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Alec Tremont ([info]fireworkatdawn) wrote in [info]we_float,
@ 2010-06-13 20:30:00

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Entry tags:character: alec tremont, character: jimmy banks, character: mickey o'hare

Who: Alec Tremont and Jimmy Banks
When: Sunday, June 13, 2096
Where: Jimmy's room
What: Alec has something to give Jimmy
Status: Closed, Complete

Alec went to Jimmy's room and knocked on the door. He'd seen him, and hid from him, earlier in the day. He'd spent the day trying to decide whether he wanted to see him, and whether he was drunk enough, or sober enough (he couldn't decide which was better), to face him.

He'd finally settled on sober, and showered and changed to make himself presentable. He waited for the door to open and thrust a small box at the other man. "I made you something," he said. "I've been drunk for two days."


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[info]plusthree
2010-06-14 01:10 am UTC (link)
Jimmy finally had the computer to the place where he wanted it, and the others hadn't screwed it up while he was gone for once. He'd sunk into spending time screwing around online, researching a few things he'd wanted, and looking into his other self's life.

At the knock, he pulled open the door, not so much surprised to see Alec, but surprised to see the box. "You made me something?" He took the box, looking at it warily as if it might bite. "Why drunk?"

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-14 01:15 am UTC (link)
"Because I made you something." He frowned, glaring at the box as if it had wronged him. "Because my head's all fucked up." And it's your fault, he managed not to say.

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-14 02:47 am UTC (link)
A gift. This really wasn't what he'd been expecting, and the way Alec was acting just made Jimmy more wary of it. "This place fucking with your head?" he asked as he pressed his thumbs into the box to open it.

He reached in, careful with his large fingers, to lift out the delicate piece. Three small origami cranes, of different red and brown print papers, with white stars between them and a red star at the bottom. And beneath that, a bead on which was written trust.

Jimmy had no idea what to say.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-14 02:56 am UTC (link)
Alec shrugged, his fingers picking at the material of his pants. "It's for my birthday," he said. "Which isn't for over a week, but if I didn't give it to you now I'd destroy it and I don't think I wanted to do that so... you can instead. If you want to. It doesn't matter."

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-14 02:26 pm UTC (link)
He hadn't shut the door yet, so he kicked it now, nudging it roughly with one toe to close behind Alec as he looked at the cranes. They seemed more delicate on his palm, the antithesis to his build. "You're giving me a present for your birthday." A date displayed on the screen inside his mind, scribbled in Char's handwriting, and he nodded at that. Once in a while it was useful having people inside his head. The instant recall of data was always useful, despite the cacophony of constant music and information.

Jimmy sifted through things left behind in his mind, sorting through bits and pieces of information, setting up alerts and letting others go. It gave his conscious mind something to do while his subconscious stewed on the thing set before him, still on his palm. He set it down carefully next to the laptop still open on the desk. "Thanks. I'm not going to destroy it."

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-14 02:54 pm UTC (link)
"You can. I would. It's stupid."

He took half a step forward like he might try and take the gift back, then pressed himself back against the door frame. "I give people gifts for my birthday. Because I've survived another year, and they've put up with me for at least part of it, so they deserve something. I know I'm not easy."

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-14 07:03 pm UTC (link)
"You haven't given me something before." It was half-statement, half-question. Jimmy was certain he'd have written something about it, if he had, and he didn't remember seeing it. "I'm still not going to destroy it. Figure there's a lot more putting up with you I've got to do, right? If we're going to be working together here."

He gave Alec a narrowed look. "Is there a reason why you're trying to merge with the wall? That's--" he stopped before saying that it was Mickey's schtick, not wanting to refer to that at all. "It's disturbing." Which was nothing less than truth. He had no memories of how he'd come to be here, but he had a good idea from sifting through other things he'd found in his mind, and reminders weren't pleasant.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-14 07:41 pm UTC (link)
Working together. Right.

"Not before, no," Alec said. He looked up at Jimmy, forced himself to make eye contact, and took half a step closer so he wasn't against the wall anymore.

This was stupid. This was quite possibly the stupidest thing he'd ever done. He didn't care if people liked him. He didn't need anyone else.

"I should go?" It came out a question when he didn't mean it to.

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-14 10:52 pm UTC (link)
Jimmy looked over at him, confused. "What? No. Sit down, if you want," a hand waved towards the bed, "or stand. There's--" he looked at the window, and the bench that had appeared since the last time he remembered, and he frowned faintly, "--a window seat."

