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Post by theo lovett on Sept 26, 2022 23:14:11 GMT
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A deep sleep comes over Theo, the kind that could only happen when you are entirely worn out both emotionally and physically. When he wakes he's momentarily confused, though it's far from the first time he had fallen asleep on that couch and he quickly gets his bearings. He sits and stretches, noting that both Willie and his owner have abandoned him-- hardly a surprise when he sees how much time has past. "Fuck," he mutters, before Dolly remerges. It feels so much like old times that he almost gets up and kisses her forehead, but he manages to catch himself. He nods. "Too well. Sorry, I've really overstayed my welcome." He gets himself up, treating himself to another stretch. "I owe you big time. I don't suppose you still have my toothbrush?"
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Post by dolly weathers on Sept 26, 2022 23:23:18 GMT
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His bed head makes her heart hurt. She missed his comfort so much, "it's really okay. I've liked it.” She admits, catching herself before she begins crying and groveling all in one. "No, I think the housekeeper chucked that. But I have a spare,” she waves at him to follow her and stands up on her tippy toes to grab a toothbrush from the top cabinet, "here. Have this.” She places the package in his hands and hovers there for just a second, "hey, Theo?”
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Post by theo lovett on Sept 26, 2022 23:31:07 GMT
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On the days he had night shifts he had sometimes slipped off to sleep on the couch, not wanting to disturb Dolly's night's rest. Those times he would sometimes wake to find she had slipped in beside him on the couch anyway, her tiny frame curled beside his like a cat. What he wouldn't do to have that back. "Hero, thanks," he says, banishing the thought as he follows her through to the bathroom. As he squeezes a thick line of toothpaste onto the brush she says his name, making his skin prickle with anticipation. "Mhmm?" he says, looking at her in the mirror as he starts to brush his teeth.
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Post by dolly weathers on Sept 26, 2022 23:38:44 GMT
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She leans against the doorway and looks in the mirror back at him. Her bottom lip growing soft as she tries to think of what she had to say. She had something at the tip of her tongue, but it was more of a feeling than a sentence. Now that his eyes are on her, she feels overwhelmed with guilt for what she wanted to say. Dolly's eyes tip down and she shakes her head, "I just...” Then come stubborn tears, rolling slowly from the corners of her eyes and staining her skin red. "I think I really fucked up.”
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Post by theo lovett on Sept 26, 2022 23:45:32 GMT
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Watching her in the mirror it's so clear that she's lost that it almost makes him want to cry. Seeing that she's on the brink of tears he quickly spits the toothpaste out, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand and rushing to close the distance between them. "Oh Dolly," he says for the hundredth time today, pulling her against his chest. He can feel the t-shirt dampen and it breaks his heart. "Come on, shh," he says softly. He sits on the side of the tub, pulling her into his lap and reaching over for a tissue to start dabbing at her tears. "I can't imagine how overwhelmed you must be right now, but it's going to be ok. Seriously, I know you, and I know you've got this."
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Post by dolly weathers on Sept 26, 2022 23:54:22 GMT
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His kindness only makes her cry more, because he's too nice and she's so greedy with it. Her tears soak his chest and she hugs him tightly. She cries for the ache in her heart feels horribly selfish and she cries because he's there to take her self-indulgence even though she's been horrible. She sits up to let his gentle hand dab her selfish tears and she shakes her head. "No, it's not my asshole family,” she'd do it again if given the chance, she'd send that email ten times over. "I think I fucked us up. Oh god,” she puts her hand into her face and shakes her head, "I really think I was such an idiot about everything.”
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Post by theo lovett on Sept 27, 2022 0:05:00 GMT
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He's never seen her so vulnerable and it's really thrown him for a loop. Acting on instinct, he continues to dab at her tear stained cheeks, his heart swelling with how pliable she's being under his touch. When she clarifies what she's upset about he has to pause. His hand falls from her face as he looks at her, searching her eyes, trying to ascertain how serious she was or if this was just a heat of the moment slip of the tongue. His mind is going a million miles a minute and he's speechless for a few seconds. Eventually, he guides her hand away from her face, before gently guiding her chin up to face him. "Take a few breaths. I'm here." He threads her hair behind her ear, ignoring how hard his heart was beating in his chest. "Nothing's broken in a way that it can't be fixed."
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Post by dolly weathers on Sept 27, 2022 0:16:27 GMT
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Her thick lashes blink away tears, her chest feels heavy and she sniffles soft cries. Nine months of tears seem to spill from her. Tears which she'd locked away and ignored, so that she didn't have to deal or think about it, because she never felt like she could. But with him in her home she was brought back to how he filled her and helped her feel like a version of herself she actually liked. She rests her chin on the tip of his finger and looks sadly at him, protesting when he says it can be fixed. "I thought I was making it better and I just made it so much worse,” her hand finds his and she holds it desperately, "I've just missed you forever and I don't know what I was thinking throwing the best thing away.”
