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samsonydelilah April 16 2009, 22:07:32 UTC
He's awake before she's finished moving and it's the words that make him stop. Because he could make this worse or he could make this better and he's not sure which action causes which effect.

He has to try, though. He can't just let her sit there, terrified. A hand on her knee. "Allison?"

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samsonydelilah April 16 2009, 23:04:03 UTC
John can't tell. He thinks she might be, but, stranger things have happened. Taking her hand is easy. "Okay?"

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afromp April 16 2009, 23:25:59 UTC
She squeezes his hand tightly. "Okay."

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samsonydelilah April 16 2009, 23:28:40 UTC
He doesn't even wince. External pain can be ignored. "What's happening?" To her, with her, in her head, right now. Any of it.

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afromp April 16 2009, 23:31:45 UTC
"Something on my leg. To clean it. To burn it." Cauterize the bullet wound. Keep her from bleeding out. "She hit me. When I killed him, she hit me. I didn't fall."

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samsonydelilah April 16 2009, 23:33:05 UTC
"Enrique?" He's guessing. No one even told him he was dead prior to the other night. "Hit you were?"

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afromp April 16 2009, 23:35:23 UTC
"Enrique, yes." She reaches up with her other hand, touching his face, pats it lightly. "There."

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samsonydelilah April 16 2009, 23:37:40 UTC
John makes a quietly angry sound. Yelling was bullshit enough. "I'm sorry." More holding. Another kiss. He still doesn't know what to do.

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afromp April 16 2009, 23:39:58 UTC
"I won't scream." Mrs Hill will probably appreciate that. "I won't."

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samsonydelilah April 16 2009, 23:41:49 UTC
Probably. John right at this moment doesn't give a damn about what anyone else wants other than Allison. "Okay."

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afromp April 16 2009, 23:45:23 UTC
She certainly wants to. "It's upsetting."

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samsonydelilah April 16 2009, 23:46:56 UTC
Somehow saying 'go ahead and scream' does not cross his mind. "Keep talking to me. About anything."

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afromp April 16 2009, 23:50:21 UTC
The neighbors salute you, John. "About what?" She holds his hand tighter, curling closer. "What?"

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samsonydelilah April 16 2009, 23:53:39 UTC
Yeah, well. John's in a bizarrely selfish mood. The world doesn't extend past the room at the moment. "Rainbows. Lemon cake. Ballet." Things Allison likes.

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afromp April 16 2009, 23:56:43 UTC
"It tastes like candy." And then she snorts a bit, eyes still closed, because she thinks that sounds ridiculous.

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samsonydelilah April 16 2009, 23:58:42 UTC
"Rainbows taste like candy?" Oh John you doof. "Heh."

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