Shelly Drumm (blackmagicwoman) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-12-09 11:28:00

Entry tags:

inactive - matt walker, inactive - shelly drumm

Scars (Matt).
*Takes place after the most current plot*

Matt had spent a lot of time at Shelly's place, but she'd never been to his. She knew where it was but it always just seemed easier for Matt to pop by her place with their mutual weird hours. Matt also had an uncanny ability to 'just be in the neighborhood' with cheeseburgers from Mac's. It was nice and made her feel really comfortable. There hadn't been too many solo nights, but Shelly'd gotten to where she felt good about being alone again. Dracula's creepy card had set her off, but things had evened backout.

Until the shenanigans with Greg. That had not only been infuriating because Greg was a friend, but it had also rattled Shelly. Dracula was screwing with all her friends, it seemed and the more she thought about it, the more the fading scars on her throat seemed to hurt. Shelly couldn't sleep for the ache, for thinking about it, for getting pissed off and also for being scared. After restlessly trying to sleep for a few hours she finally gave up, got dressed, and headed down to Matt's.

The irony that she was going to Dracula's son at two in the morning for solace didn't escape her.

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this_fire_burns
2010-12-10 12:43 am UTC (link)

Shelly has to go down a small set of steps and make a right turn to get to Matt's apartment as he technically lives in the basement of a boardinghouse.

As Shelly arrives at Matt's door, she'll hear the sounds of discussion on the other side. When she knocks, the conversation on the other side of the door stops immediately.

After a few seconds, Matt's door slides open and he looks down upon Shelly.

"Hey, what are you doin' up so late?" he asks, inviting her in. Inside, the apartment is utterly spotless, though none of the furniture matches, nor do the rugs.

Whisper barks happily at Shelly, walking up alongside her, his tail wagging at full speed.

"Stop flirting. Seriously." Matt says to the dog.

Matt's guest, a blonde man of indeterminate age rises and strides across the room. He wears a cape, jeans, a white shirt and red sunglasses...in the mostly dark apartment at 2am. He regards Shelly, looking her over, then Matt.

"I can't imagine that Jericho would be thrilled at /this/ little scene, Matthew. Miss Drumm, I'm glad to meet you. My name is Ian McNee." he says, extending a hand.

"I was getting to the introductions, Ian." Matt says.

"You were chastising the dog." Ian says.

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blackmagicwoman
2010-12-10 01:01 am UTC (link)

Shelly sometimes forgot just how much taller than she Matt was and when he opened the door and let her into his immaculate apartment she suddenly felt small and a little weak. Whisper's happy dog face wipes that away though and after a smile to Matt and then his guest, she kneels down to give Whisper his due.

"And the dog wasn't flirting. He just likes me." After a scritch to the hellhound's ears, Shelly rose and took Ian's offered hand. "You're Matt's dad. And you already know who I am. Please call me Shelly. And it's nice to meet you."

She turned her attention to Matt.

"You were chasing the dog, you know. Jealous of me and Whisper?" She grinned.

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	nextgen_misc 2010-12-10 01:08 am UTC (link)
	"No, not quite, Shelly. If I were Matt's father, he might have learned a bit more in the way of manners." Ian teases. "But it has been my honor and privilege to teach him over the years. He's a fine man despite it." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2010-12-10 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"Really? All three of you are ganging up on me now? Only in Chicago at 2am." Matt says, shaking his head. "Well, all three of us are here. What are we doing?" Matt asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2010-12-10 01:15 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, he's okay." Shelly smiled at Matt as she subtly moved a little closer to him. "I was having trouble sleeping." Idly, she scratched at her throat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_misc
2010-12-10 04:28 am UTC (link)

"The three of us aren't doing anything, Matthew. I need to head home and sleep, but I hope you'll think about what I said earlier. The contents of that box don't make you who you are; /you/ do." Ian says.

"Whisper, see that your master doesn't get himself killed between now and the next time in town." Ian smiles, reaching down to pet the dog. The hellhound gives him a happy bark in response.

"By the way, Matthew...your friend never contacted me. If her situation is as you say, please ask her to reconsider it." Ian reminds him.

"Shelly, it was a pleasure. Please give my regards to your father." Ian smiles.

Then he vanishes as if he'd never been.

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	this_fire_burns 2010-12-10 04:29 am UTC (link)
	Matt turns to Shelly with a look of concern on his face. "Is your throat bothering you?" he asks. "Do you want some tea?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2010-12-10 04:36 am UTC (link)
	She dropped her hand when Matt asked about her throat, the scars a little more red than normal. "Hurts, no...aches. Only it's deeper than an ache. I'd love some tea. I'm sorry if I interrupted anything. I should have called." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2010-12-10 04:47 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not sorry you did. Ian and I were discussing some things and the conversation had reached its end anyhow." Matt says, looking at the scars. "How long has that been going on?" he asks, gesturing at her throat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2010-12-10 04:54 am UTC (link)
	"Since I got out of the hospital, but really strongly since our werewolf adventure. Matt, I'm not sleeping." She paused. "Well, I'm not sleeping in a way that isn't normal for a doctor." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2010-12-10 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay. We'll figure something out." Matt says. Pause. "Did he try to say anything to you during the battle?" Matt asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

blackmagicwoman
2010-12-10 05:05 pm UTC (link)

"If he did I wasn't completely aware of it. But...and this was weird...during the fight I tried to trace the source of the magic that was screwing with Greg. I have other magic skills, you know that, but I'm good with voodoo so I ran with that. I was able to find Dracula with some ease. It should have been harder. A lot harder."

