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[onlyoneof]

[SHOOTING LINCOLN IN THE FACE.

I mean.

This post is for journal threads]

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[onlyoneof]

[after this, Peter is in the hotel room, sitting against the wall doing absolutely nothing]

[skepticalities]

[opens the door and steps in, shrugging off his coat. he pauses upon seeing Peter, and then approaches him slowly.]

Peter . . . ?

[onlyoneof]

[it takes him a second to look at him]

Hey.

[skepticalities]

[. . . steps over and sits down next to him. not too close to the point of crowding him, but close enough.]

Are you okay?

[onlyoneof]

... no. No, I'm not.

[skepticalities]

What is it?

[onlyoneof]

Mistletoe in the hallway. I ran into Olivia.

[skepticalities]

. . . oh.

[onlyoneof]

Exactly.

[leans back until he bangs his head against the wall, surely that will help]

[skepticalities]

Hey . . . hey, stop that.

[reaches over to rest a hand on his shoulder.]

[onlyoneof]

[ughhh drops his head]

I'll be fine.

[skepticalities]

But you're not fine right now.

[onlyoneof]

This is a completely new situation for me.

[skepticalities]

Talk to me.

[onlyoneof]

I'm not sure that'd help.

[skepticalities]

I don't want you sitting here brooding all alone.

[onlyoneof]

It's just painful. I'm sure it'll be less painful with time, there's nothing I can do about it yet.

[skepticalities]

[nods a little.]

You love her. — or someone like her. It's . . . that's not something that goes away. It lingers.

[onlyoneof]

This is still much better than the future I saw.

[skepticalities]

. . .

[onlyoneof]

I can accept that I had to be erased to avoid that future. It's a small price to pay, actually. Not knowing for sure if that's what happened is what makes it difficult.

[skepticalities]

I know . . . it's been driving you mad.

[onlyoneof]

This was a reminder.

[skepticalities]

. . . Yeah.

[onlyoneof]

You should stop worrying about me.