bess d. fawcett (bestzeller) wrote in valesco,
@ 2011-09-08 23:01:00

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Drystan! >>
With Sadie and Stephen having begged to stay over at their grandmother's for the night, Bess pushed her way back into their flat with Brian sound asleep against her chest. Her boy had exhausted himself, crawling like an animal around the spacious, baby-proofed cottage. Part of Bess had wished to stay along with her older two kids, finally feeling like her parents' home was a place of comfort and happiness, especially when her own flat had been filled with such anxiety and tension. She'd stayed the night in Sadie's room after her fight with Drystan, trying her best to make her daughter think it was just a girls-night sleepover. Sadie hadn't been fooled, however, and her daughter's concern had made it very hard to go the night without crying.

That cold disappointment was the worst feeling she'd ever had during her marriage to Drystan. It was the one thing she never thought she would feel, and Bess couldn't imagine how she was going to fix this. She hadn't been able to talk to Penny, and hoped that the girl had managed to avoid her husband while he was away at quidditch practice.

He would be home now though, hopefully. As anxious as she was to really see him since the fight, Bess needed to know that he hadn't left. Merlin, she didn't know if he could handle it if Drystan wasn't home.

"Hello?" she called out, hoping to hear a response. Or maybe he wouldn't respond, and she'd have to go looking for him, but as long as he was there...

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bestzeller
2011-09-11 03:44 pm UTC (link)

"That's the kind of talk that breaks a girl's heart," Bess let out, the slight flare of anger she had coming back to her disappearing as all her energy deflated. Hearing Drystan's words to Penelope struck her hard in the heart, vividly reminding her of her own father's words. When she'd come back from Hogwarts and revealed to them that she was pregnant, that Chester had no intention of marrying her or doing anything for the baby---the look of disgrace and disappointment and...Bess could only imagine how harsh Drystan had been.

Shaking her head, Bess started toward the broken chair, pulling out her wand to start cleaning up the mess. She bent down to get a closer look at everything, feeling tired from the fight and the mental stress and just...everything. Part of her wished that she had stayed with Sadie and Stephen at her mother's house, but she was somewhat glad she'd found Drystan when she did. Who knew how he would've released the rest of his anger?

"I'm sorry," she said, putting a hand to her head. The last thing she ever wanted to do to Drystan was give him unnecessary stress, and look how it had blown up in their face. It seemed a long time coming, it let Penny reveal what has been troubling her for so long, it...they would get better because of this. Bess wanted to tell Drystan that they'd be fine, that Penny would be fine once they found her or talked to her, but her voice got caught on her tears, "I'm sorry."

She'd been trying to help his sister, but all she'd done was make it worse. They'd let things blow up before even giving it the chance to get resolved; Bess covered her face with her hands, wand dropping to the floor because everything was so mucked up right now and she had no idea how to fix it. She'd never wanted anyone in her home to feel the way Penny must and---they could've done everything differently.

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brythonichero
2011-09-11 06:50 pm UTC (link)

Her words were first a slap to him. But the choked out sorry, the sight of his wife kneeling on the floor to take care of his mess was harsher than even a kick to the stomach. Of all the times he'd silently berated her parents, wondered at how cruel they could be… suddenly he becomes that very same sort of person? The temper was sapped from him in an instant, leaving in its wake a terrible and consuming anguish. Drystan pulled out his own wand and hurried to fall to his knees beside her, pulling her hands away from the evidence of his raging.

"Bess, don't," he pleaded softly, heedless of the break in his voice, of his throat closing, and also of the alien sensation of hot tears prickling in his eyes.

Perhaps, though his hysteric irrationality refused to consider it, perhaps all this was the reaction Drystan had to losing someone. Because once again, someone he loved was going to leave him, and if her mind was made, there was nothing he could do about it. Perhaps, if he only pushed her away first, it wouldn't hurt quite so badly when she did go. And then when she wasn't, when she wasn't removing herself from his life, there was the terrible need to punish her for the fact that she could, because one day she could realize she deserved better and with a wave of the wand, it would all disappear from his life. And, he thought with a cringe, he might have already lost the other person who meant the world to him.

His breath hitched. "Bess, I'm so sorry, I'm so, so sorry, please don't, I'll do it. I'll take care of it, I promise."

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bestzeller
2011-09-11 09:35 pm UTC (link)

As---upset, and disappointed, and frustrated and just confused as she was with everything, with her husband, Bess didn't hesitate in lurching toward him. She crashed into his chest and her arms slung around him tightly because----this was more than just hiding a little sister's secret boyfriend, this was uncovering more than a year's worth of depression and anguish for Penelope. This was...unleashing something in Drystan that she'd never seen before and didn't know how to help.

She could be there for him. Bess would be there for Drystan, and for Penelope if she wanted her to be. It was all she could do, and she had to work hard to keep this family from completely dissolving. Hearing the cracks in his voice nearly killed her and...Bess kissed the side of his face, muttering over and over a quiet 'I love you,' because it was literally all she could do right now.

"We'll be all right," she whispered with a shaky breath, not loosening her grip on Drystan.

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