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Emily Davis ([personal profile] unfollowing) wrote in [community profile] hadriel_logs2017-01-06 02:03 pm

it's not regret

Who: Emily, Wolfie, and y o u ! (Will match format.)
What: A girl and her wolf hang out after losing some friends to the Door. (Yes. Her wolf. Fight her. ...okay, the sad children's wolf. F i g h t h e r.)
Where: The sewing shop, the park, the lakeside, and the wildcard option
When: January 6
Warnings: Sadness. Emily. A lack of self-love on my part, yolo. Will update as needed.


sewing shop

Wolfie lies at her feet while she works, warming her toes as he looks, quiet and forlorn, at the shop door. Emily can't blame him. Now and then, she looks up too, half expecting Chris or Sam to walk in. Or even Ash, all excited about a new dye. (Ash has been gone for months, never got to meet Wolfie. She bets they would've liked each other.)

He's surprisingly gentle. Maybe he's got some dog in him, enough to know she's as upset as he is over losing friends, packmates.

When someone walks in, Wolfie will lift his head in their direction, attentive to any indication they might be a threat to him or the human girl he's spending so much time with.

"He only bites if you're an asshole," Em will add. What? Don't look at her like that. It's true.


park

She doesn't want to know what that bone he finds used fo belong to. As long as he's happy and not killing things right in front of her, she's fine. (He could've bitten Mike a little for her, geez, but no. That asshole had to go all wolf whisperer. Whatever.

Emily sits on one of the benches, and Wolfie curls up on the ground next to her, munching on his treat. She scratches him between the ears now and then, when she's not busy taking sips of Irish coffee that smells entirely too much of booze.


lakeside

Once, she and Chris had a heart to heart here. It was pretty brutal. One of them almost cried.

Now she sits at the edge of the lake and listens to the water while Wolfie alternates between pacing behind her and coming up to her to gently headbutt her in the arm. It's like he's reminding her there's still a life worth living, people worth living for. There's still Matt and Hannah and Beth. She shouldn't take them for granted, but right now she just... needs this. Time alone. Time to think.

A thick, nice-size branch floats over to her. Emily snatches it out of the water, glances at Wolfie, and throws the stick without another thought. Maybe Jack (it's pretty cool they know his name now) taught Wolfie how to fetch.

Or she just hit you with a stick. Win-win.


wildcard

(Come to me, all ye adults who deal healthily with your shit amirite.)
knifecollecting: (Like a bullet in the back)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-01-06 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Jo didn't go to the lake as often as she could, but after the beach she found herself missing the tranquil sound of water. The river worked sometimes, but she headed for the lake today.

It was supposed to be a way to relax, until the stick appeared out of nowhere and thwapped her across the nose.

"Holy shit."
knifecollecting: (It runs in our blood)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-01-13 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
She stays still and quiet for a moment, trying to gauge her position before responding to that question.

Everything checks out, and there's no telltale trickle of blood. Good.

"I'm fine." Jo approaches the bench slowly. "You don't have anything else to throw, right?"
knifecollecting: (Some shit don't fly)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-01-16 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Didn't look like you were gonna throw the stick that way and you did." She laughs quietly.

"Probably don't want him chewing on it. You never know what he might pick up."
knifecollecting: (All the things you never explained)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-01-20 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
"He's from your world?" Hmm...

Interesting.

This brings up all kinds of questions.
knifecollecting: (My life's never been a bed of roses)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-01-22 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"I didn't know the door brought animals too." She watches the dog for a moment before shrugging.
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[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-01-22 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"And I guess it brings in other monsters too." She shrugs. It makes sense.

"This place is pretty crazy."
knifecollecting: (I'm Alright)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-01-25 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah?" Jo laughs and shakes her head, reaching up to rub her nose.

"I'll say it was worth the knowledge."
knifecollecting: (It's a thankless job)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-01-28 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Jo laughs.

"I'll make sure to keep my jerk-ness hidden inside while he's around."
knifecollecting: (A light in the dark)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-02-01 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Was he that bad?" She laughs, shaking her head.

"Exes suck."
knifecollecting: (What a mess)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-02-04 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Well, Jo has done it.

Not to someone she was dating, but to people, definitely.

"He should've said sorry." She usually apologized.
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[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-02-08 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I feel that way about most of my exes." Jo laughs, smiling as she watches Wolfie some more.

"Maybe next time you see him he'll come to his senses."
knifecollecting: (A light in the dark)

[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-02-12 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Even if he doesn't, whatever. You survived and you moved on." Seems like, at least.

She shrugs.
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[personal profile] knifecollecting 2017-02-13 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
She laughs again, reaching down to pat Wolfie's head gently.

"Or night. Just keep that in mind."

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