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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
They definitely do not! What's Vegas?
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but then... Where's the party? Do they have that ready in an hour, too?
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh! That's neat.

[but, after a second:]

Okay, your turn. What's the guy you're dating like? I think his name was - Adrien?
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[despite how het this is, he smiles.]

He sounds pretty great. I'm happy for you.
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[well. how can he disagree, when she says it like that?]

Yeah. We both will.
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[he blinks.]

What is it...?
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[he hesitates for another moment, but:]

Is it that bad...? Not being angry is a good thing, right? I mean, I don't like being mad, it's not a good feeling.
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
...You still don't have to if you don't want to.

[but...]

Just - I didn't want any of this, either.
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
...I wish I could have said something the first time I had to hurt someone without risking something worse happening. Honestly, sometimes I kind of wish I had said something even with the risk.

[he takes a breath.]

People were really upset about what happened, you know? I was, too. We all care about you a lot.
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I...

[holy shit. he looks - pretty surprised for a second, actually, but after a second:]

We couldn't tell anyone except the people we wanted to invite. That's kind of how it works. [...] And even if we could have, it's... different than you think it is, I can almost guarantee. I knew it had to happen, and I knew that it would make the both of them safe, but I still - actually doing it is so much worse than you could imagine. I wouldn't have wanted you to do that.

[but, after a beat:]

But I didn't want what happened to you to happen, either.
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
...We were allowed to pick four names the first week I was involved and six the second week. All of us picked people that we thought - would want to help, and could handle it. But out of the names we gave, one of them was selected, and that was the only person we were able to invite.

[that's the easier part, so he starts with it, tackling what she said first next.]

I'm not trying to say that you aren't brave or strong or anything like that. If I could do it, I'm sure you could have. Anyone can see you're pretty tough. But you shouldn't have had to. That's the point.
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
...I actually don't know. The name just kind of - showed up when it was time to invite the new member? I'm not sure who made the final decision.
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[personal profile] heartlands 2021-06-28 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It might have been Chad...? I guess we can ask him now.

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