Unsuspecting - OTA (tag babe)

Feb 09, 2009 19:32

Speirs had been spending a lot of time thinking about what he and Babe had talked about. It was bizarre to hear the other soldier express the same fears and insecurities Speirs himself had gone through a number of years before. It wasn't that Speirs had completely resolved them, or didn't occasionally think he was sick and wrong somehow, but he'd ( Read more... )

martha jones, streets, faramir

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hedoesthat February 10 2009, 15:31:22 UTC
Crews was fascinated with the village since his arrival on Saturday. He hadn't spent much time in his room. It was too small. It wasn't quite eight-by-six, but it was small enough to remind him of darker times. Crews, as a result, spent a lot of his time out, wandering and getting a feel for the village he found himself in. He switched to civilian clothes. A nice pair of pants, a long sleeve shirt, and a comfortable jacket and he was eating a plum as he walked casually down the street.

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hedoesthat February 11 2009, 05:44:55 UTC
"She probably just needs something else to distract her. Maybe someone more her age."

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wanta_cigarette February 11 2009, 05:46:03 UTC
"I agree, but there isn't anyone in the village who's really the same age. That and she's latched onto me and the other men from my company who are here. Hell, she lives with my CO."

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hedoesthat February 11 2009, 05:49:58 UTC
"Another one I should be on the lookout for mistaking me for him then, huh?" He was smiling again. "I'm not sure I'll ever quite get over the concept."

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wanta_cigarette February 11 2009, 05:51:35 UTC
"I don't think anyone expects you two," he said with a shrug. "How could a man ever get used to this place anyway?"

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hedoesthat February 11 2009, 06:05:55 UTC
"You'd be surprised how accostumed you get to living in the same place after a while. The first three years are always the hardest." He was speaking from experience. "But just because you're here, doesn't mean you have to 'be' here."

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wanta_cigarette February 11 2009, 15:20:11 UTC
Speirs was quiet for a long minute, eyes going a bit absent.

"No, you don't have to be."

And he wasn't.

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hedoesthat February 11 2009, 21:09:59 UTC
"But," He said with light-hearted causality. "I sort of like it here. At least, for now, anyways. But I've only just arrived."

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wanta_cigarette February 11 2009, 21:44:22 UTC
"Some people like it, like the break." He shook his head once. "I have a job to do."

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