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Emo Beach [afternoon]

Mar 02, 2007 14:13

Anakin wasn't really paying attention to the weather--which wasn't precisely beach-friendly--as he perched on a rock and watched the waves crash against the shore.

His mind was whirling a little too fast with memories of what he had done--and who he was about to admit it to.

[OOC: For whitedeathpod, then Faithful and Rory. As it is a public place, who was ( Read more... )

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After both John and Faithful auroryborealis March 3 2007, 01:06:52 UTC

Rory had been in a bit of a mood lately, to put it lightly. After making sure Luke was squared away after their clinic visit, she grabbed Vladdie and took him out for some much-needed air.

Vladdie being Vladdie, he got away from her.

"Vladdie, get back here," she hissed, trying to make out the figure in the near-dark as the puppy darted over to sniff at Anakin.

Re: After both John and Faithful sith_happened March 3 2007, 01:14:56 UTC

Anakin had buried his head against his knees and didn't move as Vladdie came over to greet him.

He wasn't quite composed enough to look at anyone.

Re: After both John and Faithful auroryborealis March 3 2007, 01:18:03 UTC

Vladdie decided to take this as an invitation to have an animated conversation with Anakin's boots.

Rory sighed and strode over. "I'm sorry, he - " She stopped mid-sentence and just looked down at him.

Re: After both John and Faithful sith_happened March 3 2007, 01:21:25 UTC

Anakin visibly struggled to pull himself together.

"Hi," he said, voice shaky.

Re: After both John and Faithful auroryborealis March 3 2007, 01:23:43 UTC

"Are you all right?" she asked, her eyes wide. "What happened?"

Re: After both John and Faithful sith_happened March 3 2007, 01:31:00 UTC

"I told John," Anakin said, scrubbing his fist across his eyes, "and I'm not all right."

Re: After both John and Faithful auroryborealis March 3 2007, 01:33:22 UTC

She knelt down in front of him, unsure of what to do. "He took it badly."

Then she mentally kicked herself for saying the most obvious thing she possibly could.

Re: After both John and Faithful sith_happened March 3 2007, 01:36:13 UTC

"Of course he took it badly," Anakin choked out. "I killed trillions. I'm a monster. Who would ever want to know me?"

Re: After both John and Faithful auroryborealis March 3 2007, 01:37:59 UTC

Earlier in the week, Rory would have agreed.

but her anger had been given time to simmer and subside, and she instead softly said, "But you came back. You're making things right."

Re: After both John and Faithful sith_happened March 3 2007, 01:41:29 UTC

"There's no way to make this right," Anakin stated flatly, then dropped his head back down onto his knees so Rory couldn't see the tears he was finally unable to stop.

The shoulder heaving was probably a bit of a giveaway, though.

Re: After both John and Faithful auroryborealis March 3 2007, 01:45:24 UTC

Rory didn't know how to not do it. Seeing Anakin in pain kickstarted all the instincts she had been suppressing all week. It was one thing to yell at him when he was trying to hold it back.

It was different, seeing him like this.

She dropped onto her knees and gripped Anakin by one shoulder, her hand smoothing over his back. "You are trying," she said emphatically. "You came back, Anakin. You're you again. And you can set things right again."

Re: After both John and Faithful sith_happened March 3 2007, 01:50:02 UTC

Anakin cried harder, a steady stream of tears rolling down his cheeks. "I can't," he said. "John was a brother and I destroyed that. I ruin everything I touch."

Re: After both John and Faithful auroryborealis March 3 2007, 01:51:29 UTC

"No, you don't," Rory said, holding onto both of his shoulders. "John'll come back. Just like Aeryn and Luke. And just like me."

Re: After both John and Faithful sith_happened March 3 2007, 02:00:30 UTC

Anakin tipped forward so that his head was resting against Rory's shoulder and tried to stop crying.

...which wasn't happening. Almost twenty years of repressed guilt and pain had finally been given an outlet.

Re: After both John and Faithful auroryborealis March 3 2007, 02:02:40 UTC

Rory went very still for a moment, new wariness battling with old instincts.

Instinct won out, and Rory wrapped her arms around him in a hug.

And then she was crying too, though she couldn't have explained why.

Re: After both John and Faithful sith_happened March 3 2007, 02:07:32 UTC

Anakin moved his arms around her and held on tightly. "I'm so, so, sorry," he whispered.

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