Ene (impotentwaffle) wrote in politico,
@ 2010-03-11 12:55:00

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To Elijah
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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halloweenish
2010-03-11 10:19 pm UTC (link)

Elijah had his hands on an old radio. He was trying to guess how old the radio was based upon the buttons. After a moment, he guessed it was from the fourties and he dropped his hands down and turned in the direction of Shay's voice.

"Okay," Elijah said as he reached out to grab a hold of Shay's arm. Once he was close enough, he let go and just waited while Shay looked the lens over. "Where do you wanna eat?"

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impotentwaffle
2010-03-12 12:11 am UTC (link)

He loved questions like that because it was just one more reminder that they could choose what they wanted now. "There's a cafe down the road a little ways, we can eat there if you want." He handed the camera back to the girl behind the counter. She was staring at Elijah, curious about him because he was blind and because he was handsome. Shay smiled at her, though he was pretty sure she didn't see it.

Looping his arm around Elijah's, he tugged him outside. "I thought maybe we could look around at apartments today."

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halloweenish
2010-03-12 03:25 am UTC (link)

Elijah had no idea that the girl was even looking at him. He use to be good at sensing that sort of thing but since Adam had taken him, he'd lost a bit of his extra senses. As Shay looped his arm through Lijah's, he smiled and followed him outside.

"Okay," he agreed. Now that Adam was in custody, Elijah felt ready to be on his own with Shay. "I still need to get a job, though."

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impotentwaffle
2010-03-12 04:06 am UTC (link)

Adam's capture had given Shay a burst of courage as well and had started him thinking seriously about their future. "You do. Should we stop by some music stores? We can hit the Buyline as well, place an ad for tutoring." He wanted to get Elijah all set up, make him happy, give him whatever he needed.

He walked briskly, plucking up a newspaper so they could scan the want ads and the available rentals in the area. When he got to the cafe, he led Elijah and got them a booth. Once they were sitting, he sighed. "Would it be weird to consider moving closer to Murphy?"

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	halloweenish 2010-03-12 04:40 am UTC (link)
	It was so easy to just let Shay lead him everywhere. He liked the feeling of trust he had with the other boy, it was something he'd never really had before. Once they were settled in the booth he put his chin in his hands and smiled. "No," he said softly. "I would really like that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-03-12 07:32 am UTC (link)

He didn't know that Murphy was currently staying with Parker at the moment, and he didn't mention moving closer to him because Shay had never really bonded with the boy. Besides, Shay figured that Parker was doing okay, whereas Murphy clearly wasn't given his recent run in with Adam again.

"It'd be nice to be able to see him whenever we wanted." He glanced at the menu and then back up at Elijah. "What do you feel like eating. It looks like there's sandwiches, soup, hamburgers, various chicken type things." He was getting pretty good at summing up reading material that didn't come in audio format.

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halloweenish
2010-03-13 06:09 am UTC (link)

Elijah turned his feet inwards and curled his toes a little bit as he listened to Shay's voice. After a moment, he scooted over and made room for Shay to sit next to him instead of across from him.

"Come sit by me," he said with a soft smile. He waited for Shay to get settled beside him before he hooked a foot around Shay's ankle. "I think I want a BLT and some fries. And a cherry coke. What are you gonna get?"

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impotentwaffle
2010-03-14 12:48 am UTC (link)

Slipping into the booth next to Elijah, Shay continued to browse the menu, wondering what he felt like. "A Reuben, I think. Still make out with me with sauerkraut breath?" He laughed and kissed Elijah's cheek as if getting a last one in there before he wouldn't be able to.

He loved the simple things with Elijah, just being normal with him. When the waitress came, he ordered for the two of them. Sometimes he worried he took the lead too frequently, but his personality was big and it was easy for him to just take over.

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halloweenish
2010-03-14 01:06 am UTC (link)

Elijah was more than comfortable with Shay, and it showed by how relaxed his body language was. He turned his head and pressed a kiss to the corner of the other boy's mouth and settled in the booth with his boyfriend. He enjoyed the simple things with Shay too, appreciated them more than he ever would have before.

"I'll be sad to move away from your Mom," he said after a moment. "But I like the idea of us having our own place. I lived on my own once before, it was lonely. But with you I won't be lonely."

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impotentwaffle
2010-03-14 01:18 am UTC (link)

"She's really not ready to let us go, but I think I'm ready." He'd recovered rather quickly, gotten his feet back under him and he was ready to strike out on his own again.

He opened the newspaper, flipping through the classifieds first. "We'll call Murphy later and ask if he can get us some listings from his area. Or if he even wants us to live around there. We can look on the computer later too." He looked through the want ads and didn't see much relating to the music field.

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halloweenish
2010-03-14 01:46 am UTC (link)

"I'd like to see Parker sometime soon," Elijah said as he yawned and shifted closer to Shay to rest his head on the taller boy's shoulder. "It's been two weeks since I talked to him. Maybe I'll call him tonight," he added quietly. He wondered how Parker was doing, especially now that Adam was officially in custody. "Murphy's brother is into the music scene, maybe he could help," he said, switching gears.

