One for the Money (8a/?)
anonymous
August 5 2010, 04:53:28 UTC
For the second time in a little under a week, Lovino found himself sitting in a parked car, wondering what the hell he was doing.
He glanced out the car window at the house he had parked on the curb in front of. Lovino hated this house, almost as much as he hated its current occupant. Coming here had seemed like a good idea-a great one, even-when he'd still been in the restaurant, but now that he was actually here...
"This was a terrible idea," he muttered to himself desperately, alternately tightening and loosening his grip on the steering wheel in a pale mimicry of his actions outside the bank. But this time, coming here hadn't been anyone's idea but his own.
Even if Big Tony had egged him on, just a little.
He leaned forward, resting his forehead against the wheel and taking in a deep breath. He could do this. He had to do this. That potato bastard had duped and used his little brother, and it was up to him to make Ludwig pay for it. He gripped the wheel tightly with one hand and shakily reached towards the passenger's
( ... )
One for the Money (8b/?)
anonymous
August 5 2010, 04:54:35 UTC
"I'm going to be on top of the world," Rome had said once more, when they met by chance in a quiet little bar. He poured a glass of wine for Germania, and then one for himself. "Some day, there won't be a person alive who doesn't know my name."
Germania didn't touch the wine. "Maybe so," he said then. "But when you reach the top, I'll be there to stop you."
Rome smiled at the man he counted as a friend, but the winds of fortune began to change with those words. When Rome did later climb to sit at the top of the world, Germania was right behind him.
-- This was it. The moment of truth.
Lovino was standing on the porch, the pistol tucked behind him into the waist of his pants. Now was the moment when he had to decide between fight or flight-confront Ludwig or run from the very idea of confronting him, leaving the potato to have his way with the younger Vargas.
He couldn't let that happen. He had proof now of what he'd always known (that Ludwig was a bastard); he could open Feliciano's eyes and get him away from Germania's
( ... )
Re: One for the Money (8b/?)
anonymous
August 5 2010, 04:55:35 UTC
Staring at the photo, Ludwig found himself at a complete loss.
-- There wasn't always antagonism between Rome and Germania. They would meet civilly, when occasion for it arose, and share a drink or dinner, typically at Rome's insistence. As long as Rome didn't try to pay with blood money, Germania could find no reason to decline that Rome would accept.
But though Germania never forgot who exactly Rome Vargas was, it seemed that Rome sometimes forgot who Germania was, thinking what was between them to be more of a friendly rivalry rather than the clash of opposing enemies. He would greet his adversary with a disarming grin and boisterous laughter, and he would talk as though they'd never turned onto opposite paths since that day they'd first stepped off the ship. But it was never business he talked about: he was quick to bring Germania up to date in the goings-on of his family life whenever the met, first sharing the life of his son and then his young grandsons
( ... )
One for the Money (8d/?)
anonymous
August 5 2010, 04:57:04 UTC
Things began to change with the death of Rome's son.
It hadn't been anyone's fault. There had been no accident, no shootout between the mafia and the cops that the man had been caught in the midst of, no grand tragedy. He had passed away peacefully in his sleep, but the loss changed Rome. He had outlived his only child.
Lovino had been seven at the time, and Feliciano only four. Their mother had already died some years prior, and the now-orphaned children had been entrusted to the care of their grandfather. Rome doted on the younger, but took a sterner hand with the elder. He never involved the boy directly in mafia business, but Lovino "Romano" Vargas was undeniably considered "part of the family." Everyone expected that once he was a made man and Rome had passed, he would inherit Rome's empire.
No one had ever bothered asking what Lovino wanted.
Feliciano "Veneziano" Vargas was regarded as part of the family as well, but everyone treated him in the same fond way that Rome did. Feliciano was different. Feliciano was
( ... )
Re: One for the Money (8d/?)
anonymous
August 5 2010, 04:57:52 UTC
Germania had once said he would stop Rome.
Since those words had been spoken, he'd stopped Rome in various things, whether it was stopping him from drinking more wine when he'd already had more than enough or stopping some new "business" endeavor of his that was sure to mean a lot of trouble for the police. From the start, however, they both knew that such trivial interference was never what Germania had meant.
Germania meant to topple the empire Rome built.
They both knew Rome would do whatever it took to never let that happen, but when he began to slip, they both knew it wouldn't be much longer. One day Rome would fall, along with his empire... But he had never been one to admit defeat to anyone that easily, and they both knew he would fight it until his dying breath. He would not let Germania be the one to destroy what he'd built up so carefully.
