"It's fucking sweltering out there," he says, pushing past her into her apartment, and honestly it's not the best way he could have greeted her. But he looks like hell and he's holding a paper bag that obviously contains a bottle of something, and she's not in the mood to get into it with him over his manners, or lack of
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Karen's confused now. The way he said that leaves so much room for interpretation, and losing a baby would bother him, yeah, but losing something or someone he actually already had is more likely to send him into this kind of mood.
"Ended…"
"Everything."
She's got no idea what to do with this, or why he's in her apartment at all. She's doing a really poor job of saying the right things, and he's obviously not feeling any better than he was when he showed up. Drunker, maybe, but not better.
"How's Jimmy?" he asks, not even bothering to look at her, and oh, there it is. He's deliberately trying to make her as miserable as he is. She can tell by the tone of his voice
( ... )
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"Ended…"
"Everything."
She's got no idea what to do with this, or why he's in her apartment at all. She's doing a really poor job of saying the right things, and he's obviously not feeling any better than he was when he showed up. Drunker, maybe, but not better.
"How's Jimmy?" he asks, not even bothering to look at her, and oh, there it is. He's deliberately trying to make her as miserable as he is. She can tell by the tone of his voice ( ... )
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I'll go the alternative route and prompt original fic/drabble - how to date someone who just happens to be a _____
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Alicia/Will
Georgetown
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"You lift my heart up when the rest of me is down".
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