He pushed the chair he'd been using in at the desk so it wasn't taking up space, and sank onto the bed, leaning back on his hands. "Thanks for setting up the privacy network around here. Just can't manage the time to get anything done, seems like."

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-14 11:16 pm UTC (link)
"It's what I'm here for, isn't it?" Alec went and sat on the bench Andy had created, his fingers wrapping around the edge and holding so tightly his knuckles were white.

When he realized what he was doing, he forced himself to take a breath and release his grip. This wasn't him. Whoever this was, it wasn't him, and he hated it. He hated being tongue-tied and finally he just blurted out what he'd been thinking for days. "I hate you. You make me stupid."

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-15 01:49 am UTC (link)
Jimmy blinked. "What? How do I make you stupid? And if you hate me, why'd you--?" he gestured at where the crane lay on the desk next to the laptop.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-15 01:58 am UTC (link)
"Not hate like... hate." Alec opened his mouth, then closed it. He leaned forward, his elbows on his knees, his fingers clenching and unclenching uselessly. "I just don't..." He frowned. "How much do you know about me? Really?"

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-15 02:20 am UTC (link)
"You're an arrogant bastard with few to no interpersonal skills or relations," Jimmy said. "So I'm not entirely sure how hating me is different than how you relate to anyone else, including me." He frowned, looking over at him. "You don't particularly like people, and you have no issues with letting them know that."

He couldn't say for sure, since he was only going off of what he'd read in descriptions, but he added what he thought was true. "I've never seen you nervous like this."

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-15 02:26 am UTC (link)
"Because I don't get nervous like this," Alec snapped. "This isn't me. My head's all fucked up, and it's your fault." He glared at Jimmy. "I've never let anyone fuck me twice. No one. Ever."

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-15 02:36 am UTC (link)
"Do you want to go for three?" The words were out long before they were considered. "Look, I'm available. I'm here, you know me, I'm not threatening, and we're good in bed. I'm not operating under any illusions that just because you've let me fuck you twice, we're having anything like a relationship."

Hard words for Jimmy, who was the sort who'd prefer a relationship. Who wanted out of this head so he could go off, settle down, do the job he liked with a consistent man in his life. But he'd figured out long ago that that didn't work quite as expected. Not here.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-15 02:42 am UTC (link)
Alec laughed, a short, bitter, slightly hysterical sound. "You don't get it at all, do you?" he asked. "You are the biggest threat I've come up against in... I don't know how long. Ever, maybe. You've got me knotted up, spun around, and I don't know whether I'm coming or going and whether you want me to... and you, you, you..." He shook his head. "Shut me up. Please shut me up."

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-15 02:49 am UTC (link)
Jimmy pushed himself up to sit on the edge of the bed, moving slightly so he was on the edge closest to the window seat. Holding out one hand, he spoke before he could reconsider. "Get over here."

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-15 02:56 am UTC (link)
Alec shook his head, but reached out and put one hand in Jimmy's, getting up and moving to the edge of the bed. His breath caught in his throat and he just stared, waiting.

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-15 12:52 pm UTC (link)
"Shut up already." Jimmy reached up, dragging Alec down to him, mouth closing over his.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-15 02:51 pm UTC (link)
He was quiet then, or at least there were no words.

After, he pressed his lips to Jimmy's neck, his hand resting on his chest, pale on dark. "Don't fall asleep," he whispered. "You'll lose yourself."

And I'll lose you and I couldn't stand it right now. "It's quiet," he murmured. "You scare me because you make it quiet and it's like a drug..."

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-15 04:40 pm UTC (link)
"Not sleeping yet." Although it was a battle for Jimmy; he was one of those men for whom sex was like a drug, sending his mind straight into a point of relaxation and readiness for sleep afterwards, no matter the time of day. But it was still early enough that he could wrestle his mind into line, and that fear of doing exactly that -- losing himself right now -- was enough to keep him pushing sleep away.

His hand moved lazily over Alec's skin. "Quiet how?" His voice was a low rumble, not wanting to disturb the silence in the room.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-15 04:56 pm UTC (link)
Alec stretched, arching like a cat into the touch before settling back against him. "In my head. I can't stop my mind from racing, and sometimes my thoughts get so loud... but not now. It's quiet now." His voice was barely above a murmur, his lips brushing the other man's skin as he spoke.

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-15 06:40 pm UTC (link)
"Sounds like sex all the time is the answer." Jimmy didn't comment that apparently it was a good thing he was handy, although he wondered if that's all this was, an addiction needing to be fed to quiet Alec's mind.

