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eldorne_girl) wrote2006-02-14 11:09 pm
eldorne_girl) wrote2006-02-14 11:09 pm
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[George carries her up, up the stairs, up to his room, all the while cradling her like she was something precious, something fragile...
Something broken.]
[the door is shut, but not locked (a good thing, always a good thing, locks mean you can't get out can't escape...) and when the lanky thief places her on the bed, Delia just curls up into a huddle of thick hair and silken skirts; curls up, and doesn't stop crying.]
[not for a long time]
[but sooner or later she has to stop and, slowly, she does - the sobbing becomes weeping which becomes a sniff and a hiccup here and there. But the whole time, she doesn't move, just stares out with reddened green eyes not really seeing anything. At last, though, she draws in a shaky breath and whispers,]
I'm a wreck, aren't I?
Something broken.]
[the door is shut, but not locked (a good thing, always a good thing, locks mean you can't get out can't escape...) and when the lanky thief places her on the bed, Delia just curls up into a huddle of thick hair and silken skirts; curls up, and doesn't stop crying.]
[not for a long time]
[but sooner or later she has to stop and, slowly, she does - the sobbing becomes weeping which becomes a sniff and a hiccup here and there. But the whole time, she doesn't move, just stares out with reddened green eyes not really seeing anything. At last, though, she draws in a shaky breath and whispers,]
I'm a wreck, aren't I?
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He takes her hand and squeezes it gently.
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[she squeezes back - her hand is so small, compared to his. Small and delicate, with fragile fingers. Hard to believe, really, that that hand helped nearly bring down Jonathan's barely-started reign]
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Like the rest of her.
Very different from.. no - best he not follow that train of thought. He won't go there.
He chides himself for his own foolishness.
"Well, I for one don't think less of you for it.."
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Thank you, George.
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"Is there anything else I can do for you, Delia?"
[Because right now, there isn't much he wouldn't do..]
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I probably should get back to Josie, but I don't want to move at the moment.
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"You're welcome to stay here as long as you like." he winces at how that sounds - because really he doesn't mean it to sound.. suggestive - but doesn't rescind it.
"This can be your safe haven, if need be.."
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[a wry smile]
You're not unstable like Josie is.
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".. And I'll take that last bit as a compliment."
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Well. I've never heard of you going after anyone with an ax, have you?
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