dc_holiday (dc_holiday) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-12-31 19:46:00

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New Year's
The beginning of a New Year, a time for new hopes, new experiences to come. A time to reflect on times past, remembering fond memories happily and trying to put less pleasant thoughts and experiences in the past.

It is a time of renewal, a time of rebirth. And for much of the world, it is a time of celebration. This is no less true for the super hero set as anyone else. If anything, they just have that much bigger of things to look forward to.

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burningmartian
2011-01-01 02:48 am UTC (link)

"It's not the same as what I have with /you/. Not even Lian gets me like you do. And I see your life and I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid at all. You see only a string of fear and negatives. I don't see that. I don't see that at all. You're worth the danger to me. And I could die just as easily in a bus accident as from a maniac's attack. Would that be your fault, too?"

Her shoulders start to drop a little and for a moment, she's sure she isn't going to win this. Dumped on NYE. 2010 really was the worst year ever.

"You're going to have to physically remove me. So you either better throw me out of her by force or just accept that I'm not going anywhere. Choose."

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bloodred_robin
2011-01-01 03:11 am UTC (link)

Tim looks her in the eye for a moment, readying himself to throw her out...and then goes to sit back down. She could simply go intangible and keep him from doing so. Or tk him through a wall.

If she really wanted to be mean, she could make him forget this whole conversation, but he knows that she'd never do that.

"I think you don't give the other people in your life enough credit." Tim says.

"What happens if I die, J'anna? That's a real possibility in the next twelve months." he tells her.

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burningmartian
2011-01-01 03:19 am UTC (link)

Going intangible hadn't ocurred to her, nor had using tk to toss him through a wall, wipe his memory, or anything else she could technically do. If he was going to cast her aside, she was going to let it be a fair fight.

She takes a deep breath when he backs away from her and sits back down.

"I think you doubt just how much I love you," she says simply.

"What happens if you die? Then I'll grieve. I'll miss you. I'll spend a lot of time drunk, lying in bed trying to convince myself you'll come home. I'll be inconsolable--and I can't promise you I'd ever get over you. I might end up a bitter, miserable old woman. I don't see the future. I don't know what tomorrow is. But what I do know is that there isn't a person on the planet that doesn't face the same question. Anyone's lover could die in the next twelve months. Or end up in a coma from which they may never wake up."

She thinks about her dad, knowing exactly where he is right now, knowing he's holding her mom's hand, wishing she'd just open her eyes.

"No one knows what's going to happen. I just know I don't want to live in what if land. I want to live in here and now, which up until about five minutes ago consisted of me and my boyfriend and had the possibility of some cuddling and maybe more but right now feels a lot like that's not going to happen."

She kneels in front of him and takes his hands.

"You aren't broken and you aren't bad luck and you aren't a curse. You're mine. And I don't want to go anywhere that isn't with you, no matter how scary, dangerous, or surreal it is."

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bloodred_robin
2011-01-01 04:13 am UTC (link)

Tim is silent for a long time. He really wishes J'anna would listen to him, but if she won't, he's going to have to live with it when the truth comes to pass.

"No one was supposed to die." Tim says quietly. "We were supposed to win and go on with our lives while the League slunk back under their rock and wished they hadn't messed with us. It all went so wrong, though." Tim says.

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	burningmartian 2011-01-01 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"I know." She squeezes his hands. "I know." Sighing she just holds those hands for a moment. "You really want me gone." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-01-01 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"I really don't want you to die, J'anna. That's it." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burningmartian 2011-01-01 04:18 am UTC (link)
	"Even if I left you now it'd be too late, you know. Our enemies already know we're together and they know that ending me would be a strike at you. I think I like my odds staying right here. If you'll let me. At least here, I'm with you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-01-01 07:10 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not trying to hurt you, by the way." Tim says. "I just want you to be safe." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burningmartian 2011-01-01 07:13 am UTC (link)
	She smiles, slightly. "I know. And I'm not trying to be obstinate. I just...well. I love you, Tim. I'm not foolish or blind. I fight the same fight you do. Please don't send me away, Tim. Please." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-01-01 07:21 am UTC (link)
	Tim sighs. "I love you, too. I'm not sending you away." Tim says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burningmartian 2011-01-01 07:27 am UTC (link)
	J'anna sighs, somewhat relieved. "Thank you." She kisses his hands and stands up. "I'll be in the living room if you need me. I figure you'll want to look at the seismic records I queued up." Pausing, she kissed the top of his head. "I love you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-01-01 07:30 am UTC (link)
	"Look, I need some time to decompress. Maybe we should just watch the festivities and relax for a bit. I'll get back to this as soon as I'm ready." Tim says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burningmartian 2011-01-01 07:32 am UTC (link)
	"I'd really like that. Making fun of Ryan Seacrest is really only fun when I have you with me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-01-01 07:35 am UTC (link)
	"I have no idea why you watch any show with that guy on it, but I can't really say anything." Tim says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burningmartian 2011-01-01 07:49 am UTC (link)
	"It just seems wrong to me to watch anything that isn't New Year's Rockin' Eve. Mocking Seacrest at least amuses me." She offers him a hand. "Made you casserole." Maybe the night was salvageable. Maybe things would get better in the new year. Maybe it would be okay after all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2011-01-01 07:51 am UTC (link)
	Tim takes the offered hand. "Casserole is good. Let's eat and then we'll see if I can dress better than Seacrest." Tim smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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