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everyonelives2022-11-07 10:31 am
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Entry tags:
- aiden l.,
- alaric saltzman,
- alexander abernathy,
- alice earp,
- allison argent,
- alys,
- angel,
- annie chen,
- au bobby singer,
- benny rhodes,
- bonnie bennett,
- caroline forbes,
- cooper sullivan,
- cora hale,
- cordelia chase,
- crash,
- damon salvatore,
- danny brighton,
- david abernathy,
- david gainor,
- davina claire,
- dean winchester,
- doc holliday,
- elena gilbert,
- evelyn sullivan,
- ezra adin-gainor,
- faith lehane,
- freya mikaelson,
- gabriel,
- gloria robinson,
- isaac lahey,
- jackson whittemore,
- jacqueline melroux,
- jeremy gilbert,
- jo laughlin,
- josh rosza,
- julian connors,
- katherine pierce,
- kieran connors,
- klaus mikaelson,
- kol mikaelson,
- lydia martin,
- mary winchester,
- maxim melroux,
- mia smoak,
- michael sullivan,
- mickey adler,
- rebekah mikaelson,
- ryan atwood,
- sam winchester,
- scott mccall,
- shipp laughlin,
- sierra harper,
- stiles stilinski,
- taylor townsend,
- wes butler,
- william queen,
- wynonna earp,
- ❦ aiden/josh,
- ❦ alaric/jo,
- ❦ angel/cordelia,
- ❦ cooper/william,
- ❦ cora/stiles,
- ❦ dean/elena,
- ❦ doc/rebekah,
- ❦ ezra/david,
- ❦ isaac/bonnie,
- ❦ michael/evelyn,
- ❦ sam/allison,
- ❦ sierra/jacqueline,
- ❦ wes/mickey
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I don't think I've ever been asked that so... succinctly. It's mine. And it's one of many. What do you think?
( "Good music. Good crowd. I fuck with it," Faith responds. )
I don't think your father or me are ever going to get used to 'I'd fuck with it,' as a compliment. You two stay as long as you like. ( He signals one of the passing waitresses, points to his niece and her friend and nods. ) I got your next round. Flag down Nadine when you're ready. That is if you're not too busy riling up the paparazzi.
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I promise I will not punch one of them this time.
[Especially because she punches a lot harder than she used to, but she really doesn't want to get into a fight with the press today.]
Did it at least up the foot traffic in Prague?
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Our little runaway celeb. TMZ eat your heart-out.
( "You get it out of your system this time?" Tommy asks, familiar with all of the Queen's wanton wanderlust. And their violent streak. )
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I'm in town for now. My job kind of requires me to travel a bit, but I promised Dad I would be more communicative when I did leave again.
[But as she said, Star City will always be home. No matter what, she'll always come back.]
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Not of his own volition, Tommy doesn't say, but kick a rock and you'll hit an article or local who knows all about the origin of the Hood (the Arrow) and the Green Arrow. )
Didn't his ship sink?
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[Which, she loves her father but only he could get stranded on a desert island only to somehow stumble into working for ARGUS instead of, you know, coming home. Not that she blames him because clearly the apple did not fall far from the compound bow wielding tree.]
My dad's a complicated guy.
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( Faith went on her own journey. She has become the best version of herself. Some days it feels like a lifetime ago when she first set foot in Sunnydale. She did some bad. But she also did some time. She earned back everyone's trust. Buffy's. It meant something to her, like the job did. She saw something of Mia in her, something wayward, something that could've gone in a worse direction.
Now she's all up in her family drama. Little girl no longer lost.
Tommy dismisses himself from the conversation to let the girls carry on and that's when he sees a familiar face, someone that was almost like family to all of them. He turns back.
"Mia," he starts, Faith looking back, too. )
Real easy on the eyes. You know that guy?
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But she swallows them down and tries to smile when he starts coming in her direction.]
Connor. Hey.
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"Hello, Connor," Faith says.
Tommy holds back, knowing the baggage between Mia and Connor (or thinking he does, anyway.) )
You're in Star City.
( 'Does J.J. know?' dances on the tip of his tongue, but he doesn't ask. He knows the answer. His brother would have said something. )
You just missed him.
