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jack "hug me and i will poison you" benjamin ([personal profile] cicatrize) wrote2014-05-03 09:58 pm

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goodjob: tired . anger (mario c likes to keep it clean)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-03 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Fiona stares at this for a long time. She's not drunk, or going through a crisis-- well, not beyond the prolonged psychotic break that is joining the CDC-- she's just sitting alone in her rover, paging through her blackglass and eating her dinner. When Jack's story comes in, her hand goes to her mouth, and she thinks about how to even begin to answer. It sounds like a terrible, lonely way to grow up.]

[...Which is how Fiona knows how to answer.]


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

im sorry about ur parents. nobody deserves 2 wake up 2 that every day


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

also fuck u its not a problem. in the morning u better blame that shit on being drunk. its something 2 deal with because everything is something 2 deal with


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

u know i had 2 buy "raising ur teen genius" books 4 lip. at least ians dick will never blow up the science lab.


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

i care because other ppl will care. i mean he wants 2 b in the army. thats not a cakewalk
goodjob: tired . angry (run the marathon til the very last mile)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-03 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

the only shameful man sex happening right now is how u can go fuck urself if u keep saying that shit around me


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

i dont care what u say about urself but hes my brother. keep a fucking lid on it. i will find u and boot ur drunk ass into a snow drift


[ANGRY TEXTS WRITTEN IN ANGER when she relents, and takes a moment to read the rest of it, she processes it more intelligently, and even with a modicum more of sensitivity. Which is to say 'any'.]

FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

but i get what ur saying. hes a pretty private kid but all teenagers r. he didnt tell me forever i only found out because he doesnt know how 2 fucking hide his porn


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

like i could keep him from getting in2 fights anyway. i wanted 2 burn the school down when i heard his rotc captain talking shit but he says everybody says faggot in the military


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

ill tell him its ok. i didnt think he wanted 2 hear it from me but who knows. hes a good kid hes just so fucking quiet but i guess ur right its better 2 maybe smother than risk leaving somebody behind


[Belatedly......]

FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

im sorry 4 telling u 2 go fuck urself and threatening to kick ur ass


[(Not actually remotely sorry.)]
Edited 2014-07-03 08:11 (UTC)
goodjob: shock . tired . combo2 (to step to me)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-03 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

u think i dont know what other ppl say? i dont need 2 hear it from a fucking adult. stop trying 2 shock me or ill stomp ur ass


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

also if u get hypothermia out there im gonna b pissed


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

have u ever tried 2 wake up a teenager. i couldnt do that if i tried. but i know what u mean. ill find a way 2 let him know. ill let the rest of the kids in on it


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

she was a kid from the grade above him. i dont know if captain is the right word


[ROTC terminology is not actually high on Fiona's priority list, sry.]

FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

o shit u caught me. dont freeze 2 death u jackass
goodjob: tired . angry (you've got guile)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-03 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

shit ok thatll be easy good idea. thank u again jack i really mean it


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

last time i believed drunk ppl i was 11. where r u
goodjob: smile . sad . tired . welp (youve got guile)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-03 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

oh please girls r easy 2 embarrass in high school. i need 2 rumors and a tampon bam done


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

this may b a shock but booze tends 2 put ppl 2 sleep after a while


[Anyway, she's getting up and throwing on a coat, getting ready to try and find him.]
goodjob: smoke . suspish . prop . tired (cast you off into exile)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-03 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

c u say shit like that so u cant be an idiot

FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

but then u say u read my file and u make jokes like that


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

like wow jack this must b some amazing long game ur playing here


FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org

right now i am so filled with confidence in u


[These texts come sporadically as Fiona orbits the bondfire, trying to find the disheveled lump she recognizes. It would go faster if she could stop instinctually looking for Frank.]

[She doesn't want to think about that right now. Jack is smaller, and he wears better clothes. Eventually, Fiona finds him by almost tripping right over him.]
Fuck-!
goodjob: tired . angry (run the marathon til the very last mile)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-03 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fiona doesn't trip over him, but she does fall backwards, landing on her ass in the snow. After one or two colorful invectives, she rights herself, folding her legs under her. Jack doesn't look nearly as bad as she was picturing. He's clearly bathed in the last four days. What was she expecting?]

[She knows what she was expecting, and she's glad not to find it. But she doesn't want to think about that, either-]
Hi. [Uh, he asked a question...]

No. Should I? You a murderer or something I should know about? [She's pretty sure he likes shocking people, and she's not going to let him win. She learned that tactic from living with Lip her whole life. It's a game she thinks she can win.]
goodjob: tired . angry (old school hip hop)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-03 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohh, spooky. [She likes to think she knows better than to indulge someone when they're in this kind of gloomy mood. More importantly, she knows not to take anything a drunk says at face value. She picks up a bIt of snow and sprinkles It over hIs face.]

When I want your advice, I'll ask for it. [She's too old to argue with drunks. That's kId stuff. ] What rover you in?
goodjob: tired . welp (full steam)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-04 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, [Fiona stands, and dusts some of the now off her knees and ass. It's a gesture learned from habit rather than necessity; she's never owned waterproof clothes, and her CDC issued uniform remains a novelty.] when I fuck up, it's always all on me.

[She speaks with a slight twinge of bitterness, but this isn't about her. Very few things are. She pushes it aside, and her expression goes back to a tired yet affectionate sneer It's a slip, but she's not particularly worried. He's drunk and lying in the snow like a dead fish after she grilled him about his childhood out of nowhere; why would the hell would he, or anyone else, care?]

34's driver. But we're- [with a grunt, she grabs his arm, and begins to pull,] going to get- [another pull,] you home first. C'mon-
goodjob: smoke . snide . welp . prop . combo6 (for sticking to themes)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-06 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fiona pulls his arm over her shoulder, lending him her support so he can walk in an almost straight line. She's an old hand at this, and every step is sure-footed despite the ice and the awkwardness. She's done this more times than she can count.]

Maybe if you ask real nice. Seems like tonight's my night to do dumb shit around drunk assholes.
goodjob: sad . angry . tired . combo7 (DROP?)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-10 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[That was a very gentle, affectionate kick in the gut. Fiona's expression shifts for a moment, caught in worry and doubt. It passes quickly, but her smile is a bit more strained afterward.]

I know. [She stops, tries again.] I mean- I know they need it. Everybody needs it. [She needed it. She keeps trudging through the snow, dragging Jack along with her.] Four little brothers, one sister. Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, Liam.

[She wonders if he'll remember this in the morning. Whatever, it keeps them off the subject of her.]
goodjob: shock . tired . combo2 (to step to me)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-14 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Fiona scoffs, rolling her eyes.] No, boys are the easy ones. Girls are the real bitch. Watch your step, ice. [She steers him as deftly as she's able, feet moving with a self-assured sort of muscle memory.]

Yeah, you can thank Our Lady of Broken Condoms for every little blessing. [She loves all her siblings deeply, but she has no illusions about why her life is the way it is.]
goodjob: tired . sad . phone . prop (jealous of the rhyme)

[personal profile] goodjob 2014-07-15 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[And there's another punch in the gut. She can't just brush it off, though; she already asked him a direct, evidently painful question about himself. She's obligated to respond in kind, if he wants something back.]

[Fiona's used to feeling obligated. Even if you were born in prison, you'd still miss home.]
I don't- [A sigh.] I don't know. Depends on the dad, doesn't it? [Okay, so that's still technically letting the question slide by, but it's also the truth, right?] I know what I don't want.

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