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betterthanaplanThe portal let off at the end of the docks. Duke walked through, his head down, shoulders hunched, looking like a man under attack.
He wasn't anymore, at least not from the outside.
He paused just long enough to get his bearings, then started down the docks, not waiting for his partners to follow through the portal. He wanted to -- something. He didn't know what. Yell or hit something or dive into the ocean or maybe get on the OceaNyx and sail off over the horizon and just. Disappear.
He was pretty sure no one was going to let him do that last one, though.
[for said partners, please! And the return and general mood is fine for broadcast, but maybe not the precise details of conversations]
He wasn't anymore, at least not from the outside.
He paused just long enough to get his bearings, then started down the docks, not waiting for his partners to follow through the portal. He wanted to -- something. He didn't know what. Yell or hit something or dive into the ocean or maybe get on the OceaNyx and sail off over the horizon and just. Disappear.
He was pretty sure no one was going to let him do that last one, though.
[for said partners, please! And the return and general mood is fine for broadcast, but maybe not the precise details of conversations]
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Date: 2023-07-04 06:35 pm (UTC)She was barely here, anyway.
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Date: 2023-07-04 06:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-04 06:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-04 07:34 pm (UTC)“I feel like I can’t do anything.”
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Date: 2023-07-04 07:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-04 07:55 pm (UTC)Like she was sinking into some kind of a pit.
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Date: 2023-07-04 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-04 09:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-04 09:31 pm (UTC)But, the hand holding his had slowly gone slack over the last while. And her breathing had steadied.
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Date: 2023-07-04 10:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-04 10:10 pm (UTC)He hesitated. Before he found himself, inevitably, leaning past Octavia to kiss Duke. Very gentle. Very exhausted.
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Date: 2023-07-04 11:47 pm (UTC)“We should sleep,” he said finally.
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Date: 2023-07-05 04:44 am (UTC)"We should," Lucifer agreed softly. "Octavia's already setting the right example."
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Date: 2023-07-05 12:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-05 12:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-05 03:21 pm (UTC)Yes, dear. They most certainly did. Please do not take that as an excuse to stop taking them, though, okay?
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Date: 2023-07-05 04:12 pm (UTC)A pause.
"Duke?"
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Date: 2023-07-05 04:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-05 04:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-05 04:28 pm (UTC)Which was the half-asleep, drunken version of "I love you too".
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Date: 2023-07-05 04:31 pm (UTC)He closed his eyes, and hoped for sleep to come. His body felt so tired.