( "Him?" Faith asks, putting the pieces together as she looks back at Mia. No doubt the guy she up and left when her world shattered into two literally. )
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[Maybe she shouldn't have gone out tonight. Does this make her look like an asshole, coming back to town and daring to be in public when they hadn't settled whatever happened between them in Europe. Maybe.
But it's too late to take it back now.]
I was going to go see him.
[She feels like she needs to put that out there, just in case. But before that can be dwelled on too much.]
Oh, Faith, Connor, Connor, Faith. William is back too, but it looks like he and his boyfriend bailed.
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( It's easier to banter about her brother's boys than to doubt that Mia was going to see J.J. He doesn't blame her for taking her time. He doesn't blame her for bailing, too. Deep down, the pressure he lives being Connor Hawke, being J.J.'s brother, living up to his father's legacy... He can see why she bailed. Now is not the time to identify with her. Hot, mixed company and all. )
Hey Faith. Uncle Tommy.
( "Are we expecting the Squirtilla, tonight?" Tommy asks, referring to all the squirts together. He missed William and J.J. was here, but he has to get his childish dig in. He loves these kids like his own.
Faith just smirks, shaking her head. "Adorable, all of you. You got a kistch life, Mia." People love her. People miss her. People forgive her for up and skipping town. She's not saying Mia should remember that. Faith just remembers feeling these familial... pangs back with Joyce. It's giving her that itch she doesn't like, but that she's worked through. Tonight, she's not going out in a destructive ball of fire. "Who's up for shots."
Just yet. )
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[Her brother has never not been the relationship kind of guy. He just keeps picking the wrong relationships. Though it probably says something that Mia likes him, as she hasn't liked the rest.
She nods at the mention of shots.]
I'll catch up with you.
[She waits until Faith heads to the bar before turning back to Connor.]
You look good.
[She wonders if that doesn't feel like a this Mia thing to say. She knows she used to give him so much shit. In a lot of ways, she has a lot she needs to make up for.]
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I look like I got here at 2 in the afternoon. Late lunch turned into blowing off some steam.
( Connor lasted. J.J. liked a party as much as the next guy, but he was always able to reel himself back in. )
Don't worry. Strictly club soda.
( He should have said no to shots, but Mia can have two for him. )
So. Where did William find you?
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[Granted, freaking out from getting this job is what put her in this situation in the first place, but that's not really important at the moment.]
We wound up at the same job site, oddly enough. I'm glad he did, though, I was ... doing a lot of hiding.
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( Speaking of, he lets that linger. Because, she was definitely featured on TMZ with Hope and that definitely went national. )
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Or Faith will punch a paprazzi. The end result remains to be seen.]
How's he doing? I know I probably shouldn't ask, but ... is he doing okay?
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He's J.J. He thinks we can't see he's going through it.
( Since she bailed, J.J. deals on his own. He put his trust and heart into Mia's hands and she -- crushed it. But, he doesn't say those words. Those words aren't fair. )
He'll be okay.
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I'll go see him tomorrow. Does he still have the same place?
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( J.J. likes his routines. )
You okay?
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[She doesn't know how to explain it to Connor any more than she knew how to explain it to William, but she's going to try.]
Something did happen, but ... it wasn't JJ's fault. It wasn't anyone's fault.
[It just is, and there's nothing they can do to change that now.]
I just don't really think that's going to make him feel any better.
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( Sometimes, what he thinks might make his brother feel better - or do the opposite - isn't the case. He's also wronged his brother more than he thought Mia ever could. His brother and his father. He's just now getting back onto solid ground. )
Want me to keep this between us?
( A second passes before Faith returns with shots for the group, a few more than expected now that Tommy's moved on, and she has Mickey in tow.
"Kid was sitting all by his lonesome, thought I'd bring him to the party, what'd I miss?" )
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No, you don't have to keep it from him.
[She doesn't want to make Connor and JJ's relationship more complicated in the process. But she smiles as she glances back to her friends.]
Nothing. Just catching up. Connor, Mickey.
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"Mickey."
Wonderful conversationalists, these two.
The group minus Connor with his soda water cheers. Connor lets everything else go unsaid and Faith regales the kids with safe for work stories about her 'private security' gig. )