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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 27, 2009 19:53:21 GMT -5
"You've probably had worse," Jason mumbled. "You've almost died more than once in the past year, and the worst I've suffered was a couple of broken legs and a cut-up back. Physically, at least."
He shivered a little. The emotional anguish of watching Zeph almost die over and over had to stack up against the physical torment Zeph had been through... but was one so much worse than the other?
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 27, 2009 22:40:29 GMT -5
"Physical isn't everything, Jason. I wouldn't say one of us has suffered more than the other. Seeing the other suffer caused us both pain... And I know the agony losing you would cause. I imagine it would be just as painful for you..." He carefully pulled his hand free and wrapped both of his arms around Jason tightly. Putting his head against Jason's, Zephyros just held him close, rocking slightly. He kissed his cheek lightly, just snuggling close. "Self-imposed wounds don't count."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 28, 2009 0:40:41 GMT -5
Jason sighed softly, just leaning silently against Zeph with his arms wrapped around him. He was slowly getting calmer, and he had finally stopped crying now. He shut his eyes, listening to Zeph's heartbeat and breathing, letting them soothe him as they always did.
"I love you," he murmured, just loud enough for Zeph to hear.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 28, 2009 0:52:55 GMT -5
"I love you too," he said softly, still petting Jason's hair. Fingering a curl, he kissed Jason's forehead. "I do like how your hair is starting to curl, you know. I was only teasing you this morning."
Holding him close, Zephyros just sat quietly. He could feel Jason's heart, and feel his boyfriend's chest rise and fall with his breathing. Even after a year, he couldn't understand how he'd tried to kill himself and take himself away from this. At least the previous times he'd nearly died, it hadn't been at his own hand. And every time, Jason was always there, always protecting him. Zeph put his cheek against Jason's hair, his eyes full of a distant pain as he looked over Jason's head at the wall. He would hide it with a smile when Jason tried to look at his face.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 28, 2009 1:12:28 GMT -5
Jason smiled when Zeph kissed him, then just rested against his boyfriend's chest in silence. He tried not to dwell on the darker memories of the past year, pushing them away with memories of happiness and the strength of the love they shared. But then... their love was always proven strongest in those dark times.
He smiled again as a favorite saying of his father's came to his mind: "The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God will not protect you." Yes, that summed up the past year pretty well, Jason mused. They had suffered some unspeakable horrors, but somehow or other they had always survived, beaten down and broken, but not defeated.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 28, 2009 1:56:22 GMT -5
Zephyros just kept playing with Jason's hair, just holding him close. Jason seemed to be much better now, but Zeph had an ache in his chest that wouldn't go away, his mind replaying all the times he'd put Jason in agony, all the times he'd made Jason feel the agony he'd felt when Jason was kidnapped...
He sighed, his eyes filling slightly with tears. "I'm so sorry," he whispered under his breath, not really wanting Jason to hear, but knowing the moment the words escaped Jason had probably heard anyway.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 28, 2009 2:02:57 GMT -5
Jason looked up at Zeph as the whispered apology grazed his ears, and noted with a stab of alarm that Zeph's eyes were glistening with unshed tears. He bit his lip, looking at his boyfriend in worry and cupping his face gently.
"Zeph... my heart... what's wrong? Please, please don't cry..."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 28, 2009 3:05:56 GMT -5
Zephyros closed his eyes, leaning his head into Jason's hands. "All the times I've put you in so much pain... it tears me apart... I've forced you to face so much... and yet... you're always right there, always there to save my life and put the pieces back together. I don't deserve you... No one could ever deserve you."
He bit his lip, choking back the tears and sobs. He didn't want to make Jason feel that pain too, the pain of thinking he'd said or done something to make Zephyros cry. Jason hadn't, but he always blamed himself. And Jason didn't deserve that.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 28, 2009 22:26:59 GMT -5
Jason bit his lip, looking at Zeph in distress as he gently stroked his boyfriend's face, playing with his hair in an attempt to calm him down. "That isn't always your fault... you didn't ask to get kidnapped, you didn't mean to tell me to jump off the roof at school... Don't blame yourself. Some of it was my fault, and a lot of it was neither of our fault."
He kissed Zeph's head, wrapping his arms around him and rocking gently back and forth, like Zeph always did to calm Jason when he was upset. "I love you, Zeph, and only you. No power on this earth can ever change that. My heart is yours forever. Don't worry about one of us not 'deserving' the other... just, please accept what I'm offering you. Everything I am."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 28, 2009 23:58:38 GMT -5
Zephyros buried his face into Jason's shoulder, holding him as close as he could with Jason's hurt back and his injured ribs. "I could never hurt you by denying you. My entire being is yours... how could I deny you?"
