IC: mistletoe continuations

[hoseb4bros]

[New and old threads, but be aware that if you tag here for new ones, I won't be back around until next week o/]

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[hoseb4bros]

[From here.]

Excuse me! Guys! Maybe we can focus here?

[al_for_one]

[ker-snap] Were you not the one who just told me I was unworthy of them?!

[hoseb4bros]

[Managing to get between Alain and Cuthbert, facing Alain. Brilliant idea, I'm sure.]

Alain!

Calm down! I'm sure we can work this out!

[tis_allgood]

There is nothing left to work. He will not give up everything for me, because there is nothing here for him to have.

[turning away to leave]

[al_for_one]

[furious but mostly hurt] I may be unworthy but thee is worse for disrespecting a gun so! You've forgotten the face of your father!

[hoseb4bros]

[To Cutbert]

Where do you get off, huh? He has given everything up for you! Weren't you paying any attention? Oh, no, you were probably too busy thinking of yourself, because far be it from you to think of anyone else!

Come on, Alain. Let's just go.

[tis_allgood]

If he gave up everything for me then he is a fool on top of all else. I'm not worth such.

[al_for_one]

Damn you. I would die for thee, don't you understand? I--

Very well! If that's what you want so badly I'll leave you to stew in your hateful words! Go on! Poison yourself with them! And may you drown in your shame and guilt!

[picking up his guns respectfully and putting them back on. not leaving yet though]

[hoseb4bros]

[Just watching everything and not saying anything, but putting a hand on Alain's forearm, as a measure of comfort]

[tis_allgood]

[leaving, and once he's further away, quietly to himself] No shame in doing what is right. No guilt, either.

[al_for_one]

Why push me away? Why? I know thee doesn't mean it. But why?

[once Bert is out of sight: curling into a ball on the ground where he was standing. completely silent about it but obviously crying hard]

[hoseb4bros]

[Comes over to where he is, kneels, and drapes a hug over him, petting his hair calmingly. She's quiet for a moment before speaking up]

It's really going to be alright.

[al_for_one]

[she can probably feel the sobs] I cannot see how...

[hoseb4bros]

[Yeeahhh... But she's just trying to be soothing]

Sometimes... You can't. And honestly, I'm not really sure, either. But you have to have hope that things will get better because if you don't... Well, the other options just aren't as good.

[al_for_one]

[just... going to cry silently for a while before he says anything]

I thank thee for being a friend.

[hoseb4bros]

Of course. Really, it's the least I can do.

Alain... I'm so sorry for my part in all of this. Maybe if I'd... done something before, it wouldn't have escalated like this.