There were these odd disconnects that Jimmy hiccuped over all the time, but tried not to show in his attempt to be as normal as he could. Things where he knew his other self had a connection but he didn't, not yet. And now, when he realized that he had a connection with Alec that his other self likely had never had.

Even if he was being used, the sex was good. Jimmy couldn't quite lie to himself and tell himself there was a chance at more.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-15 07:22 pm UTC (link)
Alec pushed himself up on his elbow and leaned over him, one corner of his mouth quirking as he bent his head to kiss him softly. "Wouldn't be so bad..."

The half smile slipped away, though. "It's not just that, though. It's this." The words weren't easy; it cost him to admit it, and he couldn't force anything more past the tip of his tongue. Especially since he didn't really know what this was, except a place, a moment, where he felt safe.

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-15 07:32 pm UTC (link)
A kiss like that made it easy for Jimmy to fool himself, and he reached up, hand tangling in Alec's hair as he pulled him in for another one.

"This?" he asked in confusion. "This room? Us..." The reason occurred to him in a quick flash of understanding, and his smile quirked rueful. "Because no matter how many times you let me fuck you, I'm safe. Because you don't think I'm real."

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-15 11:29 pm UTC (link)
"No." Alec scowled. "Now I'm making you stupid."

He focused on the warmth of Jimmy's body, the way his hands still moved against his skin, keeping everything else at bay. Stay calm and find the words, he told himself. You have to get this right.

"I was wrong about that," he said softly. "You're real. You're not the same Jimmy I knew, entirely, but you're real. You're a full time reality with a part time body." And he was only starting to understand how much that must suck. "And you're not safe. You're not anything like safe, except you make me feel safe, and I don't understand it and..."

He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "This. I'm still here, and so are you."

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-16 12:33 am UTC (link)
Jimmy wasn't fully following. Or a part of him wanted to follow this, wanted to read into what he wanted to get out of life, but he couldn't trust it. "We're still here," he echoed quietly. "As long as I don't sleep."

He wondered, for a brief moment, just how long he could stay awake, but he remembered the vicious headaches and hallucinations the last time he tried that. It wasn't a solution. "Don't know how I'm keeping you safe, but I'll keep trying," he said quietly. Not quite sure if it was what was meant, or asked for, he did what he wanted anyway and canted his head to steal a kiss to seal those words.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-16 12:49 am UTC (link)
Alec seemed to melt into it, then laid his head on Jimmy's shoulder. "I don't know either," he admitted. "You just do."

He traced his thumb along the angle of the other man's jaw absently. "Even when you go to sleep... when you come back... when," not if, when, "this happens again, you'll still stay. You'll let me stay. Like..." I matter. But the words wouldn't come out, so he just shrugged.

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-16 01:20 am UTC (link)
"I like having you here." It had been a long time, a very long time since Jimmy had something like this. It was strangely peaceful. "Can't see a point in dumping you out of bed."

His jaw tightened through a long pause before he said quietly, "You won't want to spend the night." A hard admission for him.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-16 01:32 am UTC (link)
"I know." His voice was barely audible. "But 'til then? I'm sure you've got movies on your laptop. Or something." He lifted his head again to look Jimmy in the eye.

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-16 01:49 am UTC (link)
Jimmy winced faintly as the everpresent music inside his head shifted. The movie in my mind. The dream they leave behind. A scene I can't erase. "What I don't have can be downloaded, thousands of vids to choose from. You name it, I've probably got it, considering."

Considering four people were gathering the links, with four very different sets of tastes. "Or there's a game on." And a tuner in his laptop to pick up the live broadcast. It wasn't football, not this time of year, but soccer would do, or baseball. In the absence of football, Jimmy wasn't entirely picky about which sport to have on.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-16 01:57 am UTC (link)
Alec wrinkled his nose at the suggestion of watching any kind of game. "Jock," he said, but his tone was teasing. "Pick whatever you want. I'll just insert my own commentary if I don't like it."

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[info]plusthree
2010-06-16 02:06 am UTC (link)
The advantage to the tuner was that it was already in the laptop, and there was a remote control on the small table next to the bed, which meant he didn't actually have to get out. He rolled slightly towards Alec, reaching across him to grab the remote. Pressing a button, the vid of choice was sports -- baseball -- simply because that's where it was last tuned.

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[info]fireworkatdawn
2010-06-16 02:09 am UTC (link)
Alec smirked as he leaned back against Jimmy. "Don't say I didn't warn you."

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