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[Video] [Christmas Time is here again]

Dec 26, 2011 09:10

[The camera turns on to reveal what looks like Hoffman's room-except for the fact that it's a wreck. There's blankets strewn about and clothes flung EVERYWHERE. Then the camera moves-there's clearly something behind it before there's a small round child in a sweater that's way too big for him ( Read more... )

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video;-->Spam! ichoosefight December 26 2011, 21:05:45 UTC

Wait there. I'll show you the kitchen.

[ A few minutes later, knock knock! ]

Spam! expectremorse December 26 2011, 22:50:56 UTC

[There's a thump-and then a thud-and then-low and behold-another thump and then the door opens a crack. It's Mark-teary-eyed. ]

...I fell down.

I used a chair and I fell down. [wibble. wibble]

Re: Spam! ichoosefight December 27 2011, 02:47:12 UTC

[ And she's down on one knee, looking him over. ]

Did you hurt yourself?

Re: Spam! expectremorse December 31 2011, 03:18:34 UTC

[There's maybe-a slight bump. Very slight. He taps his head and is trying manfully-manfully not to cry.] J-J-Just a litt-ttle bit..

Re: Spam! ichoosefight December 31 2011, 03:19:48 UTC

[ Oh god don't start crying don't start crying ]

Would you like some ice?

Re: Spam! expectremorse December 31 2011, 03:21:00 UTC

[his lip trembles] No. I gots to be a man and tough it out.

[wibble] It's cause I'm so short. Took my toys and took my room and...and...

[wibble. yet still. NO CRYING] boys don't cry. Ever.

Re: Spam! ichoosefight December 31 2011, 03:23:03 UTC

[ OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD ]

No, no no, it's okay! It's not your fault, I promise. Come on, I'll get you some ice and those pancakes I promised you.

Re: Spam! expectremorse December 31 2011, 03:32:59 UTC

[Ever see a magnet grab another magnet? He grabs for her leg and squeezes-tightly. He's fat and squishy but he's strong-even as a kid.]

Don't tell my daddy. Please don't tell my daddy! He'd be so mad if I cried. So so SO mad. Only girls get to be crying. Only girls but I couldn't stand up and I fell down.

[he makes a grab for something on the bed-its a stuffed T-Rex.] Where are all my toys? Where's my bed and my room?

Re: Spam! ichoosefight December 31 2011, 03:39:20 UTC

[ Give-- give her a minute, she's dying a little on the inside. ]

Oh, sweetie... [ She'll just hand him that T-Rex. She feels oddly tall. ]

There you go. Don't you worry about a thing, okay? Your daddy isn't here and he doesn't need to know about a thing. You- [ she may regret this- ] you can cry as much as you want, okay?

C'mere.

[ HUG TIME IT IS ON. ]

Everything in this room right now? It's yours. I know it's not the same as the one you have at home, but it's the best I've got right now, okay? You'll be home soon.

Re: Spam! expectremorse December 31 2011, 03:43:43 UTC

[There's more hesitation-there's a long minute or two or three or six or ten of hesitation before he just-bawls.]

[After a few minutes, he withdraws] It's a police-man's. He has a policeman's outfit. Is he gonna be mad I made a mess? I was looking for my toys and my c-clothes and...

[wibble] is he gonna put me in jail?..

Re: Spam! ichoosefight December 31 2011, 03:46:42 UTC

Not at all! [ She so does not have the heart to tell him the truth. ]

He understands. These things happen. Nobody's gonna put you in jail.

[ ... ]

It probably wouldn't hurt anything if you cleaned up a bit, though. After pancakes, of course.

Re: Spam! expectremorse December 31 2011, 03:50:02 UTC

[Sniff. Snuffle. You might have some snot on your leg Steph. Then again you might not.] My mommy doesn't make pancakes anymore. Daddy said-

[His father was a douche] ...Can I have chocolate chips in mine?

Re: Spam! ichoosefight December 31 2011, 03:51:55 UTC

[ Th-that's okay, it's all in the name of Children.... ]

You sure can. M&M's, if we have any!

You know, my daddy never let me have cool stuff like pancakes with M&M's either.

Re: Spam! expectremorse December 31 2011, 03:53:15 UTC

[this is mind boggling] ...Really? Daddies are supposed to- [he sounds like he's mimicking someone else] Girls are gentler then boys. Nicer. He shouldn't have done that.

[He might be chewing on the T-Rex, ever so slightly]

Re: Spam! ichoosefight December 31 2011, 03:55:47 UTC

[ ...It's his, he's allowed... right? ]

People don't always do what they're supposed to. What's important is that they try to do the right thing. Does your daddy try to do the right thing?

Re: Spam! expectremorse December 31 2011, 04:02:12 UTC

[oh yes. A few years later it will be his and he'll keep it long into adulthood-until it passes to his sister who saves it until her death. Angie was good at reading her brother]

...I think so. [sniff] ....I dunno. He was a postman. Then they fired him. He just drinks now. We had to move out of our old apartment and into my paw paw's building where daddy works now. [fingers scuff] does your daddy do the right thing?

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