open_flame: (So Tired 2)
Liz Sherman ([personal profile] open_flame) wrote2010-06-02 09:24 pm

#295 Cuddle Drabble for [livejournal.com profile] microwavemaster

Characters: Liz Sherman, Luke Cambell (AU)
Fandom: Hellboy, Heroes AU
Setting: [livejournal.com profile] rp_shadesofgray
Rating: G
Word Count: 96
Prompt: Cuddle Drabble


The yawning trick? Seriously? I watch as Luke yawns despite the insane amount of coffee we’ve both just inhaled. His arm’s around my shoulder a moment later and I can’t hide my chuckle.

“Something wrong?” He smiles as I shake my head.

“No. You’re…fine.” I say though it’s anything but 'fine'. At least he’s not kissing me or calling me beautiful or confusing the hell out me like the last time. I am tired, despite all the coffee. It can’t hurt to put my head down on his chest and close my eyes for a few minutes, right?

[identity profile] microwavemaster.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
I DO know you, and you ARE good! I've seen evil, Liz. I've been its right hand! Believe me, you are nowhere close to being evil.

You're young and afraid of listening to your own heart... but you are not a bad person.

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2010-06-12 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
What are...talking about?

*very upset face*

You were...a little jerk, but you're not...evil.

*sighs*

I never said I was evil. I don't WANT to hurt anyone, but I just do, not matter how hard I try not to. Jack was fine until I met him, and the younger you? God, I screwed up so bad with him.

[identity profile] microwavemaster.livejournal.com 2010-06-15 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Not him. The real me, this me! There's so much you don't know about me, what I've done.

And trust me, he was fucked up long before you came along. Did he ever show you his scars? *pulls up a sleeve to show her the cigar burn scars that have never faded* My father used to use me as an ashtray. My mother couldn't stand the sight of me.

Whatever you did with him, you paid more attention to him than he probably knew what to do with. You did not screw him up, Liz. And you are not destined to hurt people! Why can't you see that?

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2010-06-15 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
*softly* I know...I saw them before. When...you...he...um...

*she can't look at him*

*shakes her head and clears her throat* I...burnt his home down. Not with my fire but I did. It was...a mistake. We were only trying to help. I could have said no but I...wasn't brave enough to open my mouth and say anything.

[identity profile] microwavemaster.livejournal.com 2010-06-17 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Liz, everyone makes mistakes. That's what makes you human, not what makes you bad. If you kept repeating those mistakes, and didn't learn from them, that would be a different story.

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2010-06-17 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
*snorts at the 'keeps repeating those mistakes' bit*

I'm not the brightest girl, in case you haven't noticed.

*recent events, however have shown Liz that Luke is exactly right. The talk with Fox Mulder more than anything.*

[identity profile] microwavemaster.livejournal.com 2010-06-17 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't honestly believe that. And you're not the type to fish for compliments... so why do you keep talking that way about yourself?

You're stuck in some kind of circle, Liz. You haven't shared enough with me for me to know why, or how to help you. But I want to.

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2010-06-18 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I...

*scoffs*

I'm just not that great is all. I don't see why people think I am.

*shrugs*

Maybe I like circles.

*Hello, walls. This is what usually happens when people call her on her bullshit. Have fun with that.(*

[identity profile] microwavemaster.livejournal.com 2010-06-19 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
These circles you like so much... are they making you happy? Because you don't seem like it.

[identity profile] open-flame.livejournal.com 2010-06-19 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
There are more important things in this world than me being 'happy'.

[identity profile] microwavemaster.livejournal.com 2010-06-21 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
*can't resist pulling her into a hug*

Not to me, beautiful. Not to me.