Another drabble
Young people again. And not a part of anything just something that begged to be written.
“I can walk.”
“Your point is?”
“Put me down.”
“No.”
“Cloud.”
“No. Shut up.”
“Put me down.”
“You almost died.”
“So? It’s a professional hazard. Put me down before someone sees us.”
“No.”
“Cloud.”
“I’m taking you home. You obviously can’t take care of yourself.”
“I’m not your son, your brother or your friend. I don’t see how my death could affect you at all. And as I’m not dead I don’t need your help.”
“I did. You almost got blown up. You caught on *fire*. You have third degree burns on your hands and a broken leg. Shut up and take it like a man.”
“I am going to strangle you. Then I am going to hang you from a flag pole by your scrotum.”
“That’ll be a new one.”
“You can’t keep me like a dog Cloud. Let me go.” Tired now and he wasn’t talking about walking.
“No, I can’t. But you can’t stop me from trying to protect you. You can’t make me not love you.”
“Why the hell not?”
“I don’t know, that’s just how it works.”
“I hate you.”
“I love you to Seph.”
“I can walk.”
“Your point is?”
“Put me down.”
“No.”
“Cloud.”
“No. Shut up.”
“Put me down.”
“You almost died.”
“So? It’s a professional hazard. Put me down before someone sees us.”
“No.”
“Cloud.”
“I’m taking you home. You obviously can’t take care of yourself.”
“I’m not your son, your brother or your friend. I don’t see how my death could affect you at all. And as I’m not dead I don’t need your help.”
“I did. You almost got blown up. You caught on *fire*. You have third degree burns on your hands and a broken leg. Shut up and take it like a man.”
“I am going to strangle you. Then I am going to hang you from a flag pole by your scrotum.”
“That’ll be a new one.”
“You can’t keep me like a dog Cloud. Let me go.” Tired now and he wasn’t talking about walking.
“No, I can’t. But you can’t stop me from trying to protect you. You can’t make me not love you.”
“Why the hell not?”
“I don’t know, that’s just how it works.”
“I hate you.”
“I love you to Seph.”