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Archie Kennedy ([personal profile] saucily) wrote2018-11-01 08:50 am

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[personal profile] betterthanawife 2021-10-15 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[They'll both falter, then-- William's won't show on his face, quite so much, but they're both new to the empathy bond. Archie will likely catch at least the edges of the other man's grief, before William manages to master himself and unconsciously reels it in again.]

I only just saw him, myself, Mr. Ke-- Archie. [Speaking his name earns a lump in his throat. Swallowing gets the rest of the words out.] You're here.

[It feels, to him, like it must sound very much like you're alive. He can't help it. Can only hope the other man doesn't notice, because perhaps he doesn't know.]
betterthanawife: (loose cannon)

[personal profile] betterthanawife 2021-10-15 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[The touch to his arm is both grounding and disquieting, all at once. Grounding, because it means touching Archie Kennedy and feeling just how real, just how alive he is again. Disquieting, because he can feel rather than simply see Archie's surprise and concern.

William grips back at Archie's arm, and simply resigns himself to the way his pain-- At first just the chronic physical one, then the ache of seeing Archie alive, and then finally, at the whispered words, an absolute bleed of hurt.]


Archie. He doesn't even know me. [Which is much of the source of the torrent of sorrow, but not the whole of it.] I-- There's some things I told him of his future, before I properly realized, but-- Of course I'll not tell him about the worst loss in his life when he doesn't even know me well enough to let me help him through it, this time.

[There's flickers of other emotions-- anger and guilt, most of all-- but it all lives under the quiet grief etched into his face by the years and worries he's had to bear.]
betterthanawife: (devil & the deep blue sea)

[personal profile] betterthanawife 2021-10-15 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[The shake of his head comes quickly, one shoulder lifting in a half-hearted shrug. Despite the continued closeness, he tries very hard, now, to rein in some of his wayward emotions; get himself back to his customary steadiness.]

It is what it is. [His smile is tired, and the exact pattern of exhaustion seems well-worn upon his face.] In all honesty, even from what little I saw of him, he seemed to be doing better here than I ever knew him to be. If we have to-- get to know one another, again, there are worse circumstances for us to find ourselves in.

[Assuming, of course, that Horatio would still want to get to know him here, once the shock of meeting him had worn off. There hardly seems a need, when he considers William a stranger & not even a commanding officer-- And besides. Archie's here.]

He-- mentioned that you'd also only just arrived?
betterthanawife: (slush fund)

[personal profile] betterthanawife 2021-10-16 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[William, certainly, would be glad for the help-- Though only if Horatio doesn't protest it. (He's very worried Horatio will protest it.)

The huff that escapes his lips is fond.]


He said nothing of that; only that you were here. Though I admit I was too concerned about whether or not you knew about-- Kingston to keep pressing him.

[AKA he had also done his own, quieter version of panicking.

A bit more softly:]
I'm sure you acted no more irrationally than any of us coming from back home did. Especially given what you were-- leaving behind.
betterthanawife: (all for me grog)

[personal profile] betterthanawife 2021-10-17 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, well. Reckless, I can believe of you.

[Selfishness, though? Selfishness is more complicated. One could perhaps argue towards a certain selfishness in the way Archie had died-- sometimes, in uncharitable moments, he does-- But any of that was far outshadowed by the selfless impact the act had had.]

We're good at muddling through, at the very least. It ought to make this-- easier.

[He hopes, anyways.]
betterthanawife: (close quarters)

[personal profile] betterthanawife 2021-10-20 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Knowing the two of you, I imagine you'll soon find your way into some-- mischief, at least, if not proper trouble, even without the French.

[It's a very weak attempt at humor, but it's still an attempt.]
betterthanawife: (have the wind)

[personal profile] betterthanawife 2021-10-25 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[They've survived through worse than manageable before. Or, well-- Two of them had.]

Led him into yet another scrape, if he didn't lead you into one first.

[But also.]

He must be glad, to have you here.