing that The City had given him. Occasionally even doing the right thing with it. He had breakfast in a diner and lunch in a diner. It didn't compare to Zoe's cooking, of course. Nothing compared to a nice home cooked meal. But Jesse just wasn't the kind of guy who spent a lot of time doing his own work in the kitchen. There were simple things he could do, eggs, bacon, pancakes for breakfast and sandwiches for lunch. But sometimes it was just easier to eat someplace else. Besides, it meant that he didn't have to clean, either.

He was currently standing outside said chosen lunch establishment, lighting his post meal cigarette. He looked in the direction of a couple of young guys who were having an argument about god. He shook his head.

"May not be no God here," He said to himself. "But he existed at one time."

Not to mention there was, well, himself. Maybe people didn't pray to him and ask him to bless their dinners and watch over their sick grandmas, but there were people here who knew very well what he could do. People who trusted in his abilities. Maybe one or two who revered him. Just a little.

He turned to walk from diner and continue on his random path through The City and came face to face with a blonde. At least he didn't actually run into her like he had Castiel. Didn't do much good to be God if you couldn't so much as tell when another person was walking toward you.

"Scuse me, darlin" He gave her a smile and waited for her to go around so they didn't end up doing that stupid dance trying to get by one another.

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cowboy_god
2011-07-16 02:54 am UTC (link)

"Now hang on there. Just cause I ain't got your kinda people skills don't mean I don't got 'em. I just happen to be raised in a different time and place than you. When a man could speak his mind and give a gal an endearing nickname without being accused of being a sexist jerk." Jesse shook his head. "The bitch of it is, you put an acceptance of being called sweetheart into yer head, and so far, all you little ones are exactly the type of girl the South likes. We tend to breed them like you. Fiery and headstrong. Cute and tiny."

Jesse put the cigarette in his mouth and held it there with his lips, taking her hand. He didn't really need to take her hand, but they tended to believe more if you did something they could see, too.

"Born August 17. Yer daddy paved the way for ya in this line of work. You love him, but you think yer better than him when it comes to this. You are good at whatcha do, but I still don't think yer up to this one, and you've got a friend. Lilly. You were close. You've seen her recently, cause of a wish. You want me t'go on? Cause I can. Can tell you all about her, and your past. Tell you what you've done since you've been here, too. Tell you things you don't fuckin wanna know. Are we gonna stop being twelve now?"

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i_chase
2011-07-16 03:53 am UTC (link)

Veronica stood there, stunned. When Jesse grabbed her hand, she furrowed her eyebrows, fighting the urge to pull it away. The thing was she wanted to know if it was true. She wanted to know if Jesse really was nuts, or if he knew things no one could--unless they were God.

Are we gonna stop being twelve now?

Veronica blinked at him, completely unsure of what was going to come out of her mouth next. When the sound came, it started with a strange halted squeak. There wouldn't have been any kind of sound if he hadn't mentioned her seeing Lilly. No one else knew that except Logan.

"Are we?"

She believed it, now. Jesse had the power he said he did. It was very God-like to pull something like that out of nowhere, make it fresh and on the surface of things again, and then ask to drop it.

She couldn't apologize for things. She was bad at it. She was too "fiery and headstrong." "I didn't want to yell at you," Veronica said, instead. And that was true. Her voice was borderline sad, now.

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cowboy_god
2011-07-16 09:08 pm UTC (link)

"Hey." Jesse softened. As he always did when females started to threaten to cry. "Hey, none of that. I shouldn'ta been so hard on ya. I didn't mean to. I lost my temper. Don't... don't cry."

He hated when women cried. Not in a violent hate kind of way. It just made him so uncomfortable, especially when he caused it. Women shouldn't have any reason to cry unless it was about sad movies, or happy tears.

"Please don't. I'll do anything for ya, darlin, just don't cry."

The fight had been brief, but fierce. Again he'd gone too far with showing off his powers. He thought he'd learned his lesson with Mel. Apparently not.

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i_chase
2011-07-20 03:36 am UTC (link)

"Wasn't gonna," Veronica said. "Okay. I'm... apparently not done being twelve." She waited a second. "Now. Now I am."

She arched an eyebrow. Interesting reaction to her becoming so down. This weak spot must be filed away in the brain for later.

"Yeah. I'm not going to cry. I just wasn't expecting to hear anything about..."

The stammer was enough of an indicator of her emotional state.

"About Lilly being here. I'm okay." She nodded, and then nodded again. "We're okay."

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cowboy_god
2011-07-21 09:35 am UTC (link)

"Listen. It's my fault. I'ma dick. You were right. Just, my temper acts up and I gotta prove shit, so I do somethin drastic, and then somebody's cryin." Jesse shook his head. "And ya ain't gotta lie about it. I know that look, sugar. The look that could break any man's heart, long as he's got one."

He watched her for a moment, to make sure that the tears didn't slide down her face.

"Can we call a truce?"

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i_chase
2011-07-22 07:08 pm UTC (link)

You were right. Just, my temper acts up and I gotta prove shit, so I do somethin drastic, and then somebody's cryin.

Veronica smirked. She knew someone like that. Oh, boy did she ever. She half expected her phone to vibrate with a new text from Logan just because that's how her life worked.

"I'm not lying!"

The tone was a lot more playful now.

Can we call a truce?

Veronica nodded. That sounded really, really good to her. Also pissing off someone so powerful was probably bad, in the long-run. She'd much rather have Jesse as an ally.

"Truce. Friends. Happy, happy." She smiled. "So it sounds like I need to find something to investigate that isn't this." An eyebrow arched.

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cowboy_god
2011-07-22 08:18 pm UTC (link)

Jesse relaxed. He'd much rather be friends with people than enemies. He liked being friendly, he liked being able to see people places and have a nice chat. He didn't like having to worry about what somebody might try.

"Good t'hear it." His smile was quite big now. "There's plenty of weird shit goin on in this place. Plenty of stuff to look into. I'm sure that yer gonna have a great grand time doin investigatin things. Plus, ya got plenty of people to meet around here. All kinds. You never know who you might run across."

And he really didn't want Veronica to run afoul of Hannibal Lecter. If he was behind the murders, then doing anything to stop him or find out what was going on would be getting on his bad side. She might have to meet him, as everybody seemed to meet everybody here, but she didn't have to be on the wrong side of it.

Not to mention, the papers said something about two people involved, and Jesse just had no idea who that other person could be. Somebody just as bad as him, no doubt.

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