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Duke had gone into town this morning, and come back with an acoustic guitar. It'd been ages since he'd last played, so he set about turning and warming up with unusual focus before eventually starting to play something relatively simple.
"Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry, like sorry. . . ."
Should the narrative pretend that his song choice was random? Obviously it was not. It had been running through his head for days.
[for those on the island, and likely slow play!]
"Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry, like sorry. . . ."
Should the narrative pretend that his song choice was random? Obviously it was not. It had been running through his head for days.
[for those on the island, and likely slow play!]
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Date: 2025-01-07 05:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-07 05:32 pm (UTC)A couple weeks ago, actually, but what even was time?
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Date: 2025-01-07 06:40 pm (UTC)"Well. I'm not hiding in bed." That was not a high bar, but it was one that he still appreciated clearing regularly. "So there's that."
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Date: 2025-01-07 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-07 06:53 pm (UTC)He counted on nothing anymore.
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Date: 2025-01-07 07:02 pm (UTC)He considered his options in this conversation.
"Did New Years' Eve throw you off?"
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Date: 2025-01-07 07:23 pm (UTC)He reached out to put his hand on Duke's knee. "So I suppose I'll just tell you that your needing something is not wrong."
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Date: 2025-01-07 07:45 pm (UTC)She got back on the boat quietly, carefully, like she didn't want to interrupt the playing.
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Date: 2025-01-07 09:00 pm (UTC)"But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time
You'd be mine."
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Date: 2025-01-07 10:07 pm (UTC)(She was... not particularly successful.)
She padded over to him, her footsteps gentle.
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Date: 2025-01-07 10:26 pm (UTC)They were also as much about his behavior as hers.
"I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you, I love you"
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Date: 2025-01-08 07:26 am (UTC)Still simply listening.
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Date: 2025-01-08 01:36 pm (UTC)With a small adjustment.
"But we can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time
Would you be mine."
He finished with a small arpeggio and let the last note hang in the air.
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Date: 2025-01-08 10:08 pm (UTC)But she scooted a little closer to him, now that it wasn't going to interfere with anything.
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Date: 2025-01-08 10:11 pm (UTC)“Tracy Chapman.”
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Date: 2025-01-08 10:12 pm (UTC)Sorry, it took a moment for the relevant memory to surface from beneath everything else that had been going on lately.
"Oh. From -- that's who you mentioned before, right?"
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Date: 2025-01-08 10:35 pm (UTC)It was more of a prompt than anything. It didn't take a particularly bright person to figure out why he might've been thinking about that song in particular, after all.
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