Shelly wrapped her arms around herself and paced a little.

"The man is constantly on my mind, Matt. I can't shake him. Did I show you the card he sent for my birthday?"

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	this_fire_burns 2010-12-11 12:44 am UTC (link)
	"He sent you a card?" Matt asks with no small amount of shock in his voice. "Do you have it?" Matt asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

blackmagicwoman
2010-12-11 04:30 am UTC (link)

"Well, he actually sent roses. Which I immediately torched. The card was with them and yeah, I have it." She sat down and rummaged through her bag for a moment before pulling out the offensive greeting, handing it to Matt by holding it by her fingernails.

"My beautiful dark lady,

Know that you are never far from my thoughts and that I long for the day when you shall be mine. A day which shall come sooner than you think."

Shelly's eyes both narrowed and looked freaked out as she recited it to him.

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	this_fire_burns 2010-12-11 07:32 am UTC (link)
	Matt frowns. "I can't believe this guy is perving on my...teammate." Matt says. "This is just wrong." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2010-12-11 01:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Teammate.". Her brow quirked and she shook her head. "Matt, I don't know what to do. He's messed with Greg. He's perving on me. He clearly has weird things for you. He's going to try something crazy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

this_fire_burns
2010-12-11 07:57 pm UTC (link)

"He's not going to get away with it." Matt says, going over a mental inventory of his gear. Everything was in working order, but he needed a couple of other things before he could challenge Dracula.

"Sit down and I'll make you that tea." he says, going to the kitchen.

Several minutes later, he brings her a cup of Cinnamon-Apple tea.

"Is there any other pain you're in? I need to know before I try something to treat it." Matt says.

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blackmagicwoman
2010-12-12 01:41 am UTC (link)

She curled her hands around the mug and let the warmth of it work its way through her body before taking a sip.

"Just my neck. Sometimes it feels like my veins are burning, but it's all related to that bite. The burning feels just like it did when he bit me. And it's pissing me off."

She looked up at him and caught his hand with hers.

"Hey. Don't do anything crazy, okay? I came here not because I wanted you to fix me but because just being around you makes me feel better."

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	this_fire_burns 2010-12-12 06:02 am UTC (link)
	Matt smiled, the first one he's really given all evening to anyone. "I like being around you, too. I just wish Dracula wasn't the elephant in the room with us." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2010-12-12 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	"You're still upset about biting me when we were making out, aren't you" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

this_fire_burns
2010-12-13 03:34 am UTC (link)

"That's really only a small part of what I'm talking about, Shelly." Matt says.

"Ian knew that Dracula was my father the whole time and he didn't tell me. We were 'discussing' that when you showed up. I think we're both glad you came when you did, because I was pretty angry." Matt says.

"I guess I just don't know who I am anymore. I was sure before this came up, now I'm not." he says.

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blackmagicwoman
2010-12-13 03:45 am UTC (link)

"Hey." Shelly sat the tea down and placed her hands on his face, one on each cheek, and gently turned his head so as to look her in the eye.

"You're Matt Walker. You are the same man you were before your dna was sourced. Something you find out today doesn't change yesterday and you certainly don't give it tomorrow. It doesn't matter that Dracula is your father. And he's not your 'father'. He's just a part of the biology."

Letting go of his face, she sighed a little.

"Ian had reasons not to tell you and if this is the sort of hurt the knowledge resulted in...I'm inclined to think he did the right thing. He protected you from guilt and sorrow that isn't yours to carry."

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this_fire_burns
2010-12-13 04:56 am UTC (link)

"This is my life we're talking about, Shelly. I decide what I deal with and what I don't. Ian took that choice away from me and it pisses me off." Matt sighs.

"If I had known that Dracula was my father, I could have prevented this from happening, acted faster." he says.

"As it is, he's tried to kill me /twice/, with no thought to it. I guess I can assume there won't be any father-son picnics in the future." he chuckles.

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	blackmagicwoman 2010-12-14 01:30 am UTC (link)
	"I don't think knowledge would have done anything to prevent the things that have happened. Honestly? I think you knowing would have probably resulted in you not being the Matt I know." Shelly paused for a moment. "What if he's not trying to kill you, exactly?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gammagodling 2010-12-24 03:17 am UTC (link)
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