that_cost: (focus: my GTFO sense is tingling)
Charlie McGee ([personal profile] that_cost) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou2016-07-29 10:53 pm

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Okay...so just...count me in on the small group of people who don't seem to be sleeping well, but if shit would settle down for a hot second, maybe I can try.

That being said, when were all done being shot at and the other less than fun crap that's been happening, I'd like some advice.

Insomnia is a bitch, so is medication. It's not my friend so I need alternatives. I'd like to avoid any future insomnia crashes.

What advice do you guys have?
takeitslow: ([Goodtime])

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[personal profile] takeitslow 2016-08-03 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a long pause, well long for him anyway. It takes a near 15 seconds before he responds, grinning like a loon. This is probably not the reaction she wanted.]

Holy shit! You're a mutant and you've been holding out on me. No fair, girl. [He tries to reign in his smile, failing miserably.] I mean, the side effects suck but come on. Superpowers are totally meant to be shown off around friends.
takeitslow: ([Slang])

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[personal profile] takeitslow 2016-08-03 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Mutant. You know. Mutated genes, cool powers. [His smile slips a little. If she doesn't know-] It's not what you call people with powers where you're from?
takeitslow: ([Explain])

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[personal profile] takeitslow 2016-08-05 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He sits up straighter. A closed conversation usually means something serious. Her admission softens his enthusiasm; he remembers what it was like to not know anyone else like him.]

No one else? At all? I mean it took me seventeen years to meet anyone else but- [He stops, expression concerned.] Were you born with them? I mean, if you want to tell me. If you were, you can't be the only one. I don't think nature would do that.
takeitslow: ([Worry])

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[personal profile] takeitslow 2016-08-08 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Leigh. Jesus.

[He swears, rubbing at his face. He knows a little about experimentation, from what Wanda showed him. From what River showed him. It seems like something he just keeps hearing about from person after person, how some asshole decided to ruin their lives with science and false promise.]

Fuck. I don't know what to say about that. I'm sorry. [It sounds lame and lacking.] Where are you?
takeitslow: ([Behind])

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[personal profile] takeitslow 2016-08-08 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Hey. That's fine. I mean.

[He shrugs. Maybe it stings a little that she'd lied, but he's not going to call her on it now. There's more important things to talk about and he doesn't really want to make her feel worse even when he feels hurt. Maybe this is that maturity thing everyone's always harping on him about.]

I'm going to walk you there. Okay? We can, uh, you know. Talk or whatever.
takeitslow: ([Speak])

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[personal profile] takeitslow 2016-08-08 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't bother more than a short nod before he's running to meet her outside her room.]

Do you want me to keep calling you Leigh in public then?

[It's the first thing out of his mouth when he sees her.]
takeitslow: ([Side])

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[personal profile] takeitslow 2016-08-11 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
So you're telling people. Charlie.

[He smiles, taking a few steps down the hall at a pace he thinks will match her's.]

So I guess the first thing I should say is sorry? Like, that stuff blows. Experimentation, your parents. You know, sorry about that.