Rota Fortunae (11/?)

[ladysalieri]

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Reid cast his eyes up to the roof of the elevator cab and heaved a dramatic sigh. “If you’ve come here to apologize for doubting me, why don’t you save it till tomorrow? Right now, I’m too tired to enjoy this the way I should.”

“You think I’m here to apologize?” Luke bellowed, his voice far too loud for such a small space. “Ha!”

Reid

Comments

[daybreaq]

Wow, that sure was a heart wrenching chapter! I felt Luke was torturing Reid! It is very in character for Luke to be extremely mean when drunk. I think that's as much a part of having a drinking problem as not being able to moderate the amount one drinks. Luke has even been shown to be violent when drunk. He hit Casey once; and I don't think that is something he'd ever do while sober. (Fortunately, he apparently wasn't very good at throwing a punch. He didn't even seem to knock Casey off balance or even cause Casey much physical pain. I think Casey literally said "Ow," and then went right on trying to convince Luke to stop drinking or something.) Still, Luke really shouldn't drink not just for his own health; but because he does tend to hurt others while drunk something I'm sure he greatly regrets later.

Of course, I could see that Luke was kinda being emotionally tortured too. It's an almost unimaginably difficult situation. This man is pretty much the same man as the one who died despite all Luke's efforts to try and prove he's not; but Luke's Reid still died. I get how it feels like a betrayal to Luke; but it is still not this Reid's fault and Luke has really been torturing him. We don't get Luke's POV directly in this story; but I think when Reid passed out from having a severe anxiety attack that Luke finally recognized he was torturing him.