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RP: The Tender Things We Were Working On

Sep 04, 2011 14:56

Date: September 4, 2011
Characters: Ciaran Bell, Will Butler
Location: Serenity
Status: Private
Summary: Ciaran heads to Serenity with Fiona for her swim class and runs into someone he knew almost twenty years ago.
Completion: incomplete

( When We Were Young )

post: private, september 2011, character: ciaran bell, character: will butler, location: serenity

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will_butler September 4 2011, 19:08:09 UTC

When Lilah had asked him to handle swim class duties, Will had happily accepted. It meant a change in their routine Sunday brunch, but it also meant he got the kids to himself while Lilah and Mike enjoyed a little private time for themselves. There wasn't much Will wouldn't do for his kids, and sitting around watching them swim for an hour every Sunday wasn't much of a hardship. Besides, they were thirteen now. Teenagers. It had been a couple of weeks since their birthday, but he still couldn't believe he was actually the father of teenagers. He could still remember holding their tiny bodies, one on each arm, and now they were growing up so fast.

"We'll get lunch at Shaw's after class," he told them, knowing they both liked the newer burger place on Magnolia. After watching them join their friends, he shook his head and made his way over to one of the benches that bordered the pool area. He got comfortable before taking out his phone and checking email.

ciaran_bell September 4 2011, 19:16:21 UTC

Ciaran glanced up, surprised to find another father settling down among the flocks of mothers. He watched him surreptitiously for a while, enjoying the view as he clicked fingers over his phone keyboard, a mindless task. There was something nearly familiar in the square cut of the man's jaw. Ciaran had an excellent memory for faces, had to really, so he took his time, shuffling through memories ( ... )

will_butler September 4 2011, 19:42:23 UTC

Will looked up when someone spoke to him. Flashing a grin at the man, he nodded. "You're right about that. Of course, I think some of them might just drop off the kids and wander off to work out," he said. "I do that sometimes, but I also like keeping an eye on the kids."

"One day, they'll be grown up, and I don't want to sit around singing Cats in the Cradle while being plagued with regrets about not being there for them." He ran a hand through his hair and looked at the pool. "Which one's yours?"

ciaran_bell September 4 2011, 19:45:19 UTC

Ciaran pointed to Fiona's bright coppery hair. She was hard to miss, even when it was soaked to a darker, bloody red.

"Fiona, my pride, joy and frighteningly grown up girl." He leaned back in chair, surveying him. No recognition. Interesting. "I haven't seen much of her this month, so here I am getting in some facetime. Though I think she's forgotten I exist."

He laughed a little ruefully. "Yours?"

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