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Tweak says, "where's the beef?"

Gabe Wilder (afterwedie) wrote in we_float,
@ 2010-07-02 20:36:00

Entry tags:

character: gabriel wilder, character: zadkiel thrush

Who: Zadkiel Thrush and Gabriel Wilder
What: Zadkiel wants to meet and discuss a number of things.
When: Friday, July 2
Where: The clinic, then who knows?
Status: Open; in progress

He wondered why Zadkiel wanted to talk.

It wasn't a question that Gabe would ask but it weighed on his mind as he lit his cigarette and inhaled the smoke, feeling the warmth against his lips and simply holding it there for that reason alone. He leaned against the wall, feeling cool red brick press against his cheek as he took another drag. Six o'clock and he wondered if Zadkiel would come outside or if he'd need to go in.

There were a lot of things that Gabe was wondering- it was easiest to stick with the same things than to look back on the others. Particularly after his conversation with Maxxie. Everything repeats, he told himself. Especially other people's advice.

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	afterwedie 2010-07-03 05:08 am UTC (link)
	"Uhhh. We met." Then he paused. "Which one?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lifeibreathe 2010-07-03 05:09 am UTC (link)
	"Maxxie. Sorry." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	afterwedie 2010-07-03 05:11 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. I met her." A long sigh followed that sentence. "She, um, kind of thinks I'm a fucking stalker. Oh, and um, that I shouldn't marry Julie but that's none of her fucking business." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lifeibreathe
2010-07-03 05:16 am UTC (link)

Zadkiel's breath caught. How had that come up?, he wondered. It didn't seem like anything Gabe was likely to bring up in everyday conversation. But then, what did he know about the other man, really?

"She thinks that I should learn how to defend myself against the apparently inevitable physical attacks. She tried to tell me what God wanted me to do." His face twisted into a mix of scorn and frustration. "I think when I emailed you asking you to meet me, it was so I could say goodbye."

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	afterwedie 2010-07-03 05:19 am UTC (link)
	Gabe just stared at Zadkiel, his mouth slightly open. He forced it closed, visibly shrinking into himself. "Uh. Okay." It was all he could manage. He pushed up into a stand, not meeting the other man's face. "Yeah. Um. Yeah." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lifeibreathe 2010-07-03 05:23 am UTC (link)
	"But I don't want to," he said, looking up at Gabe, his tone edging towards desperate. "You're the closest thing I have to family here, the closest thing I have to anything. And I don't want to, to, to..." He didn't know the end of the sentence. He grew his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	afterwedie 2010-07-03 05:28 am UTC (link)
	"That's not a choice I get to make," Gabe said, one shoulder slightly higher than the other as he slumped. You want to, he thought. Or you don't. And in Gabe's experience, it always turned out that it was don't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lifeibreathe 2010-07-03 05:34 am UTC (link)
	"I don't want to hurt you," Zadkiel finally managed. "You're my friend." He didn't sound quite sure about the second part. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	afterwedie 2010-07-03 05:37 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, well, too fucking late, alright?" Gabe took a step back. "You know- you say your goddamn religion- you say you want to help people and you're leaving because of something Maxxie said? Fuck, Zadkiel. Just... just fuck." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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