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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 16:53:19 GMT -5
[insert description when I'm feeling more inspired]
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 16:54:09 GMT -5
Amelio was home by the time Gabriel got back. He walked in, half-hoping Amelio wouldn't notice the cut on his neck or the burn on his finger. He didn't want to explain what had just happened. He didn't know how.
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Post by Paroxysm on Jun 24, 2016 16:59:40 GMT -5
( yo leonardharman.com/FILM/IMAGES/AW105-FerrisApt.jpg ) Amelio visibly relaxed when Gabriel walked through the door, but smiled. They had debated about Gabriel's late-night walks before, and though Amelio still worried, he had come to accept them. This one had just been.. abnormally long. "Tían! I was starting to get worried."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 17:01:41 GMT -5
Gabriel shrugged. "I'm... I'm here. It's okay." He tried, and failed, to keep the nerves out of his voice.
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Post by Paroxysm on Jun 24, 2016 17:03:39 GMT -5
Amelio's smile gave way to a concerned look. "What.. What's wrong?" he questioned, standing up. "You're upset."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 17:04:11 GMT -5
"I..." Gabriel shrugged, met Amelio's eyes, and immediately started crying.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 21:49:11 GMT -5
Amelio looked shocked, and quickly stepped over to put an arm over his partner's shoulders. "Gabriel, what's going on..?" He murmured the question mostly out of of concern, knowing it was no easy to explain anything in the state Gabriel was in. He guided Gabriel to the sofa.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 21:50:33 GMT -5
"I..." Gabriel hesitated. "I went for a walk, and stopped by Noah's house."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 21:54:25 GMT -5
"What.. is he alright?" Amelio asked. They did not know Noah very well, but knew he was a single father, and Amelio could only imagine something terrible happening to him to make Gabriel this shaken up.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 22:01:07 GMT -5
"I... yeah. I wanted company. But we, uh, ran into someone... who wanted information from us..." He hoped desperately that Lio would figure it out before he had to say the word 'torture.' If that was even the right word for what had happened.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 22:05:42 GMT -5
Amelio's face darkened. "Information? What kind of--" he cut off, and looked panicked in an instant. He looked over Gabriel, tightening his grip over the other man's shoulders as he rapidly scanned for injuries. "Are you okay? God, did they hurt you? Are you okay?" He noticed the cut on Gabriel's neck, and his face turned pale.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 22:09:32 GMT -5
"I'm okay," Gabriel said. "A... a woman... Noah's some kind of hacker, and knew something, and I just happened to be there..." He buried his face in Lio's shoulder. "She almost killed me."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 22:21:22 GMT -5
"What? ...What?" Amelio whispered, shaking as well, but holding Gabriel as tightly as he could. He buried his nose in Gabriel's hair, whispering, "Thank God you're safe.. Thank God.."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 22:24:23 GMT -5
Gabriel gave up on trying and just cried into Lio's shoulder.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jun 24, 2016 22:32:06 GMT -5
Amelio held Gabriel close, his mind worriedly running through everything he knew about Noah. Had he misjudged him? Was Gabriel unsafe around him all the time? With the police force in shambles as it was now, he couldn't just call for their support immediately, as he wished he could if it would protect Gabriel.
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