Jason stands in the middle of his room, looking at his closet, very upset. "What was I thinking to wear this crap? And this room. I need a manservant."
"No..no you can't.. I've gotten around that, you can't, not right now.." She takes a step back.
Her eyes narrow, her words quiet yet defiant "You would do..over Jason's - no fucking way..." stops, listens to him some more. She hisses quietly as he speake of her killing for him, her eyes throwing daggers into his own.
Then,confused once more, she shakes her head "Then what do you want Gabriel? What way do you want things? I don't know if you don't tell me. You know what I don't want. I've made that clear enough. What do you want?
Pausing, looking back, seeing those brilliant blue eyes, that shock of blonde hair. Shaking his head softly, eyes softening a little as he looked back at Leela.
"I want him healthy, complete. And not fearing Raina. I want Nathaniel to never have to have that haunted look in his eyes that I once knew. I want Lil to know that pack means family and not pain and heartache."
Voice rising, not angry, just caught up in it all.
"I want a pard. A true pard. And I don't give a fuck if it's all leopards or not. It's about the family. The connection."
Rolling his shoulders, glancing back once more.
"I want to fucking belong, not be a tool. I want to... Forget it. Does it really fucking matter? No. Because I keep telling everyone. I get two things. To kill and to fuck. That's my life, Dollface. Suck it up."
Caught up in his vision, her gaze softens, but then..
"Stop it, Damn you stop it right now. You are the only person putting chains on yourself here. You are the one ripping yourself over the coals of your past. Everyone here - Jason, Nate - everyone is willing to give you the chance that you don't seem to want to give yourself."
Furiously, she continues, her voice low and deadly.
"Snap out of it. You have a new life and a new chance to live, a family - all of it".
"But if you want to wallow in your self inposed prison, I certainly can't help you. And I won't kill you and put you out of your misery either."
"So suck it up Alpha Male."
She goes to walk by him, too angry to stay any longer.
Not a word. Not a single sound. Just those glaring, bright, golden eyes. Following her lips, flickering to her eyes. Watching her with all of the coldness that lived within his soul. The eyes of a predator trying to decide whether to eat her or toy with her.
But as she moves to pass, his arm shoots out, blocking the way.
"One thing, Dollface. You can't have it both ways. You can't have that thrill, that lust, that need for a man that can kill you and have him acceptin his position as a true Alpha, as a leader and as a loving beast. See, it doesn't work that way, Doll."
Lifting his arm, clearing her way.
"I can't be everything to everyone. Not even to myself."
"Then be true to yourself and what you were meant to be. And you were meant for better things than you've given yourself - or given yourself credit for."
"Never once said you couldn't lean on the people around you - that is what family is for, right? Even leaders need people around them, people who care, who will be there to hold, to care, to help- and even people who will tell the truth as they see it, whether the leader likes it or not."
"I can handle me, I'm not worried. But I'am worried about Jason, about Lil, and Nate. And I'm very worried about you. Very much so."
"And you don't think I'm not? I'm watching Jason being eaten away by that fucking shit in his head, in his soul. And I don't know how to help him. I have a damn good idea but.. But he's stronger than the one I knew. And as such, I don't know how much his willpower versus my efforts will go."
Shaking his head, hands clenching until tight balls until blood seeps through his fingers.
"Don't worry about me, Doll. No point. I'll sink or swim. There is no other choice. Because another alpha comes through here and wants to take Lil? Or Jason? Hell, maybe Nate, I don't know this Nate well enough to know how Alpha is he. But he tries? I'll either kill or be killed. How it goes. My throat or his."
"But at least you are willing to try. That's a fuck of a lot better than the self destructive verbal beating that I've listened to you say time and time again."
She leans in close, looking up at him, midnight blue eyes full of fire "And I will continue to worry about you until I decide you no longer need me worrying about you. And that will not be for a long time. Get used to it, now."
"I don't know why you'd go through it, Dollface. That's all. Nothing worse than a broken shifter than a broken alpha. And I just don't know how fractured I am."
Leaning closer, kissing her nose.
"I'm going in to holdcheck on my patient. See how he's doing. Joining us or going home?"
Lil slips pass Gabriel as Leela leaves, and looks at him, worried. She starts to clean up the bathroom, only looking up when Nathaniel walks in from his room.
