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Agent Washington ([personal profile] unrecovered) wrote in [community profile] heyfreemagic2015-09-17 11:49 pm

Take a Walk [Closed]

[It had been a few days since Greg had come back - long enough for him to recover a bit, as far as Wash could tell, and long enough for Wash to reacclimate to Freesia. He'd headed by Greg's apartment early in the morning (but not as early as usual) to get Greg up for a morning walk. They'd work back up to the jog - for now, this was routine for the sake of normalcy.]

[It had been once around the high rises, and then into the park. About halfway in, Wash stopped in the shade of one of the larger trees.]


How're you feeling?
panspermia: (Eternal battle of logic v family bonding)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-20 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a little surprising to hear... but it certainly puts a few things in perspective about Wash.]

You're not too bummed about being back here, are you? Away from your team?
panspermia: (Eternal battle of logic v family bonding)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-20 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... I guess you just have to trust them, at this point.

[He's sure his own friends back home are more than capable without him. They don't really need him at all, honestly. But he misses them.]
panspermia: (Human beings)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-20 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Right... weird time junk.

[However long all this took, they could count on not missing anything important. It wasn't wholly a comfort, but it was certainly worth something.

Greg stretched, thinking over his words.
]

Hey--for what it's worth... you're great at way more than just fighting.
panspermia: (Just so long as it's with you)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-20 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... you're real determined. One way or another, you never give up. That makes you good at pretty much anything you're up for, in the end.

Exercise... ukuleles... [He grinned, elbowing Wash gently.] ...or whatever.
panspermia: (Default)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-22 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets its own look in return, and a weird laugh.]

Hah. See, that's another thing you never give up on.
panspermia: (How hurt can we get?)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-22 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[He really doesn't get what it is Wash sees in him, though the kindness is nice. Nice, but hard to know how to respond to.]

So, uh. Should we get moving again?
panspermia: (Hey I'm a COOL dad)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-22 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Greg blinked. Was he? He hadn't even been thinking about it.]

What subject? I'm just changing the pace, hah.
panspermia: (Slow day)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-22 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh. Well. [ He shrugs, glancing away. ]

Sure, I guess. Thanks. [There, it's acknowledged. Good enough, right? ]
panspermia: (Giving the willies)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-22 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not that! I just... [think he's mistaken.]

I dunno. Maybe when I was younger. It's all pretty dried up by now.
panspermia: (Paid for it in organs)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-23 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
[He had to hold back an exasperated sigh. Wash can't keep talking him up like this, or the raised expectations are going to get someone hurt. ]

Look, you keep saying that, but... every time you've seen me do anything, it's been an accident, or luck, or whatever. When I actually try, I'm lucky to make grass.

It's appreciated, Wash, seriously. But I'm not balanced or controlled or whatever else. You shouldn't go putting more behind me than I've got.
panspermia: (Quick let's go before the cops find us)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-24 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
[With the thorns again. He keeps trying to say it was just luck, that the plants do what they want without his knowing, but they were too impressed by that one time to hear it.

Well, it was like Greg had said: Wash was determined, and wasn't planning on giving up on him. If that was the case, he'd have to go at it from a different angle. Greg sighed, and gave him a weary smile.
]

All right. Let's say I'm all that. Where do you suggest I start?
panspermia: (No shame in bailing)

[personal profile] panspermia 2015-09-24 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Right. Like he said, Wash was sharp. He wasn't a little kid. Even if the whole thing felt absurd on Greg's side of things, it wasn't playing at building a space ship, it was looking out for someone Wash cared about. Just like Steven did.]

I've nearly lost Steven to magic more times than I can count. More times than I probably know about. Messing with this stuff... it's dangerous.

[ But now he'd messed with it. He didn't have a way out. Things were so much easier when he could play the unaware dad, hiding in his van. That option was gone, just like everything else he knew from back home. ]

I've already died from it. I... the last thing... [ He swallowed, hard. ] I nearly did to Steven what I've been scared he'd do to me.

I'm... Wash, I'm scared.

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