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Post by theo lovett on Sept 27, 2022 6:26:44 GMT
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She looks up at him with teary eyes and it occurs to him that he hasn't ever seen her cry, not like this. She seemed so very human, tears coming faster than he can wipe them away. "Making it better for who? It definitely wasn't better for me," he says softly, giving her hand a squeeze back. She's saying everything he had been dying to hear, so much so that it was overwhelming his sleep addled brain, giving him an emotional lag. He felt relieved and excited, nervous and wary all at once. Unsure what else to do, he pulls her closer to him, resting his head on top of hers as he holds her. "You're going through so much Dolly. I don't want you to do anything rash."
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Post by dolly weathers on Sept 27, 2022 11:09:19 GMT
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Tears continue to trickle down her round cheeks and she tips her head against his, "I thought it would be.” She did. She thought it would be easier for him, because she could see their relationship brought him insecurity and how unfair it was. She selfishly thought it would be easier for her too. But it'd just made her resent her family and make her feel broken. He pulls her close, her hot head leaning into his pounding chest. Her fingers cling to him like a despaired toddler. "But it's been this way for a while,” she tries to catch her breathe.
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Post by theo lovett on Sept 27, 2022 15:07:12 GMT
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"Maybe you have been an idiot," he says, giving her a smile. For all the aggravation her family had thrown his way, it had always been worth it to Theo. As much as he had questioned himself from time to time, he loved the time they spent together just the two of them, whether it was at her lavish house or his cramped apartment. He loved her laugh, her wicked sense of humor, how differently she thought. He doesn't know what to do now beyond holding her, doesn't know what the outcome of this conversation was going to be. He kisses the top of her head as she clings to him. "How about I run you a bath and we can talk about it?"
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Post by dolly weathers on Sept 27, 2022 15:42:40 GMT
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Dolly's breathe catches up to her tears and she nods, agreeing with the fact that she was a fool. At the break-down of them, she'd manufactured ideations that didn't exist. Set fuel to ideas that were planted in her head. Listened too much to her brothers, who told her she was too difficult for just anyone to handle and that Theo would never fit in. But in her bones she always knew she wasn't getting carried away with feelings of affection and it wasn't something she'd made up to distract herself. She sits up and wipes the corners of her eyes with the palm of her hand, "okay.” As the bath fills with water and bubbles, she sits quietly and gathers her thoughts. "This isn't very fair,” she sniffs, her green eyes watching at the faucet multiplies clouds of bubbles. "You can be mean if you like.”
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Post by theo lovett on Sept 27, 2022 16:16:24 GMT
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Theo maneuvers her onto the edge of the tub so he can reach over and turn the water on. He pours a healthy dose of bath gel under the running jet, a familiar floral scent filling the bathroom as he does so. She's quiet and so is he, sitting on the floor across and looking up at her sad, sweet face. "I felt pretty bitter earlier, I might have been mean if I hadn't spilled that coffee." Theo was not a mean person, he never had been. When his parents died he might have toyed with the idea, grief and frustration at the unfairness of it all festering so intensely that it could have warped his good nature. But his brother had survived, and his gratitude at not being left entirely alone had pulled him back from the edge. "I can't believe we bumped into each other."
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Post by dolly weathers on Sept 27, 2022 17:24:46 GMT
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Her heart shaped lips turn into a small smile, "you should feel bitter.” The bubbles build and she scoops a handful into her hand, her big eyes watching as they sparkle and pop. She wished she was as good natured as Theo. She was impatient and reckless, her reactions destructive to everyone involved. She struggled with that side of her. "I couldn't sleep, so I went for a walk. I didn't mean to end up so close to your work, I wasn't thinking,” she half-apologized, her hand pressing the mound of bubbles and clouds of foam falling on her thighs. "I meant to text or call. But I just couldn't,” Dolly looks at him looking patiently up at her. "I missed you so much, but maybe I'm just too proud.”
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Post by theo lovett on Sept 27, 2022 17:55:31 GMT
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"Obviously I'm magnetic," he grins, though he knows she isn't the type to try and manufacture a meet-cute. What would she have texted him? He can't imagine a universe in which she'd have texted to say that she felt she had fucked up, but then he wouldn't have thought she'd say it in person, either. He's still stunned that she even thought it. "I thought you'd have felt relieved. I'm pretty boring." He crawls to the bath and checks the temperature, splashing some cold water in. "I missed you too, but I couldn't think of anything to say."
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