Closed Logs

[gadaboutdetective]

Who: Watts and assorted. Thus far Alex, Enis, Rhy, and Richie. You want one? Let me know!
When: Through the month of August & September probably
What: assorted personalized logs for the event. Gen Open ones will go over on the main log post!
Warnings: None yet, will add if it comes up.

See below for the thread top levels!

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[unbreakable_king]

"Perhaps. Or you can tell me of your siblings. I would not mind a story of either of those ilk."

Just tell him things because he needs to hear it.

[gadaboutdetective]

Settling a little more, he was silent for a moment. His brothers were... well, they had meant everything to him. For a very long time they’d made up most of his world. The two boys had been the closest thing he could ever really remember to having a family like other people did. He barely remembered his own parents, just little snippets of his mother were all that remained. His sister was another matter entirely, and if he had it his way the sphere would leave that scab untouched.

His voice was soft as he finally spoke up, “I can probably speak of both...? At least until you fall asleep.” He smiled a little, a little more subdued than the usual full grin that crossed his face. Llewellyn would start with his brothers, if only because it seemed fairer somehow. He knew much of Rhy and Kell both, it might be time to share a little more of his brothers with Rhy. At least this way he had more control, this could be more pleasant than that last memory share where his mess was exposed to everyone.

“Hubert and Daniel were very sweet, I... think you would have liked them. At least I hope you would have— they were very warm, and welcoming regardless of who you were. I barely had been there a day when they sort of adopted me. They were identical look-a likes? Most people couldn’t tell them apart, but I could.” Llewellyn stared at the ceiling of the tent above them thoughtfully, even now he tended to jump around the topic as much as he tried to stay on track.“Danny was very humorous, even if I didn’t always understand his jokes? He still went out of his way to make us laugh, and he knew if he could make Hubert laugh then I would probably catch it.”

Llewellyn hummed a little, “Hubert was creative in his own way, I think... I think if things had been different he might have been a writer like my coworker, George... He was excellent at making up all sorts of stories.” He frowned, a small thing. Hubert had unfortunately changed, and Llewellyn was sure that was his fault. Still, he thought of a story that was actually rather fitting for the moment. “Once when I was stuck in bed for a few days, caught something or other... I lost my voice, so I couldn’t read to them before bed? I thought they might be disappointed, they’d uh— taken a chance and grabbed a new book earlier that week.” Don’t judge them harshly, they’d had very little. “Anyway! He and Danny sort of piled into the room, and he made things up instead. Silly stories, or things they liked to think about the future.”

[unbreakable_king]

"How did you meet them?"

There is a fatigue in Rhy's voice, but he's still eager to know. Interested in the details of the life of the man he has become fond of.

"How are they yours?"

[gadaboutdetective]

Llewellyn pursed his lips, awkwardly glancing at the man laying next to him with a look that was a mixture of pain and uncertainty. So much for not picking at that scab... “I— I met them when my sister abandoned me. The landlady came to get our rent, and I was alone so—” Well, he hadn’t realized at the time that he’d been abandoned... or perhaps he had been in denial about it. He had thought the young woman had been abducted or murdered, and spent 15 years not knowing. “She had already taken them in before me, I guess she figured putting the roof over the head of one more kid wouldn’t be too hard. I was also a year older than them... I could watch out for them for her?”

He remembered being scared that night, no money and no family? Generally that was a one way ticket to the streets or into the boys homes, hired out to factories or quarries as cheap help. But, even if she hadn’t really been motherly, Mrs. Young had been kind enough to take him in. “I guess they weren’t mine in the usual sense that people expect, but they were the closest thing I had to family after that. I was lucky to have them, and I miss them...” He was sure they’d deserved better than him, considering how he’d failed them in the end.

[unbreakable_king]

"They were lucky to have you," Rhy answers. "Just as I am."

His arm wraps around his friend, holding him close. It was helping.

"The park. Tell me more."

[gadaboutdetective]

Llewellyn actually didn’t respond for a moment, frown deepening lightly as he responded in a hushed tone. “They really weren’t, and I certainly hope to do better for you here than I did for them.”

The arms around him are nice though, and Rhy seemed to be settling well enough... So he shifted slightly and relaxed into the man’s hold, an arm coming to rest over one of his gently. “Mm... right, the park. It’s lovely, especially in the spring and early summer months when the trees are green and the flowers are freshly blooming. I usually spend most of my time walking there when I can’t focus in the noisy station house. It’s mm... got a lot of nice food stands for lunch too.”

He glanced at the ceiling of the tent again, thinking back on the time he spent there. “And I would run the trails every morning with the running club. It was always good for clearing my head before I went in to the station. The trails were sometimes challenging, but that was the point I expect.”

good close?

[unbreakable_king]

And Rhy... Rhy is asleep. The words and the warmth were a comfort he didn't know how to handle. Except by falling asleep, happy and safe and warm in ways he didn't know.

Excellent closing point :)

[gadaboutdetective]

Llewellyn spoke on for a couple more minutes before he noticed Rhy had finally drifted off. He considered untangling himself and going back to volunteer work... But that might risk waking the man, and it was comfortable here. A short nap, or at least a chance to reflect in silence would be nice. Especially with Rhy sleeping so peacefully against him.