vigilantics | week 5, tuesday

Entry tags:

* grimmoired,
belph

week 5, tuesday

[ sometime in the evening, steph is going to track belph down to drag him somewhere.

the lounge. she's dragging him to the lounge. ]

Let's have a drink, my friend.

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[ there's a pause before she carefully sets her glass on the ground. she'll actually reach over to grab belph's as well, stealing his drink from him to put it next to hers.

once that's out of the way, stephanie basically launches herself at him (as much as any seriously injured person can, anyway), wrapping her arms around him. ]

You idiot.

[he freezes—he wasn't expecting the hug. ... but he doesn't fight it.]

... Yeah, I am. I've known that for a long time now.

What about now?

... do you still give up?

...

To be honest, if you weren't my partner, I don't think I would've bothered with trying to save everyone here.

I could strangle you.

[ her grip on him tightens slightly, but no, it's still just a hug. ]

... I think that still means something though. You're still trying.

[dryly,]

Yeah, I get that a lot.

[...]

I'm really tired, Steph.

You're not here alone, Belph. I really, really mean it when I say I'm here for you.

[ she loosens her hold enough so that she can back away and look at his face. ]

I know that I don't really understand it all, but you're important to me. You don't have to always smile when you don't want to.

[that's what terrifies him. he already pushed away the last person who might've been there for him—the impulse to do the same here is strong.]

I think I'd probably go insane if I didn't.

[ well, that's an unhealthy coping mechanism. ]

... okay. But, you know, if there's something upsetting you then you don't have to lie and say you're fine to me. Just say you don't want to talk about it.