felixitous
It had been many years since he'd come to the Institute, taken in by Tobias at a low time in his life. He'd been living in Greece for more than ten years, and still, he felt like an outsider, a stranger in a foreign land, and all those displacement cliches. Still, it was a home of some kind, even though he and it did not quite fit.
Once he was gone, Delaney crawled into the corner of her room and curled her knees up to her chest. Slowly, hard, heavy sobs worked their way out of her, but she covered her mouth to hold them in. She had to have done something wrong. She was being punished for something. She looked up as tears rolled down over her fingers and thought, 'What did I do to deserve this?"
"You're such a fucking--how does anyone STAND you?"
"Just answer the fucking question, Jan!"
Shit. He'd stalled enough for her, apparently, but he had no idea what to tell her.
He ran a hand through his hair, looking at the ground.
"It's pathetic. It's pathetic and you'll hate me."
Frankly, it was amazing she didn't already.
"You are les fn than a barrel without any monkeys."
"I think you got phrase that just a tad wrong."
"No, I got it just right, because your fun-level when equated with monkeys in barrels is zero, Tobes. ZERO."
"I'm very sorry. I'll buy a monkey. Will that help?"
"Maybe, Tobes. Just maybe."
omg I CAN DO MORE THAN ONE PER DAY??? YESSS
Jon was not one to dwell on the past, but when he thought, /really/ thought, life before Jay sucked. He'd lived alone, stayed alone, done just about everything alone, but now, there was someone he could share things with. A kindred spirit to smile and go along with whatever he was babbling about, and who actually /understood/ what he was babbling about. Jeeze, was he in love with her or what?
Things had been different before Astor came. Life had been boring and a drudge, and there was no real life to be had. But then, suddenly, there was this energy where there had been none, and Tobias found himself really enjoying things for the first time. When you were immortal, you learned to cherish firsts. There are only so many to be had.