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Report 008 [Action of Various Kinds/Voice] | AU Post, Backdated to Early Morning of the 24th

Apr 24, 2011 21:36

[The night of the twenty-third of April was punctuated with the most terrifyingly, impossibly detailed dreams that Robert could ever recall having.

( Terrifying dream tl;dr here )

+sierra-23 [daisy], @hamato donatello, @sierra-23 [daisy], +rupert giles, !report, +hamato donatello, filter, logic rage, !event: luceti valley au, wtf is going on, time for a panic attack, !event, @rupert giles

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[Action] i_speak_softly April 25 2011, 01:54:02 UTC

[Don answers the door in a few moments, wearing only a ratty pair of sweat pants and clutching a book that isn't his journal. He looks tired and worn, and turns away from the door without saying anything.]

[Action] i_speak_softly April 26 2011, 15:56:46 UTC

[Don watches Robert scrawl numbers across the page, murmuring products as his brother needs them - he's always been faster at mental arithmetic - and knowing the answer doesn't matter. Shift-caused or not, the dream terrified him and stirred up the never-fully-buried grief he still has for the loss of his mother. Knowing others had similar dreams will make him feel neither better nor worse about his own visions.]

[Action] semper_cogitans April 26 2011, 19:10:49 UTC

[It's reassuring, working with numbers - something Robert understands - but they aren't helping in this case, they aren't really explaining anything any more than they already had.

After awhile he just stops and puts the journal aside with half-finished calculations, and stares at his trembling fingers.]

...

[It disturbs him to see Don so troubled. Don is usually calm, collected, in control - though nobody would expect him to be in this situation, at the same time it's very frightening to see him as such.]

... Is... is there anything I can get you, Donatello...?

[He scoots a little closer to his brother. There's no way he can replace April's loss, but he wants to try to do something.]

[Action] i_speak_softly April 27 2011, 02:07:21 UTC

[He shakes his head back and forth against his brother's shoulder. He just wants to rest in memory for a while. Funny how he can recall his mother's face more clearly in dreams than in waking thought...]

[Action] semper_cogitans April 27 2011, 02:22:08 UTC

[It's okay. Robert will give him as much time as he needs.

He wraps his slender arms around Don's body and pulls Don gently to him and just breathes, trying not to think about anything else but his love for Don, and the way that still feels strong and unbroken.

It isn't enough, though.]

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