[Simon takes a sip of water too, capping it and sits cross legged now, having another slice of peach. He can tell Gabriel isn't thrilled about this, he doesn't exactly hide it.]
That's great, but you know what? If you rest, you'll heal... faster.
[He can't imagine what could be worse than almost being stomped to death outside of a burning cabin, but okay.]
[ He speaks clearly, sternly, as if there's a reason for his insistence that he refuses to clarify. That's because it's more "I don't want to stay here" than it is "I can't stay here." ]
You would have attracted attention too close to my camp.
[ That is the reason he Saved Simon and that is the only reason he saved Simon. That's what he's trying desperately to get across, at least. Gabriel huffs, somehow that ends up hurting, but all he does is wince as he tries to readjust himself the tiniest bit. ]
[A heavy sigh with a roll of his eyes. What a fucking idiot.]
You put a lot of effort into stuff for a man who wants to die.
[All the traps and different camps, how he hunted. That wasn't a man who wanted to die. Not in Simon's eyes. His voice hushes more for them, in case anyone walks by. There's little to no privacy here.]
And fucking me? Was that some special technique that spooks off curious theives?
[Woooooooooooooooooooooow. The audacity. Simon snorts, looks away as he has another sip of water.]
You were terrible.
[He would have insulted his dick and said it was tiny, but that was just objectively untrue. He wouldn't be able to say it with a straight face, not even a little.]
[ Gabriel regards the bottle of water suspiciously. Maybe he's expecting to get whacked on the head with the way he's behaving, but after a moment he inches his head forward to take a sip of water.
Licking his dry lips when he's done: ]
Please, you said. [ Sorry Simon. His memory is too damn good to have this pulled on him. ]
[He'd be embarrassed, but honestly in this new world what is there to be embarrassed about? So he scoffs lightly, setting the bottle aside, picks up that can of peace slices again. There's a few more in there and Gabriel really should eat more than just this, but it's a start.]
Pretty sure it was "Harder"—
[And he holds a sticky sweet slice to Gabriel's lips with a little smirk.]
Maybe this backfired a bit, images flashing in his mind along with sounds, touch, feeling, all with perfect clarity, as if it were happening at this moment. A curse. Especially these days when he needs his mind to be in the present.
He reaches for the rubber band that dangles from his wrist, wincing from the quickness of that movement — all that pain for nothing, seeing as it's not on his wrist. ]
Shit—[ he turns his head from the peach slices like a child refusing to eat, face contorting in pain as he feels around his arm and wrist. ] Where the fuck is-agh, puñeta.
[ At least the pain pulled him out of the moment, so there's that! ]
[ Seeing as the pain snapped him back into reality, Gabriel manages to steady himself when Simon grabs his wrist, though his body tremors from the pain still. ]
...The - the fucking,[ he winces. Every deep, shuddering breath he takes just causes him more pain. ] -the rubber band. Need one.
[ He doesn't want to get into it at the moment, with pain radiating through his entire body. But at least the pain begins to decline as he keeps still, steadies his breath more, resumes his exact position from before. ]
-Please.
[ It comes out quiet, without Gabriel even thinking about it. ]
[It must be some kind of coping mechanism. For pain? For... anxiety? It's clearly not something he's asking for lightly.]
Okay, I'll find you one. But—!
[Simon pushes up to his feet, grimacing. His muscles hate him so much. He feels ninety years old.]
You have to stay put. Rest. I'll find one.
[He shakes a finger at him, stern look and all. Ducking out of the room Gabe will probably hear voices talking, Simon's and another, a young woman, her heavy sigh easy to hear as Simon heads off on his mission. A young brunette comes in, looking like she'd rather be anywhere else. Old worn oversized jean jacket with patches and pins engulfs her smaller frame, but she's rarely seen without it.]
Simon says if I see you flinch to knock you out.
[She'll sit on the opposite side of the room, legs and arms crossed. A moment later another person comes in, quiet and curious as she wordlessly scampers over to sit beside her sister. A little girl, the one who'd looked at Gabriel earlier. Quietly she sets aside a babydoll, it's missing an arm, but otherwise looks very loved.
Then removing a little backpack that's made to look like a stuffed bunny doll, she digs around in it for a bunch of loose crayons and a coloring book. Softly humming she gets to work coloring a beautiful yellow ladybug.]
Not goin' anywhere, [ he manages to mumble, trying his best to relax his muscles and get back to a place where pain isn't radiating through every nerve in his body.
He gets there eventually, relief flooding through him as his eyes flutter shut. Not to sleep, though. Just to appreciate not feeling like his body was slowly tearing itself apart from the inside.
