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Davin Kavanagh ([personal profile] davin) wrote2015-05-24 02:12 pm
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so the sun, it can shine on me, and the clouds they can roll away (open to all)

Davin missed a lot of things while he was being held in that warehouse, but coffee was up high on the list. By the second day, he was feeling the lack of caffeine and the added headache wasn't doing him any favors. The first few days back, he didn't want to leave his apartment. James or Mira would bring him coffee from Quill, or he'd fire up his little coffeemaker in his kitchen. He was allowed a few days of being lazy, he thought. Or fear disguised as laziness, if he's honest with himself.

But he needs to get back into in the swing of things. He hasn't really seen anyone aside from James, Mira, and Raleigh, and he doesn't really have any idea of what happened while he and Spencer were gone. He just knows that he needs to get back to his real life. He needs to put the kidnapping and the torture and all that behind him, and needs to keep moving forward.

He can start by going to get his own coffee. He takes a shower and puts himself together as much as he can, wrinkling his nose at his reflection in the mirror. His face is still bruised, and he has stitches above one cheekbone and a small line of them at his temple, where he was initially knocked out with the wrench. His right hand is in a cast and he walks stiffly, thanks to his cracked ribs, but he goes outside anyway.

It's a nice day and the sun is shining, and that's something that Davin will never take advantage of again. He went days without seeing the sun, or feeling any sort of warmth, and now he smiles when he feels it on his skin, and feels the soft breeze ruffling his hair. It's a short walk to Quill, but he takes his time. He feels stiff from all his healing injuries and inactivity, and he just wants to enjoy the sun for a little longer.

People are staring at him, whispering to each other as they pass, and Davin knows that word got around town. There are people who will see he and Spencer as victims, and he supposes they are, but they're so much more than that. They're survivors, and they're strong, no matter what. So Davin keeps his chin up, and he keeps walking.
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-05-26 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Gabe spends a lot of his time out these days, though it's usually tucked away in the library or in the park. It hasn't exactly been exciting; Gabe has too little money and few friends, so most of what he does is look at books he'd never been allowed to read as a child and can't bring himself to look at now.

It's better than staying in Mira's guest room all day, uncertain of what to do with people who are so kind and yet so completely counter his beliefs. The extent of their generosity feels so undeserved and Gabe tries everything he can do to be as unobtrusive as possible by leaving during the day.

He hasn't really let himself visit Quill but today he feels nervous and antsy and he shuffles in.

When he sees Davin, Gabe doesn't know if he should look up or away and freezes there instead.
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-05-27 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
"N-No..." he says, eyes casting down, feeling caught. Quieter, he says, "You were hurt?"

What does he say to that? An apology? Condolences? Ask if he's okay? Gabe can't imagine being okay after that
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-05-28 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Mira...Mira said..." Gabe gestures up and down as if to say he knows. How couldn't he know? The whole town had been beside itself.

"It's good you're safe," he finally says.
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-06-01 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Out of instinct, he tugs his own shoulder down, abruptly pulling out of Davin's touch. Then he realizes what he's done and frowns, "Sorry. Yeah, coffee." He fidgets and takes out his wallet, "I can buy."
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-06-01 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Gabe doesn't exactly find himself trustworthy at the moment, especially not to someone like Davin, but he finds a tiny smile. Maybe if he just tells himself that things are okay, then he'll make it real.

"I bus tables at the pub? Finn's place?" he explains, talking more to the contents of his wallet. "And I wash dishes." The noise of the pub keeps him from thinking and walking around tires him out to the same effect. It helps, until Finn insist he leave.

When he orders, it's a hazelnut coffee with milk, requested so quietly that the barista has to ask him twice.
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-06-02 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
"A-Am I supposed to have a favorite?" He doesn't know what to read in Davin's smirk, if it's flirtation or innocent; either way, it makes his stomach drop out with uncertainty.
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-06-02 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Gabe tries to smile but it's a belated effort. "Sorry."

But he takes a seat and stirs sugar into his coffee, finding something reassuring in the way that the liquid funnels like a little, coffee-colored cyclone. "I met him at the church and he took me to the pub for breakfast. Said I could wash the dishes to pay for it and I just kept washing them..."
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-06-02 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
"I have no idea why she puts up with me, to be honest," he says. "But it's...nice. Her parents are very kind." Kinder than Gabe thinks he must deserve. His own parents have never spent that much time with him alone.

"I try not to be a burden."
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-06-03 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
"They keep leaving things for me like..." Gabe flushes, trying not to look too pleased. "I came back and there were cookies on the bed for me." He hadn't had to share them with anyone, which had been strange in itself, but also that they had been just for him. Someone had thought of him and only him.

"They're...so generous." He doesn't want to abuse that generosity.
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-06-06 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Gabe doesn't shake his head to deny it, but the look on his face makes it clear he's still uncertain of how to do that. He's never lived only for himself, not with eleven brothers and sisters.

"I still wish I could find a way to show them how grateful I am...but I'm not good for much besides singing and washing dishes."

Before Davin can yell at him, Gab flashes a thin smile. "But I should probably be asking if you're doing all right and everything.'
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[personal profile] overdrawing 2015-06-09 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Gabe is about to nod, to say that he wishes he could just thank them enough, and then Davin says that. Immediately, his face goes a deep red and he's shaking his head from side to side.

"I-I only know hymns. You probably don't want to hear those. A-Anyway..."