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unfazeable) wrote2026-01-11 08:38 pm
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[ A few days after things return to (relative) normal, an envelope finds its way to Ava's door, containing a piece of pale blue card stock upon which has been written, in Amy's neat, looping hand: ]
Dear Ava,
I'm writing for a few reasons: to thank you, first, for your part in saving Rupert and myself; to thank you, second, for checking in on me, afterward; and to thank you, third, for being so honest. All three, I think, betray rare qualities, all of which I'm grateful for. And sure, maybe I've said some of this before, but it bears saying again. Thank you.
— Amy
Dude, did you want to blast hair metal or is that British chick on your ass again.
Edited 2026-02-02 06:16 (UTC)
Are you bloody serious right now?
Dean, is it? I'm only 'on his ass' because I've got half rights to the living space.
Dean, is it? I'm only 'on his ass' because I've got half rights to the living space.
( Well, fuck. If anything makes you feel like a teenager who put your foot in your mouth, it's that. )
Dean meant to send this to Chris, but the house's network had other ideas.
His words, not mine.
( unspoken as they are. )
For the record, I agree, you share space.
Dean meant to send this to Chris, but the house's network had other ideas.
His words, not mine.
( unspoken as they are. )
For the record, I agree, you share space.
Yeah, that's damn right. Well done, parroting his goofy nonsense back to him.
And for the record, I don't care if you two have pillow fights and naked wrestle to whatever soundtrack, however loud, while I'm out. Just don't do anything weird in my room.
And for the record, I don't care if you two have pillow fights and naked wrestle to whatever soundtrack, however loud, while I'm out. Just don't do anything weird in my room.
I'm not a parrot.
Wasn't planning, asking, or needing to anything in your room, Ava. It's Ava, right? I can make a promise. No listening parties in your damn room.
Wasn't planning, asking, or needing to anything in your room, Ava. It's Ava, right? I can make a promise. No listening parties in your damn room.
This where I try to say something else but then you interrupt me with "Good day!" and then if I try again, you shut me down completely with "I said good day!"?
No, I'd probably ask you how you met him. He probably could use some fellas to talk to who aren't that Adrian character.
Yeah, Adrian's
Yeah
We met drinking at The Hex Club. He came in on my shift and I stayed after. Got on like a house on fire.
Yeah
We met drinking at The Hex Club. He came in on my shift and I stayed after. Got on like a house on fire.
All right, that's encouraging. Chris has got a very big personality, but doesn't help anybody to be lonely.
Bonded over the music, then? Or were you also in his line of work?
[trying to be relatively discreet, not give away that chris was some kind of government operative paramilitary mess. in case that's off-putting to some. she's found the house residents surprisingly tolerant of it, though.]
Bonded over the music, then? Or were you also in his line of work?
[trying to be relatively discreet, not give away that chris was some kind of government operative paramilitary mess. in case that's off-putting to some. she's found the house residents surprisingly tolerant of it, though.]
You think he's lonely. I'll keep that under wraps.
Don't know about his work, but yeah, our music tastes line up pretty much. He a hunter?
Don't know about his work, but yeah, our music tastes line up pretty much. He a hunter?
Yeah, better that way.
I actually don't know if he's hunted before. Probably a good shot, though. Was planning to take him to the range some point.
That what you are? Hunted something? Big game? Small?
I actually don't know if he's hunted before. Probably a good shot, though. Was planning to take him to the range some point.
That what you are? Hunted something? Big game? Small?
My lip fingers are sealed
Or something way less gross
The supernatural. The ones that deserve it. The monsters. Looks like he'd be a good shot, though.
Or something way less gross
The supernatural. The ones that deserve it. The monsters. Looks like he'd be a good shot, though.
Really?
[that's a first. she thinks? not that her own existence was secret back home, other than the obvious ways, but metahumans were different back home.]
So like, you went after homicidal vampires and such, similar to what just went down? Or more like aliens in big fucked up body armor?
[that's a first. she thinks? not that her own existence was secret back home, other than the obvious ways, but metahumans were different back home.]
So like, you went after homicidal vampires and such, similar to what just went down? Or more like aliens in big fucked up body armor?
He doesn't need to know what his roommate thinks, unless she wants him dead. Literally. You want Chris dead?
( than, really. )
Vampires, ghosts, werewolves. Vamps aren't usually broadcasting.
( than, really. )
Vampires, ghosts, werewolves. Vamps aren't usually broadcasting.
Naw. I suspect he's a good lad, really. Seen enough death in my time, anyway.
[talking about herself, she can do. fair game.]
Wow. Suppose I shouldn't be surprised there's a lot of worlds have got that going on, considering how many different kinds of vampires we seem to have. So you're just like the Buffy girl, owns the gym, killed the bugger in the end?
[talking about herself, she can do. fair game.]
Wow. Suppose I shouldn't be surprised there's a lot of worlds have got that going on, considering how many different kinds of vampires we seem to have. So you're just like the Buffy girl, owns the gym, killed the bugger in the end?
You and me have that in common. Sorry to say it doesn't stop here. Only doesn't stick.
( good. so can he. )
No, she's a slayer. Got a calling. I just had a shitty childhood.
( good. so can he. )
No, she's a slayer. Got a calling. I just had a shitty childhood.
Yeah. Very strange, that. Glad it wasn't the rule back home or I'd have died a lot more there, too.
Was it your parents got you started, then? Or they weren't in the picture?
Was it your parents got you started, then? Or they weren't in the picture?
Just because you could?
Dad. Mom died when we were four. Practically helped raised my brother while our dad hunted the thing that killed her and everything else he could find. When I was old enough, he brought me into the life, and then when he was, Sam.
Dad. Mom died when we were four. Practically helped raised my brother while our dad hunted the thing that killed her and everything else he could find. When I was old enough, he brought me into the life, and then when he was, Sam.
Because they'd have owed me a good murder attempt. Turnabout and all that.
Hm. Sorry about your mum. I lost both mine when I was little, and it was because my dad was also on a bit of a revenge mission, too. Or trying to prove himself. But I think it adds up the same, in the end.
You ever try to leave the life? Before this, I mean.
Hm. Sorry about your mum. I lost both mine when I was little, and it was because my dad was also on a bit of a revenge mission, too. Or trying to prove himself. But I think it adds up the same, in the end.
You ever try to leave the life? Before this, I mean.
It's fairplay.
You know what they say about revenge, not that I listen to old proverbs.
Once. Didn't last.
You know what they say about revenge, not that I listen to old proverbs.
Once. Didn't last.
You think it's different here because there's just no other option?
Or because the drinking's free, so you'll accidentally fuck off to a bar with your boy Chris while there's hunting to be done?
Or because the drinking's free, so you'll accidentally fuck off to a bar with your boy Chris while there's hunting to be done?
Don't know, don't pretend to
I slept in, it happens. More than enough people stepped up, including you
I slept in, it happens. More than enough people stepped up, including you
Not how I heard it. But it's true, there were a hell of a lot of cooks in the kitchen, by the end.
You don't get bored here, I take it. Despite the job not being what it was anymore.
You don't get bored here, I take it. Despite the job not being what it was anymore.
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