They just hadn't quite expected how it would happen.
--The sound of the bang echoed across the room, and silence followed after it. A neat hole was embedded in the wall to Ludwig
( ... )
Re: One for the Money (8d/?)
anonymous
August 5 2010, 22:15:05 UTC
s;fdjl;df ALL I CAN THINK OF IS HOW FREAKING DEPRESSED I AM THAT ROME AND GERMANIA ARE DEEEEAAADDD. Um. Hi. New-follower here. Read this all this afternoon. LOVING the crap out of it. Also, about to cry. Damn, Roma....
He glanced out the car window at the house he had parked on the curb in front of. Lovino hated this house, almost as much as he hated its current occupant. Coming here had seemed like a good idea-a great one, even-when he'd still been in the restaurant, but now that he was actually here...
"This was a terrible idea," he muttered to himself desperately, alternately tightening and loosening his grip on the steering wheel in a pale mimicry of his actions outside the bank. But this time, coming here hadn't been anyone's idea but his own.
Even if Big Tony had egged him on, just a little.
He leaned forward, resting his forehead against the wheel and taking in a deep breath. He could do this. He had to do this. That potato bastard had duped and used his little brother, and it was up to him to make Ludwig pay for it. He gripped the wheel tightly with one hand and shakily reached towards the passenger's ( ... )
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Germania didn't touch the wine. "Maybe so," he said then. "But when you reach the top, I'll be there to stop you."
Rome smiled at the man he counted as a friend, but the winds of fortune began to change with those words. When Rome did later climb to sit at the top of the world, Germania was right behind him.
--
This was it. The moment of truth.
Lovino was standing on the porch, the pistol tucked behind him into the waist of his pants. Now was the moment when he had to decide between fight or flight-confront Ludwig or run from the very idea of confronting him, leaving the potato to have his way with the younger Vargas.
He couldn't let that happen. He had proof now of what he'd always known (that Ludwig was a bastard); he could open Feliciano's eyes and get him away from Germania's ( ... )
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There wasn't always antagonism between Rome and Germania. They would meet civilly, when occasion for it arose, and share a drink or dinner, typically at Rome's insistence. As long as Rome didn't try to pay with blood money, Germania could find no reason to decline that Rome would accept.
But though Germania never forgot who exactly Rome Vargas was, it seemed that Rome sometimes forgot who Germania was, thinking what was between them to be more of a friendly rivalry rather than the clash of opposing enemies. He would greet his adversary with a disarming grin and boisterous laughter, and he would talk as though they'd never turned onto opposite paths since that day they'd first stepped off the ship. But it was never business he talked about: he was quick to bring Germania up to date in the goings-on of his family life whenever the met, first sharing the life of his son and then his young grandsons ( ... )
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It hadn't been anyone's fault. There had been no accident, no shootout between the mafia and the cops that the man had been caught in the midst of, no grand tragedy. He had passed away peacefully in his sleep, but the loss changed Rome. He had outlived his only child.
Lovino had been seven at the time, and Feliciano only four. Their mother had already died some years prior, and the now-orphaned children had been entrusted to the care of their grandfather. Rome doted on the younger, but took a sterner hand with the elder. He never involved the boy directly in mafia business, but Lovino "Romano" Vargas was undeniably considered "part of the family." Everyone expected that once he was a made man and Rome had passed, he would inherit Rome's empire.
No one had ever bothered asking what Lovino wanted.
Feliciano "Veneziano" Vargas was regarded as part of the family as well, but everyone treated him in the same fond way that Rome did. Feliciano was different. Feliciano was ( ... )
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Since those words had been spoken, he'd stopped Rome in various things, whether it was stopping him from drinking more wine when he'd already had more than enough or stopping some new "business" endeavor of his that was sure to mean a lot of trouble for the police. From the start, however, they both knew that such trivial interference was never what Germania had meant.
Germania meant to topple the empire Rome built.
They both knew Rome would do whatever it took to never let that happen, but when he began to slip, they both knew it wouldn't be much longer. One day Rome would fall, along with his empire... But he had never been one to admit defeat to anyone that easily, and they both knew he would fight it until his dying breath. He would not let Germania be the one to destroy what he'd built up so carefully.
They just hadn't quite expected how it would happen.
--The sound of the bang echoed across the room, and silence followed after it. A neat hole was embedded in the wall to Ludwig ( ... )
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