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Chris Miles ([personal profile] noonelaughed) wrote2011-08-11 12:44 am
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Dated Monday, August 8th, post ageswap

The weekend was fucked.

Chris remembers all of it, though. He remembers waking up as a kid, he remembers being little again and not knowing where his mum and and dad were. He remembers, even as a little kid on the island, liking the fish in his hut most of all, all the bright colors of the tropical ones and how they fit in with the duller colored-ones. He'd been worried about missing cubs, and about whether or not he'd be able to get his knots right when he was stuck on an island and not able to practice properly.

It's all fucked, and when he wakes up as himself again, the age he's supposed to be, it's all still stuck with him, the fact that just twenty-four hours ago, he hadn't remembered about Peter, or his mum or his dad or any of it. In some ways, he kind of wishes he could have stayed that way, not remembering how everything'd gone for him. Maybe he could have lived it over again and done it right this time and not been such a fuck up.

It's back to normal now though, and Chris decides to head up to the compound to see try and find people he knows, to make sure they've all changed back as well. At least that's one good thing about when the island decides to fuck around with them all: it's generally good about putting things right in the end.

He doesn't make it far though, before he sees it.

It's sitting there behind his hut like it belongs there, stone and solid, and if it had eyes it'd be staring back at him, it would.

Peter Miles
Brother, Son and Angel


There's even a bunch of flowers on the ground like his mum's just been there. Like somehow, she's found Peter's grave on the island but didn't think enough to come and shake him awake to say 'hi' to him. Everything's back to normal, alright.

Chris doesn't even remember walking towards it, or sitting down on the ground there, but the next thing he knows, he has. Before he knows it he's rolling a joint, remembering again how his little fingers were never able to do the knots properly, but how they've always been able to at least do this.
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[personal profile] little_moons 2011-08-13 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Wincing, I draw my knees up to my chest, quiet for a moment while I watch him roll the joint. I can take one look at him and know he's not okay, even though I think Chris might be a master at hiding that kind of shit, but there isn't a whole lot to be said. Just seven months ago, I heard every fuckin' condolence in the book. I know how fuckin' hollow every one of 'em sounded.

"How old were you?"
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[personal profile] little_moons 2011-08-15 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Shit," I breathe, pushing a hand through my hair and hating this place just a little bit more. I used to think maybe we were supposed to learn from this shit, like it was all a test or something. It's seeming more and more like senseless cruelty, these days.

"You okay?" It's a stupid fuckin' question, and I'm not sure I expect an honest answer.
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[personal profile] little_moons 2011-08-19 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Had tits again. Too bad you missed it," I say with a smirk, letting him change the subject, 'cause it's not my business to try and push him about it. A gravestone and memories that are ten years gone, and havin' me grill him about it isn't gonna do a damn bit of good.

"What about you?"