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Nick finished reading Christian's story two days ago.
It was -- is -- extraordinarily sad, and all he could think about, all he could see in his mind's eye while reading page after page --
-- and the one thought he couldn't bring himself to swallow --
He's standing outside Christian's room, now, looking a lot less neat than he did when they first met ( Read more... ) -
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Hard as he may try, there are some things Nick Carraway simply cannot change.
He hasn't spoken to his brother Richard since the clock chimed twelve on the first day of 1921. "If you want to marry Jordan, go ahead. I just hope you realize what you're doing," he had said, then turned and left without saying good-bye to anyone except Kick.
Milliways had ( Read more... ) -
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[ooc: You may notice that the date is now 1920 and not 1926. I can explain why this is being retconned, but... it can wait. Suffice it to say, every time Nick and Kick mentioned they were from 1926, they really meant 1920. I HAD ALL MY DATES FOR THEM WRONG, IT'S NOT MY FAULT. >_> Moving on...]
It's the last day of 1920, and Nick, surprisingly, isn't ( Read more... ) -
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The seasons have changed.
There is an all-too familiar chill to the morning air, now, and it’s just enough to make Nick shiver as he crawls out of bed. It’s still quite early -- the sun is merely peeking past some wispy, early morning cirrus clouds, and the moon is still clearly visible in the western sky. Kick is still asleep (deeply so) and ( Read more... ) -
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Nick was not expecting to run into Moon as randomly as he did -- he expected a note, at least -- and was pleasantly surprised when she appeared in the bar last night, carrying a sleeping wolfpup in her arms.
The pup slept soundly as the two had a hushed conversation consisting of instructions and promises and a discussion of names. Nero seemed to ( Read more... ) -
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"You," Nick says, entering his room with two mugs of cocoa, "are a terrible little spy."
Kick smiles sheepishly at him, perched upon a bed much smaller than his that wasn't in his room before. Go figure. "I had to! 'm sorry."
"Here." Nick hands his niece the cocoa and kicks his shoes off, setting his own mug on the nightstand so he can flop onto ( Read more... ) -
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"Having another breakdown, are we, Nick?"
Nick grumbles into the pillow he's had his face pressed against for the past two hours. His brother's couch was never particularly comfortable, but the spare room was upstairs and Nick's legs simply did not want to carry him that far.
"Come on, get up. Go home."
"Don't tell Nick to go home," Kick yells from ( Read more... ) -
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All it took was one bite of the cookie for Nick to get his memory back, and with the flood of memories came a flood of embarassment that drove Nick straight out the door and onto the steps of his brother's house.
Before he could even lift his hand to knock, the door swung open.
"Uncle Nick!"
Kick threw herself into her uncle's arms and gave him the ( Read more... ) -
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After begging - literally begging, on his knees and everything - Bar to pleasepleaseplease let him go home and come back one more time, mentioning with puppy dog eyes how he had to fix things with his brother and his niece and how he had some things to take care of before Blodwen returns and "please, I'll never ask you for anything again I promise ( Read more... )