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[Mar. 23rd, 2010|12:52 am] |
Parker and Murphy were sound asleep, Elijah could tell. The sound of their breathing always let him know if they were awake or asleep. Parker had fallen asleep before Murphy had, and he'd been out for two hours now. Murphy for an hour. Everything in the house was silent. Though they were downstairs and a bit away from the house, Elijah could hear Adam's footsteps sometimes. If Adam was home, he usually had one of the three upstairs with him, too. The moment he heard footsteps he sat up on his bed and scooted to the edge, waiting to hear if Adam would come downstairs or not. It made him feel sick to his stomach that he often wanted to be the one Adam chose to take upstairs. It was the only time he was out of the cage, and his only sense of freedom, even if it wasn't real freedom at all. |
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| To Elijah |
[Mar. 11th, 2010|12:55 pm] |
Shay was currently hunched over the counter of a second hand shop, staring at the 35mm film SLRs. Getting his affairs back in order hadn't been altogether too difficult, given he'd only been gone for a little over a year. And now he was looking to add to his collection of cameras because that's simply what he did when he had spare time. He glanced over at Elijah, interested with the way he touched things to see them, liking to watch his hands move over objects with that exploratory, inquisitive spirit. He watched him for a little while before asking the girl behind the counter to take out the Nikon he'd been eyeing. As soon as he had the camera in his hands, he held it up to focus on Elijah.
"Lunch after this, what do you think?" he asked. Having Elijah with him all the time had been the biggest blessing he'd ever had the fortune of receiving. He couldn't even begrudge his nightmare experience to get here because it had yielded Elijah. That was helping him deal with the trauma more than any therapy could. His mother had, however, insist he go. She'd set up appointments for Elijah as well, wanting to make sure they were both happy and healthy as soon as they could be. |
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| Elijah, Adam, Parker (Backdated to when Elijah was first taken) |
[Feb. 21st, 2010|11:25 pm] |
Elijah had been living on his own for a little over a year, and he had nestled himself into a very comfortable routine. He lived in a tiny little apartment alone, and he didn't need much. He went to college at the same time every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. He went home at the same time every day afterwards for two hours, then went to work at a local music shop until close. He went to the grocery store every Tuesday at noon. Every Tuesday and Thursday he went to practice for the local orchestra that he was a part of, and every Saturday he taught three different boys violin lessons on the side. Sundays were his quiet days and he just stayed in at home.
It was a Saturday evening, and after his last student Elijah went home and let himself into his tiny apartment. He closed the door up behind him and locked it like always, then he went to go put his violin down on the table. He knew his way around his place like the back of his hand and if anyone who didn't really know him ever saw him in his own environment, they would never guess that he was blind if they couldn't see the way his eyes never seemed to focus on one thing.
He turned the TV on just for background noise, and there was a report on the news about a young violinist close to Elijah's age who had been attacked in his home a month prior. Elijah had heard the story before, and he just switched the channel to some music and went to go fix himself something to eat for dinner. |
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| Shay, Elijah |
[Jan. 25th, 2010|01:50 am] |
Adjusting to life outside of a cage, and one without Adam, was hard. Elijah was thankful he had Shay, or else it would have been a he'll of a lot harder. He'd been keeping in touch with Parker and Murphy, and it was strange how easy it was to continue their friendships in the real world. Lijah had been terrified that he might lose touch with the both of them, afraid they wouldn't need him anymore or want to know him because of the bad memories. Luckily, that wasn't the case.
Knowing that Adam was out there somewhere was unnerving. Elijah tried to pretend he was fine, and that he wasn't scared, but it was hard. When he wokeup from a nightmare, he shot up in bed and blinked rapidly as his heart raced. For a moment, he was absolutely terrified that he was back in that basment, and he reached out blindly until he felt Shay next to him. He sniffed back the urge to cry as he sank back down and pressed his face in against Shay's neck. |
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| Shay, Elijah |
[Jan. 12th, 2010|11:34 pm] |
Everything felt so surreal. Being ushered out of the house with the others, blankets wrapped around them all because it was the dead of winter and none of them had jackets or coats. The cold air was biting, and Elijah's tears nearly froze to his cheeks. It had been so long since he'd been outside that he didn't even know how to cope with the scent of the trees or the crisp feeling of the wind.
He tried to answer as many questions as possible. Emma was very sweet, and she hadn't tried to seperate Elijah from Shay. The parademics looked them all over, but Elijah hardly remembered any of it. It felt so strange to be in a moving vehicle. It felt so strange to think that he wasn't Adam's anymore.
Who was he, then?
At the hospital, he got a more thorough check. He'd been extensively examined, and being seperated from Shay and the others left him feeling impossibly anxious. Everyone's family would be coming. Murphy's parents, Vegas, his boyfriend. Parker's boyfriend. Shay's mother. Elijah had no one at all coming, and he didn't know what to do with himself or how to feel.