Nate comes in through his door, arches a brow at the tension and starts helping Lil clean up. He opens the shower door, looks in and sighs at the mess of shampoo and body wash on the floor.
"Well, tomorrow? You can have more hits. All you want. But.. I have a prior engagement."
Grinning at Lil, nodding politely to Nathaniel, Gabriel slips from the bathroom and into the bedroom, easily taking Jason's hand and sliding up next to him in bed.
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:05 (UTC)Her eyes narrow, her words quiet yet defiant "You would do..over Jason's - no fucking way..." stops, listens to him some more. She hisses quietly as he speake of her killing for him, her eyes throwing daggers into his own.
Then,confused once more, she shakes her head "Then what do you want Gabriel? What way do you want things? I don't know if you don't tell me. You know what I don't want. I've made that clear enough. What do you want?
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:12 (UTC)"I want him healthy, complete. And not fearing Raina. I want Nathaniel to never have to have that haunted look in his eyes that I once knew. I want Lil to know that pack means family and not pain and heartache."
Voice rising, not angry, just caught up in it all.
"I want a pard. A true pard. And I don't give a fuck if it's all leopards or not. It's about the family. The connection."
Rolling his shoulders, glancing back once more.
"I want to fucking belong, not be a tool. I want to... Forget it. Does it really fucking matter? No. Because I keep telling everyone. I get two things. To kill and to fuck. That's my life, Dollface. Suck it up."
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:22 (UTC)"Stop it, Damn you stop it right now. You are the only person putting chains on yourself here. You are the one ripping yourself over the coals of your past. Everyone here - Jason, Nate - everyone is willing to give you the chance that you don't seem to want to give yourself."
Furiously, she continues, her voice low and deadly.
"Snap out of it. You have a new life and a new chance to live, a family - all of it".
"But if you want to wallow in your self inposed prison, I certainly can't help you. And I won't kill you and put you out of your misery either."
"So suck it up Alpha Male."
She goes to walk by him, too angry to stay any longer.
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:28 (UTC)But as she moves to pass, his arm shoots out, blocking the way.
"One thing, Dollface. You can't have it both ways. You can't have that thrill, that lust, that need for a man that can kill you and have him acceptin his position as a true Alpha, as a leader and as a loving beast. See, it doesn't work that way, Doll."
Lifting his arm, clearing her way.
"I can't be everything to everyone. Not even to myself."
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:38 (UTC)"Never once said you couldn't lean on the people around you - that is what family is for, right? Even leaders need people around them, people who care, who will be there to hold, to care, to help- and even people who will tell the truth as they see it, whether the leader likes it or not."
"I can handle me, I'm not worried. But I'am worried about Jason, about Lil, and Nate. And I'm very worried about you. Very much so."
"So stand the fuck back up and be what you are"
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:46 (UTC)Shaking his head, hands clenching until tight balls until blood seeps through his fingers.
"Don't worry about me, Doll. No point. I'll sink or swim. There is no other choice. Because another alpha comes through here and wants to take Lil? Or Jason? Hell, maybe Nate, I don't know this Nate well enough to know how Alpha is he. But he tries? I'll either kill or be killed. How it goes. My throat or his."
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:55 (UTC)She leans in close, looking up at him, midnight blue eyes full of fire "And I will continue to worry about you until I decide you no longer need me worrying about you. And that will not be for a long time. Get used to it, now."
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:59 (UTC)"I don't know why you'd go through it, Dollface. That's all. Nothing worse than a broken shifter than a broken alpha. And I just don't know how fractured I am."
Leaning closer, kissing her nose.
"I'm going in to
holdcheck on my patient. See how he's doing. Joining us or going home?"no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2005 08:03 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:29 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:31 (UTC)"Damn you Jason."
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:34 (UTC)Sounding tired, shoulders slumping.
"Lil? You okay?"
Trying hard to sound calm, normal. Gabrielish.
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:36 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:38 (UTC)"Oh, I'm peachy keen, Sweets."
Grinning, a "What me worry?" kind of smile.
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:40 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:42 (UTC)no subject
Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:48 (UTC)Grinning at Lil, nodding politely to Nathaniel, Gabriel slips from the bathroom and into the bedroom, easily taking Jason's hand and sliding up next to him in bed.
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Date: 19 Jun 2005 07:49 (UTC)