[ there is a really long pause. he wants to say 'i have some idea' but he can't, so he doesn't. he wants to offer going out and just making a mess of things but he can't, so he doesn't. he wants to keep pretending that he's just been 'working' but he hasn't, and its hard to keep up...it's hard to keep up Wrench when there's nothing to Wrench. ]
hey. so. i was really on a roll actually with something. maybe we can chat later. maybe i can check in later?
[ He talks a lot to his omen. Likely because the omen looked mechanical. Wrench had always been like that. Felt safter around machines. Said omen was worried, though. This was more intense than it had seen before. What can it say? ]
I do not know. I think he is... a different person than he comes off a lot of the time. I would not like for him to think that I betrayed him, but...
What if I promise not to mention you? We'll keep this between us. I'll bring hot pockets and tell him I thought he might need something to eat. Can't work hard on an empty stomach.
[ It only took a few minutes to gather up the goods and she was out the door, making her way to Wrench's place. She's knocking on the door in less than ten minutes, something almost frantic to the beat. She's got a leather satchel slung over her shoulder but she's dressed much differently than what he's used to seeing her in. A sundress, no Hunter's coat, or weapon in sight. ]
[ Wrench had been pacing about. He'd stopped a few times to shout at nothing. Stopped another time to throw a chair. Sat down and tried to work. Remembered it was all pointless and got back up. Paced around some more before putting on the mask andβ a knock.
Shit. He froze. Fuck. There's no other way out. DID HE REALLY DO THIS AGAIN? Did he really make another fucking safe house with only one entrance and exit AGAIN. How stupid must he be. How can he be so stupid why was he so stupid. Think. Think. Or, you know. sit in a corner and make yourself small. Sure, that works. Maybe, maybe if he stays quiet. If he stays quiet, maybe they'll go awaβ god dammit, he didn't lock the door. ]
[ She knocks on the door again. Calls out to him. Knocks again. Curses and readies to leave when she eyes the handle. Might as well check, right? It turns! Gasp! Shock! Unlocked!
She pushes the door open, the movement slow as if she were unsure and peeks in. ] Wrench? [ Maybe he's already gone but then: there. She spots him huddled in the corner, pulled in on himself. Her heart freezes. A little icebox full of sudden, heart-stopping worry. She's by his side in a heartbeat, sinking down by him, ungloved hands reaching out to touch him gently. ]
Hey, hey [ Her voice is quiet, careful. As if she were talking to an injured animal. ] Talk to me, Wrench.
[ Okay. Breathe, and think. Yet, Wrench had his knees pulled up and face buried between them. Whoever this was would probably go away after a few minutes. Then he could gather himself up, go out for a few shots, and do something stupid. Not sure what yet. He had some explosives. Maybe he'd... use them. Somewhere.
Oh. They were trying the door. Oh no. It was Sharon. He tried to stumble up but she'd gotten to his side so fast that Wrench pushed himself back down and just decided to look at the super fascinating wall next to him. Wow, hell of a wall. ]
Oh, uh. Hey! [ Chipper, as he usually put on, but a lot or stumbly. That awkward anxiousness shining through. ] I'm just. [ A finger pointed at the wall. ] Looking at this. Wall. [ CLEAR THROAT. A hand rubbed the back of his neck. ] Y'know. Making sure its still here.
( she is trying to have a good saturday but it's been difficult to have day out as if nothing happened. to pretend she hadn't died and her whole world is normal. but her mind is so... tilted and she could had sworn there was something following her and the girl on her way home. it looked like a bear. but. there's no way. she killed it for sure, didn't she?
anyway.
the girl jinx brought home is currently in her bathroom; showering and getting ready for "bed". in the meantime, jinx pulls out her omni and texts him -- under the influence. )
hey uncle. this girls been in my shower forever ha ha. think i might run out.
[ He looked toward her; display flicked to surprised, blinked to processing. Blinked to something more sad. He looked away again. His chin settled between his knees and a slow exhale followed. u_u
a little more resigned: ] can't blame me for trying, right?
[ He'd argue with Zane about this all the time. Mm..aybe he could. Tell her that. A hand went to rub anxiously where a ring once was some time ago. Never thought he'd be the type. Figured he'd die young. Alone. Spat down into the bowels of hell the same way he was brought into life. Messy and painfully. Out of them all he really never saw Horatio as being the one to go. Shit just kept coming. Did he fall in love or did he give up? Got jaded. Ran. He's getting off topic. ]
Yeah, I meanβ No. Iβ It's not you, Sharon. It's not, it's. I'd. [ Start, stop. Start, stop. Hesitation, awkwardness, anxiety in every word. Although the modulator did wonders making it all seem fluid in contrast to the jagged cadence. ] we'd have this argument a lot. Mβ He'd get frustrated, but it was never about him or that I couldn't trust him or didn't. It's me, it's. Me. Sometimes I can't, I can't. I don't know how else to say it. It wont come out, it just wont fucking come out.
Yanno? You know? [ His mask, questioning eyes, looked back toward Sharon. ] I just. I don't deal. Uh, I don't deal with anything really. I just. I drink, or I work. I put on this mask. I go fuck some shit up and I actβ [ gesticulation goes here. ]
[ Heβ he didn't expect her to text, he should have texted, he should have found her. It's just. He doesn't emotions. He does emotions, okay. He emotions a lot but has no fucking idea how to handle them unless they're certain emotions. Mostly anger. Everything else he processes by acting like a fool or fucking disappearing. Obviously he did the latter this time.
And. Well, and her. She called him uncle. Which drove home a thousand times what he first felt. The immediate thing that just fucked him right up and the thing he avoids talking about, vehemently, with anyone who pries and manages to get anything from him. Out of fucking nowhere, stunned over her lifelessness, all he could think of was how she could have been his child. He'd never seen someone so young die right before him. He's seen death, he's been the one that's dealt it but they were all similar age ranges. Jinx, Jinx was young. Twenty some odd years younger than him kind of young.
He'd thought about it but he never brought it up. Never. Not once. He never told Zane he'd thought about it. Cause he didn't... cause he didn't fucking love Zane. Not the way he loved Marcus. But here he fucking was, wasn't he? Here he fucking was. ]
gays, amiright π run out?
[ Pretend nothing fucking happened. Just keep swimmin'. ]
its ok. u can be drunk. im drunk too. drunkies family. idk um. maybe 48mins ok w/ me, makes sense. i have long hair. her hair is short and stuff. shouldnt take too long.
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