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tyler_goneTyler said goodbye to Estella.
Then he went home, eyes down, head full of a mass of thoughts that kept turning into cement and burying themselves in his stomach. he didn't want to be a father. He could only hope somewhere, somehow, Estella would turn out all right.
He grabbed some scotch and headed to Tony's place to talk about absolutely nothing of consequence for a few hours. Now it was the next morning, and he was lying awake on sheets that probably cost more than his rent, and the thoughts were back and turning his stomach to cement again.
Maybe if he didn't move, he'd fall back asleep.
Then he went home, eyes down, head full of a mass of thoughts that kept turning into cement and burying themselves in his stomach. he didn't want to be a father. He could only hope somewhere, somehow, Estella would turn out all right.
He grabbed some scotch and headed to Tony's place to talk about absolutely nothing of consequence for a few hours. Now it was the next morning, and he was lying awake on sheets that probably cost more than his rent, and the thoughts were back and turning his stomach to cement again.
Maybe if he didn't move, he'd fall back asleep.
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Date: 2009-04-14 02:30 pm (UTC)There was simply no way he was going to deal with that today. That clothing was some of his favorite suits! This was why children were a terrible idea.
"You could always clean up for me if you're going to be this maudlin," He pointed out, sitting up and rubbing the back of his neck.
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Date: 2009-04-14 02:39 pm (UTC)He adjusted the pillow.
"I sent a little kid back to a world where Mommy and Daddy fight all the time," he said. "Where Marla got herself pregnant and I didn't slip RU-486 into her Diet Coke. I wonder what the hell was wrong with that me and I want to punch him, and I wonder if I should have kept her here, except..." He trailed off. Except he didn't want kids, period, end of sentence, end of paragraph, end of the fucking book.
"None of your fifteen children's existence bothered you at all?"
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Date: 2009-04-14 02:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-14 03:05 pm (UTC)"Did you send out those pants?"
Subject change, kind of.
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Date: 2009-04-14 03:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-14 03:30 pm (UTC)"Which kid was the construction worker?"
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Date: 2009-04-14 04:00 pm (UTC)"It's durable," he said. "You could do worse."
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Date: 2009-04-14 06:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-14 06:37 pm (UTC)"Okay. Who did you sleep with?"
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Date: 2009-04-14 06:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-14 06:51 pm (UTC)Their relationship was strange.
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Date: 2009-04-14 06:57 pm (UTC)Oh god, was this Tony way of asking permission.
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Date: 2009-04-14 07:04 pm (UTC)He went for the hitting, striking out with a fast and not especially hard punch to Tony's jaw.
Really, that said more than words would just then.
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Date: 2009-04-14 07:08 pm (UTC)He asked! That was... a big deal for him.
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Date: 2009-04-14 07:32 pm (UTC)But there he was.
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Date: 2009-04-14 07:42 pm (UTC)He tilted his head, trying to get a better look at any bruise rising on Tony's face. "You don't have to ask, you know --"
Then he realized what he was saying, and that somehow he and Tony had gotten to the point where Tony felt he had to ask permission to sleep around.
Holy shit. Their relationship just kept getting weirder.
"Tony?"
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Date: 2009-04-14 07:46 pm (UTC)"What?" He snapped, hesitantly poking at the spot.
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Date: 2009-04-14 07:49 pm (UTC)"Did you just ask me whether you could sleep with somebody else?"
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Date: 2009-04-14 07:54 pm (UTC)"Well, I don't want you getting like you do again." That was Tony for 'Yes.'
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Date: 2009-04-14 07:58 pm (UTC)"I'm sorry. Ice?"
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Date: 2009-04-14 08:00 pm (UTC)A beat.
"And a safe word if that's what you like."
TONY. NO.
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Date: 2009-04-14 11:11 pm (UTC)No, that wasn't hope in his tone. It was ... something that just sounded like hope.
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Date: 2009-04-14 11:14 pm (UTC)How exactly asking to be able to pursue someone else made him the victim here was best left to the ages.
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Date: 2009-04-14 11:24 pm (UTC)Was it really the most important question Tony could ask? Tyler reached for his fingers. "... now?"
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Date: 2009-04-14 11:29 pm (UTC)He had to, right?
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Date: 2009-04-14 11:35 pm (UTC)Coffee was totally breakfast.
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Date: 2009-04-14 11:43 pm (UTC)