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the shepherd's dog ([personal profile] campjesus) wrote2012-04-03 12:01 pm

i've come to love your disappearing acts, do one more, pretty please

Brody comes slinking back eventually.

Of course he does; where else would he go? He could get his own place, it's not hard, he's done it before... but he's not equipped to live by himself. Last time, it drove him crazy. He's not equipped to do anything, lately, he vacillates between locking himself in his room for days or disappearing outside, where he comes back looking dazed and sick. He's not getting any better, he's getting worse.

He doesn't have his key -- dropped it somewhere in Brooklyn, probably down a storm drain by now -- but that doesn't make getting in difficult, not when he's perfectly capable of scaling the walls and crawling in through the bathroom window. That should be too small for him to fit through, except for the fact that now he can fit anywhere his head fits into.

It's just not any fun to watch. Or do.

He comes back around to open the front door and bring the dog up, then shuts the door quietly behind them. Nothing in his hands, he didn't take anything with him and he doesn't bring anything back. He smells a little bit like carrion, indicating he probably ate at least once, but that's all. Maybe it's just from the dog.
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[personal profile] fuckvampires 2012-04-05 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
"I know you don't want to talk about it," he says, his voice quiet. "But I don't want you to feel like that means you can't talk about it. And I don't want the subject dropped just because silence is easier."
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[personal profile] fuckvampires 2012-04-10 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
The period of silence that follows is stretched far too long. That, sadly, was pretty typical of their conversations.

"I'm not gonna let this drop. Okay? I'm gonna keep asking, keep offering. I just want you to know that."