Gabriel indeed hears the voices, but it doesn't occur to him that they're about him. Not until he hears someone enter the room, his eyes quickly opening and landing upon a young girl. ]
Noted.
[ He'll 100% bet on her knocking him out before Simon.
Gabriel doesn't look like he wants to be there any more than she does, letting his gaze drift off somewhere, wishing he could just lay down but knowing exactly why he's propped up the way that he is. Then the door opens again, catching his attention, and it's a little girl. She catches him off guard, his stony and grumpy exterior fading for a moment. But only a moment before he's back to glowering at a wall. ]
[Don't think she doesn't see your surprise at her little sister. Maybe mistakes it for being confused seeing someone so young still alive. Children are easy targets after all, for many reasons. Another glare is aimed at Gabriel, whether he sees it or not is up to him.
The humming is quiet, with no real tune to it, but the little girl seems happy. So focused on her coloring, that it's probably a bit of a shock when she pauses, head peeking up to look at Gabriel.]
Why are you sitting like that?
[Then she's looking back down at the coloring book, grabbing another color, pink, doing her best to draw in the circles on the ladybugs back.]
If you're tired, you should um... you should just lay down.
[Spoken as if this is obvious, because why else would this man be on one of the bed mats if he wasn't supposed to be sleeping? Her sister nudges her with the toe of her shoe on her leg.]
[ Unfortunately, the kid starts talking. He was privately hoping she wouldn't, but she did. As kids often did, blissfully unaware of how little everyone else present in the room wanted to exchange words.
Reminds him of Martín. The same age last he saw him, maybe a little younger.
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Date: 26 Apr 2023 16:22 (UTC)That's great, but you know what? If you rest, you'll heal... faster.
[He can't imagine what could be worse than almost being stomped to death outside of a burning cabin, but okay.]
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Date: 3 May 2023 12:03 (UTC)[ He speaks clearly, sternly, as if there's a reason for his insistence that he refuses to clarify. That's because it's more "I don't want to stay here" than it is "I can't stay here." ]
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Date: 3 May 2023 12:19 (UTC)No one can get in here if you're worried about that.
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Date: 3 May 2023 12:22 (UTC)[ That is the politest way possible he could essentially say, "it's you, not me". ]
I don't know any of you. And you don't know me.
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Date: 3 May 2023 12:26 (UTC)I know you saved me when I wasn't worth the effort. You gave me a place to stay.
[Simon looks more frustrated now.]
... are you that eager to die?
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Date: 3 May 2023 12:43 (UTC)[ That is the reason he Saved Simon and that is the only reason he saved Simon. That's what he's trying desperately to get across, at least. Gabriel huffs, somehow that ends up hurting, but all he does is wince as he tries to readjust himself the tiniest bit. ]
If I am, what then?
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Date: 3 May 2023 12:51 (UTC)You put a lot of effort into stuff for a man who wants to die.
[All the traps and different camps, how he hunted. That wasn't a man who wanted to die. Not in Simon's eyes. His voice hushes more for them, in case anyone walks by. There's little to no privacy here.]
And fucking me? Was that some special technique that spooks off curious theives?
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Date: 3 May 2023 13:37 (UTC)[ When Simon goes thereGabriel huffs, eyes rolling. He can do that too, you know! ]
No. [ His voice goes hush too, not that he cares if anyone hears this part of the conversation. ] That was me wanting to fuck.
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Date: 4 May 2023 01:14 (UTC)[Hear that skepticism?]
I hope I was pretty good, y'know. For your last piece of ass ever.
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Date: 4 May 2023 01:29 (UTC)You were alright.
[ Gabriel can't really shrug right now, but one could practically hear it in his tone of voice. ]
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Date: 4 May 2023 01:38 (UTC)You were terrible.
[He would have insulted his dick and said it was tiny, but that was just objectively untrue. He wouldn't be able to say it with a straight face, not even a little.]
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Date: 4 May 2023 01:42 (UTC)Is that why you kept begging for it all throughout?
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Date: 4 May 2023 01:46 (UTC)I was not begging.
[He gives him a little look. Is the look telling him to drink or because he wants Gabriel to fight him on his obvious lies.]
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Date: 4 May 2023 02:05 (UTC)Licking his dry lips when he's done: ]
Please, you said. [ Sorry Simon. His memory is too damn good to have this pulled on him. ]
"Harder."
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Date: 4 May 2023 02:24 (UTC)Pretty sure it was "Harder"—
[And he holds a sticky sweet slice to Gabriel's lips with a little smirk.]
"Please".
