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[locks_it_up]

She has taken him by the hand, and led him out towards the lakeshore, quiet and unobtrusively slipping away from the festivities.

She lets go of his hand when they get a few hundred yards away from the door. She didn't have to hold on quite that long...

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[mnt_raph]

by design.

*He loosens the tie around his neck and then for lack of anything better to do with his hands, he thrusts them in his pockets.*

[locks_it_up]

She loves him. She does.

But she can still see what Desire showed her.

"Dammit, Raph..."

Her voice is close to breaking, like old floorboards about to snap.

[mnt_raph]

*If only he had a dime for every time he's heard that, but then a life shouldn't be measured in fuck ups.*

what can I do? i'll do it.

[locks_it_up]

She buries her face in her hands.

And now she sounds like something speaking up from the bottom of a well.

"Go 'way."

[mnt_raph]

*Instinctually he reaches forward to touch her, but he stops himself at the last second. This is what she wants. He knows she can easily find him ifwhen she wants to do so.

When she uncovers her eyes, he's gone.*