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4leaf_charmed in lolocracy

Old Heart Aches, Old Heart Breaks

Aug 03, 2010 12:19

WHO: The Irish Twins
WHEN: Wednesday August 3rd, afternoon
WHERE: Conner’s flat
WHAT: A bad part of the past is dug up, one sibling rages, the other retaliates and old wounds are reopened.
RATING: S for swearing and SF for sibling fight

( This is why you put shit away )

kirkland family reunion, is this real life?, fuck my life, creepers gonna creep, i hate you all, i'm too sexy for my shirt, republic of ireland, first times are always good times, it's a "surprise", and how does that make you feel?, status: complete, this is an intervention, ...what are you doing in my house!?, it's not what you think, please don't kill me, oh snap!, what are you doing here?, i must be emo, history won't repeat this shit, northern ireland, awkward family moment, there's this thing called murphy's law, caught in a bad bromance, alas poor childe i knew him well...

Comments 9

whiskey_sunday August 3 2010, 20:00:30 UTC

Erin took her time walking to her brothers place, since she got off alot earlier than expected. A lot translated to a few hours. Most of that time spent on getting there. Calling would have been smart. But her brother is always happy to see her, so whats the worry ( ... )

4leaf_charmed August 3 2010, 22:47:39 UTC

Conner just barely heard someone calling for him and he shrugged it off. The rattling pipes and rush of water made it nearly impossible to tell who it was and the only person who'd bug him about now would be the Old Man, probably asking him to pick up another shift because some dumb ass newbie had been fired or spout off another of his "great ideas".

So he continued washing up, content with the knowledge he'd have time to eat and reminisce more once he got out of the shower.

Turns out he didn't.

Conner exited the bathroom, towel tied at his waist and another being used to rub his hair as dry as it would get, when he spotted Erin sitting on his bed. Erin. Early. Bed. He was about to ask her what she was doing here early when he noticed something in her hands. The album! Fuck!

"E-erin. Yer early," he coughed to try and hide his stutter, moving and stopping next to her, contemplating on if he should make a grab for the album and hide in the bathroom until she left or just run now.

whiskey_sunday August 4 2010, 05:36:25 UTC

Erin was so zoned out she didnt hear the water shut or notice the sudden stillness in the apartment. When he opened the bathroom door she jumped, but didnt squeak. She relaxed and watched him for a moment before he noticed her. "Hey," she greeted, raising a hand from the album and gave a little wave. His face was comical, as it shifted to various emotions until finalizing into... She didn't know what. But he was entirely focused on what she was holding.
Erin looked down at the current page, it was. Maybe something about this set him off... She didnt know why. But Erin closed it anyway and leaned her arms on it. "Yeah, and you're still naked underneath that..." She said, glancing to both the towels and his damp hair.
She shifted, giving more space on the bed if her brother wanted to sit next to her, since he was so interested in the book than anything else. "How long have you had this? It seems a fairly old... Did Eric give it to you...?"

4leaf_charmed August 4 2010, 06:57:58 UTC

Conner winced when he saw the page Erin had been looking at. A more recent entry than the rest in the album, his eye patch new and him awkward with it and... him all up in his face. It was a fact that some of the pictures from then on got worse. He never could remember how Eric had persuaded him into half of those poses, let alone have pictures taken of them ( ... )

OTL... forgot to link... whiskey_sunday August 4 2010, 08:12:03 UTC

She opened it again as he darted to get dressed, scraping through a few of the pages and going back to that same photo that Conner kept staring at. Weird expression twisted over Erin's face. The bedroom scenes were humorous. Conner's face of awkward pleasure was priceless. But the hot guy next to him ruined the shot entirely. Eric was doing everything right. His face, the pose, everything. He was a professional photographer. So much so he could be in the shot and still have control over everything going on. But it was because who Eric was that ruined it. It ruined everything, for both the twins. If only Conner had known what the bastard tried to do. If only he had listened to her... Be that big brother he was suppose to be when she needed him most...

She flipped on through, pulling the album farther from Conner's hand so she can continue paging through the damn book of evil. Really she should just throw it out herself or give it to him. But something deep down compelled her to continue, until she saw this. Again. Another picture of ( ... )

4leaf_charmed August 4 2010, 20:36:56 UTC

"Erin give me the book, please," Conner hissed, reaching for it again after she jerked it away. So many old memories, the happy and disgruntles and awkward expression that flashed through faces, captured perfectly on Eric's camera all that time ago. Raw betrayal was burning in his gut, watching as the pages were flipped though by another hand. He should have thrown this away as soon as it sound it but some masochistic side of him made him hold on to it, hold on so he could stare and remember and try and forget ( ... )

whiskey_sunday August 4 2010, 21:58:09 UTC

If Erin had any doubt about her brother knowing about this picture hidden inside the album, it disappeared as she watched his face pale and his own confusion set in. She had lifted her arms up just in time to avoid any scratches or cuts from the pages as Conner ripped it from her. Then jumped back a few inches on the bed, afraid what he'd do next. But he hadn't moved for the long while. So Erin was able to calm some of her nerves to settle back to where she was, waiting for him to make the first move.

"Yeah,"She looked away and bowed her head, eyes staring intently at the ground and nowhere else. "You never could. I wasnt expecting that to change. Its too late anyways..." Her voice began to wobble, but the old disappointment was still there, still clear as day. Fuck, what had she done... It was all done and over with. What was she expecting? He'd have a time machine pulled out his ass and go back to make things better?

"I didn't-" -know about the picture either? -try hard enough to make you believe? She tried starting, but her ( ... )

you know you can just reply to my last comment :I Also short tags, tired of long ass useless words 4leaf_charmed August 7 2010, 09:01:30 UTC

Erin always had a way of shaping her words into brutal blows, Conner was used to that. That - "If you had...you wouldn't have lost your eye..." - hurt more like a knife to the chest than a simple punch. Actually, a knife wound might have hurt less, since the statement was true and his loss could have been prevented had be not been so blind. Ironic?

He flinched, drawing in a shaky breath and covering his bad eye with both hands as if the action could hide the fact the scar existed. Silence stretched and it was several minutes before he felt he could even speak around the lump in his throat.

"....Aye."

whiskey_sunday August 7 2010, 21:57:01 UTC

Erin stared down at her brother, eyes wide with shock. "After everything? You still care about that asshole?" She clenched her fists tighter, holding herself back before she did any real damage. The most control she had so far. "Fine. Whatever. You still want to mope about this guy-six years later! While he's probably sleeping around with every slut he can get his hands on-..."
Erin glanced at Conner again as tried hiding his eye. "Fuck it..." Then ran as fast as she could out of there. She had no idea where to go, but to get far away.