He blinked rapidly, forcing the tears back before they could soak into Jason's shirt. Chuckling weakly, he kept his arms as tight as was safe around Jason. "You're proving me right here, you know. I don't deserve you. And I would give anything to keep you."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 29, 2009 16:31:46 GMT -5
Jason twined his hand gently into Zeph's soft curls as he whispered to him. "You've already given me everything I want and need... yourself, forever. I would never refuse such a gift." He smiled, even though Zeph couldn't see him at the moment. "Not for anything else in the world."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 30, 2009 13:27:04 GMT -5
Zephyros sighed softly, just staying close. He didn't used to get so distressed so easily... but things change, especially with the living hell the two of them had been facing these past two months. He definitely wasn't looking forward to going back to school and dealing with all the questions everyone was going to have. After all, he had made international headlines. Snuggling closer, he sighed again. "That's good, because I don't have anything else to offer, really..."
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Post by ianharris on Dec 31, 2009 1:12:46 GMT -5
It was at that point that the telephone rang.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 31, 2009 1:37:39 GMT -5
Zeph jumped and stood, pulling out his phone and flipping it open. "It's Ian..." he told Jason, answering and putting it on speaker.
"Hi Ian... sorry we didn't call a while ago, but Jason only just got to the point he can be human again..." Zeph said softly. He wasn't sure he was pleased at the timing of this call, but at least it was Ian and not some unpleasant caller. The idea of who it might have been made him shiver a little.
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Post by ianharris on Dec 31, 2009 1:47:46 GMT -5
"Zeph, thank god." Ian sounded breathless. "I just wanted to let Jason and you know that Natalie woke up. She's fine, she's not in a coma anymore, although she's having some... side effects. But she'll be okay."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 31, 2009 1:51:04 GMT -5
Jason looked from Zeph to the phone in confusion. "Side effects?" he repeated. "What kind of side effects? What happened to her?"
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Post by ianharris on Dec 31, 2009 2:39:36 GMT -5
"Dizziness, mostly." Ian's voice said. "And she can't remember anything from the minutes leading up to the blast... which is a problem because we need what she knows. Oh, well. I'm hoping in time she'll remember. But we've always worked arond things like that... on a happier note, how are you two?"
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 31, 2009 2:46:55 GMT -5
"Healing," Jason answered. "My back is doing okay, considering it was completely cut open by a bunch of mad scientists who were after my venom. It still hurts when I stretch too much. Zeph's ribs seem to be holding up... there's a lot of heavy-duty wire holding him together. On the emotional side, we're trying to cope. I'm still adjusting to being human again. It's been rough. Memories, nightmares, all that scheisse. You know how it is."
"But -- please -- what happened to Natalie?" he asked, his voice urgent. "An explosion? Was anyone else hurt?"
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Post by ianharris on Dec 31, 2009 22:33:34 GMT -5
Ian coughed. "Yeah. Paula told me all about that little adventure. I heard you met our friend, the even-omniscient voice that haunts our nightmares. I just hope you two are far enough away that he won't go after you again. That's probably the last thing you need."
"Natalie... Natalie tried to help us with a problem. But we didn't get there in time and there was an explosion. Natalie got caught in the blast, but the last few seconds of her phone call were really weird. We think she might have seen the source of the voice, but we don't know. She can't remember anything."
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 31, 2009 22:39:42 GMT -5
Zephyros shuddered violently, "He nearly blew us up too. Except... You know what? All that matters is Natalie is okay. I hope she does remember what you need, though. It would be nice to take him out."
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Post by ianharris on Jan 1, 2010 3:37:48 GMT -5
Ian laughed. "Tell that to Paula. She's about on the verge of totally shutting down. This thing has her stumped." There was a pause. "But I think we're closing in... at least, I think so. How have you two been? Better since the whole thing with Jason?"
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Jan 1, 2010 14:09:49 GMT -5
Zephyros made a noise, still holding Jason close. "It's... not easy. We have a lot to deal with right now. But we're together, so things could be worse. Could be a hell of a lot worse."
Could be hell... He snuggled a bit closer to Jason, shivering a little.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Jan 1, 2010 22:34:36 GMT -5
"You got that right," Jason sighed, his voice muffled a little as he pressed his face into Zeph's shirt. Both ordeals could have gone any number of different, more horrible ways; they had had nightmares aplenty to prove that. "I'll be praying for you and Natalie's family, Ian. I want to see this guy brought down as much as you do."
He felt Zeph shiver and held him closer, gently rubbing his back to warm and soothe him.
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Post by ianharris on Jan 1, 2010 22:51:09 GMT -5
There was a long pause on Ian's end. Then he suddenly blurted "Something's happening, gotta go!" and the line went dead.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Jan 3, 2010 12:55:31 GMT -5
Zephyros jolted, picking up his phone and looking at it oddly. "I hope he's okay... and everyone with him," he said softly, closing it. The battery was running low again... remembering the agony he'd felt when the phone had started dying last time, he firmly resolved to make certain it was charged.
But that could wait. Just holding Jason right now was far more important. He put his head on Jason's shoulder, sighing slightly.
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