After Shay had been examined, she'd arranged for him to be put in the same room as Elijah. The boys were all in pretty good condition, save for Murphy because of his asthma. But they'd all be able to go home with their families. Even though Shay had insisted that Elijah could go with him, Elijah couldn't help but feel terrified that something would happen to make him change his mind. The thought of being alone was scary, even though he'd been alone almost his whole life it seemed. |
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| jude, wyatt, liam, mick, micah |
[Dec. 28th, 2009|10:37 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | chancellor, elijah, emma, jude, liam, micah, mick, murphy, parker, reagan, shay, team, wyatt | ] |
To say that everyone was working hard was a huge understatement. It was as if the holidays didn't even exist, and if it hadn't been for the merry decorations and the Christmas music all over the radio, Jude was sure that he'd never know that Christmas was on it's way. Everyone was on edge and running on empty. They had all expected to have not only Reagan back by now, but all of the missing boys. It was hard for just about everyone to even look at Liam, and even though the man was putting up a wall, Jude knew better.
He hadn't had much time to process what had happened between he and Beckett. They'd been spending as much free time as they could together, but free time was scarce because everyone was pushing themselves so hard. And by the way that Micah and Wyatt were looking at one another, something had happened between them as well. It boggled Jude's mind because not only was there something going on with he and Beckett, Wyatt and Micah, but something was up with Clark and Ally too because Ally had told him. Jude was just waiting for Mick to come up and say that she was hooking up with Emma, and he smiled tiredly as he thought about it. He was staring blankly at his computer screen, waiting for some information to come up about the man that the van was registered to, the man that Vegas had spotted. |
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| shay, lijah, adam |
[Dec. 28th, 2009|10:29 pm] |
As much as Elijah hated to admit it, Adam was always especially sweet during any holiday. He tried to make them as special as he possibly could for all of the boys, and Lijah hated that sometimes he really enjoyed himself. But he supposed he had to take pleasure in the smallest things, or else he'd go crazy. He and Murphy had played a song for Adam, and naturally that had made the man very happy. He'd cooked them a special holiday meal, and spent time with each of his little talented artists. Reagan had been a bit difficult, but when Shay had taken photos of him, he'd been good, mostly because he'd been worried about what might happen to Shay if he wasn't. It was obvious to everyone how much he missed Liam, though. An entire month had nearly gone by with nothing, and though the team was making a lot of progress - especially thanks to Adam's slip up with Vegas - no one held captive knew that.
After Adam had taken Murphy up for photos, he'd taken Parker, and now Elijah was waiting for his turn as he sat on the edge of his bed. He was anxious and nervous, afraid that Adam would see his attraction to Shay, though he supposed that wouldn't be bad. In fact, that would probably only make Adam happy. What Elijah was really worried about was if Adam recognized the feelings that he and Shay had for one another. There was no way of knowing how the man would react. Adam could be very sweet, but he could snap and when that happened, it was never good. |
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| To Elijah |
[Dec. 14th, 2009|09:36 pm] |
Adam still held down a job through all of this. While his father had left him some money, it wasn't enough to keep up his extracurricular activities. He made good money as a general contractor and he was good at his job. So good, in fact, that many times his employer had asked why he didn't go into business for himself. Adam always passed it off, saying he didn't want the responsibility of owning a business. Really, he didn't want more time taken away from his passions at home, or the collecting of more. Today, he cut out early claiming he had a doctor's appointment. When he arrived home, he went downstairs and pulled Elijah gently from his cell to take him upstairs. He never expected the boy to struggle.
"I drew a bath for you," he said quietly, leading Lijah to the bathroom, smoothing a hand up underneath the boy's shirt so he could touch his back. It had been a couple days since Elijah had slept in Shay's cell. "Maybe this will help you sleep." |
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| elijah, murphy (backdated to about a month after murphy was taken) |
[Dec. 12th, 2009|10:26 pm] |
Usually Adam kept Parker in the middle of Elijah and Murphy, but probably as en effort to make Murphy feel as if he belonged and to hopefully form some sort of a bond with Elijah, he'd put Murphy in between Elijah and Parker. It was the first time that Elijah had ever been moved, and it felt strangely exhilerating to be in a new area, even if it was the same old basement.
Elijah was infinitely curious about the newest boy, and he'd been bombarding Parker with all sorts of questions. The first month Adam had kept Murphy scarce because of his asthma, and the last week Murphy had been sort of out of it since he'd tried to run away. Running away was always something that Elijah thought about trying, but he was too afraid. Parker had told him that they were in the middle of nowhere, and with Elijah being blind, running wasn't an option.
Murphy had been asleep while Adam helped Elijah move his things to the next cell over, and Elijah listened with rapt attention while Adam moved Murphy's things over. After that, he'd taken Murphy upstairs for a while, and left Elijah and Parker alone. After talking Parker into telling him a story, Elijah had curled up on his bed and drifted off to sleep. When he wokeup, Parker was now upstairs, and Murphy was back in the basement. Elijah could tell that Murphy was back because his breathing sounded a little different than Parker's, and he could tell that Parker was gone because he couldn't hear his breathing at all. Being blind, Elijah had a rather acute sense of hearing.
He scooted to the edge of his bed and let his feet dangle over the edge. He was wearing a pair of navy button up pajamas. Adam put everything of one color in the same drawer so that Elijah would always match because the boy was self concious about looking ridiculous since he couldn't see himself and what he was putting on.
"Is Parker with Adam?" he asked after a moment, his voice quiet and uncertain. |
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| reagan, liam, adam, parker, elijah, shay (and a sleeping murphy) |
[Dec. 10th, 2009|02:30 am] |
( Reagan gets nabbed. ) |
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