Date: Fall 2012
Characters: Jamie Madrox, Kirin Yi
Summary: After
his run in with Jimmy, Jamie returns home.
Status: Complete
Private
He sat by the docks a long time, crumpled against the pillar like a bent up paper doll. Watching the ships come into harbor, the gulls land on the buoys in the distance. He sat there until the sun sank behind the shoreline, until the air turned down right frigid, leaving him shivering absently.
He didn't think. Didn't have the energy to much beside watch and listen to the things around him, and if he wasn't dying inside, he would've called it peaceful.
At last, Jamie pulled himself to his feet, his hands scraped raw from his tumble to the ground earlier, wrist bruised from Jimmy's grip. The back of his knuckles were an angry red from their contact with the other man's jaw. Swallowing, he walked over to the gun still lying on the rotted boards, picking it up and simply looking at it for a second before tucking it in the back of his jeans.
It was time to go home.