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Date: 4 May 2023 13:35 (UTC)Maybe this backfired a bit, images flashing in his mind along with sounds, touch, feeling, all with perfect clarity, as if it were happening at this moment. A curse. Especially these days when he needs his mind to be in the present.
He reaches for the rubber band that dangles from his wrist, wincing from the quickness of that movement — all that pain for nothing, seeing as it's not on his wrist. ]
Shit—[ he turns his head from the peach slices like a child refusing to eat, face contorting in pain as he feels around his arm and wrist. ] Where the fuck is-agh, puñeta.
[ At least the pain pulled him out of the moment, so there's that! ]
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Date: 6 May 2023 09:12 (UTC)Whoa hey-
[He'll set the peaches aside, trying to be gentle as he grabs for Gabe's wrist to stop him from moving around too much.]
Careful, careful. Where is what?
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Date: 6 May 2023 12:59 (UTC)...The - the fucking,[ he winces. Every deep, shuddering breath he takes just causes him more pain. ] -the rubber band. Need one.
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Date: 6 May 2023 13:52 (UTC)[He gets that he's asking for one, but why? It's such an odd request.]
Why a rubber band?
[Simon tries not to sound incredulous about it, but Gabriel did just hurt himself quite a bit over a rubber band. Apparently.]
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Date: 7 May 2023 01:22 (UTC)[ He doesn't want to get into it at the moment, with pain radiating through his entire body. But at least the pain begins to decline as he keeps still, steadies his breath more, resumes his exact position from before. ]
-Please.
[ It comes out quiet, without Gabriel even thinking about it. ]
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Date: 7 May 2023 04:51 (UTC)Okay, I'll find you one. But—!
[Simon pushes up to his feet, grimacing. His muscles hate him so much. He feels ninety years old.]
You have to stay put. Rest. I'll find one.
[He shakes a finger at him, stern look and all. Ducking out of the room Gabe will probably hear voices talking, Simon's and another, a young woman, her heavy sigh easy to hear as Simon heads off on his mission. A young brunette comes in, looking like she'd rather be anywhere else. Old worn oversized jean jacket with patches and pins engulfs her smaller frame, but she's rarely seen without it.]
Simon says if I see you flinch to knock you out.
[She'll sit on the opposite side of the room, legs and arms crossed. A moment later another person comes in, quiet and curious as she wordlessly scampers over to sit beside her sister. A little girl, the one who'd looked at Gabriel earlier. Quietly she sets aside a babydoll, it's missing an arm, but otherwise looks very loved.
Then removing a little backpack that's made to look like a stuffed bunny doll, she digs around in it for a bunch of loose crayons and a coloring book. Softly humming she gets to work coloring a beautiful yellow ladybug.]
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Date: 7 May 2023 15:13 (UTC)He gets there eventually, relief flooding through him as his eyes flutter shut. Not to sleep, though. Just to appreciate not feeling like his body was slowly tearing itself apart from the inside.
Gabriel indeed hears the voices, but it doesn't occur to him that they're about him. Not until he hears someone enter the room, his eyes quickly opening and landing upon a young girl. ]
Noted.
[ He'll 100% bet on her knocking him out before Simon.
Gabriel doesn't look like he wants to be there any more than she does, letting his gaze drift off somewhere, wishing he could just lay down but knowing exactly why he's propped up the way that he is. Then the door opens again, catching his attention, and it's a little girl. She catches him off guard, his stony and grumpy exterior fading for a moment. But only a moment before he's back to glowering at a wall. ]
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Date: 7 May 2023 15:42 (UTC)The humming is quiet, with no real tune to it, but the little girl seems happy. So focused on her coloring, that it's probably a bit of a shock when she pauses, head peeking up to look at Gabriel.]
Why are you sitting like that?
[Then she's looking back down at the coloring book, grabbing another color, pink, doing her best to draw in the circles on the ladybugs back.]
If you're tired, you should um... you should just lay down.
[Spoken as if this is obvious, because why else would this man be on one of the bed mats if he wasn't supposed to be sleeping? Her sister nudges her with the toe of her shoe on her leg.]
Lily, shh.
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Date: 7 May 2023 16:04 (UTC)Reminds him of Martín. The same age last he saw him, maybe a little younger.
Where's Simon with that fucking rubber band?
He sighs. ]
Can't lie down. Hurts.
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Date: 8 May 2023 02:25 (UTC)Lily seemingly ignores her sister, head popping up, little brows furrowing.]
You got a boo boo?
[Her head tilts, looking at Gabriel confused.]
I don't see any.
[Her sister sighs heavily, but just sits there, watching the both of them. Simon owes her for this.]
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