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	impotentwaffle 2010-03-14 03:51 am UTC (link)
	"Oh that's right, isn't it! If he's anything like Murphy, I'll bet he'd be happy to help." Shay was curious to meet the twin. When the food arrived, Shay dug into his popping a potato chip into his mouth and crunching loudly. "Should I be jealous of you and Parker?" he teased. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

halloweenish
2010-03-14 04:19 am UTC (link)

Elijah shifted in his seat once their food was set down in front of them, and he angled his torso towards Shay a little bit as he tucked a leg underneath him.

"Why would you be jealous?" Elijah asked as he plucked up his straw to work the paper off ot it, and then he reached around until his hand clasped around his drink. "Is this one mine?" he asked softly, furrowing his brow as he leaned forward to smell it. "It's mine," he corrected, smelling the distinct cherry scent mixed in with the coke.

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	impotentwaffle 2010-03-14 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"You two were there for longer than any of us. Bonded and all." He reached out and tucked a strand of hair behind Elijah's ear. "I'm not jealous, I was just joking. It was probably a bad joke. Just, do you ever think about--the sorts of stuff you did with them?" All of them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

halloweenish
2010-03-14 05:16 am UTC (link)

"We bonded, yeah, but it's different than the bond I have with you," Elijah said softly as he furrowed his brow a little bit. "I don't think about that stuff. Not really, sometimes I have dreams about what happened there." Nightmares, really, but Shay knew that. "It's hard sometimes, to forget, but when I'm with you I don't think about it at all." Which was interesting, given that they'd been there together.

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	impotentwaffle 2010-03-14 06:36 am UTC (link)
	Shay hadn't had a great deal of opportunity to be used in such a way and he was glad for it. But it made him not quite understand Elijah's plight. He nodded though. "Anyway," he continued, starting to eat his sandwich. "You should call him tonight. See how he's doing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	halloweenish 2010-03-14 06:46 am UTC (link)
	Elijah plucked up a fry and put it in his mouth as he listened to the sounds going on around the diner. He could hear Fleetwood Mac playing from the kitchen area, and he smiled a little bit as he tapped his toe along with the beat. "He sounded happy when I last talked to him," he said after a moment. "I can tell that he loves Callaway very much." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-03-14 08:00 am UTC (link)

"That's good to hear," he said. He wished Parker the best, as always. He wasn't the best at keeping in touch with the other boys, so he was glad to have Elijah, who was quite good at it.

When he was done eating, he pushed his plate away a little and held up the newspaper. "What would you think of a two bedroom place? That way, we'd have a room for photography stuff, and your music things."

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	halloweenish 2010-03-14 08:00 am UTC (link)
	"For a minute there, I was afraid you were suggesting we have seperate rooms," Elijah teased as he picked up his sandwich and took a bite. He wet his lips, licking away some crumbs as he nodded his head. "Do you think we could afford a two bedroom? I could barely afford my tiny little one bedroom when I lived on my own." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-03-14 04:50 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah," he nodded, perfectly confident. "I do all right with portraits and weddings. And I've already had a few calls about showing and selling again. I think people like the idea of owning art by someone who was in the news. it's kind of sick, but I'm more than happy to capitalize off of it. Does that make me weirder than the people who want to buy it?" Where Parker didn't want to make money off of his horrific experience, Shay was not so proud that he wouldn't take people's money for his art. Why should he care why people wanted his photos? He didn't know if he was being practical or disgusting. He was afraid Elijah would think the later and his voice quavered a little.

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	halloweenish 2010-03-14 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	Elijah shook his head and he reached out to gently touch the side of Shay's face. He sensed the other boy's discomfort, and he leaned over to press a soft kiss to the corner of Shay's mouth. "No, you were selling your photography before, just like I was playing violin. I don't think anything should change what we love to do, and if we can make money doing it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-03-15 02:06 am UTC (link)

He was relieved to hear that. He never wanted Elijah to think bad of him. "Then two bedrooms it is. We can afford it." His mother had kept his savings and checking accounts for him, not spending his money because she believed he'd come back. He was excited about starting a life for them and it was obvious in his voice.

"What's your dream place like? Does it have a balcony? Big kitchen? Does it need to have anything specific for you because of the sight thing?"

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halloweenish
2010-03-15 02:56 am UTC (link)

Elijah smiled and shrugged his shoulders as he took a long sip from his cherry coke. "Just you, it has you in it," he replied sweetly before he picked up a fry to pop it in his mouth. "I don't need anything else. Once I learn my way around, it'll be easy. I knew my old place like the back of my hand." He paused, remembering clearly when he'd sensed Adam in his home. It was as if they air just didn't feel right.

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impotentwaffle
2010-03-15 04:14 am UTC (link)

He noticed the pause and the look on Elijah's face. "We'll get a security system," he said, trying to reassire him. As he thought about his dream place, Shay tried to imagine everything that would be the opposite of those small cells. "Someplace open, with a big balcony outside with a view. And a fireplace." Maybe he was getting too big for his britches, but he liked to dream.

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	halloweenish 2010-03-15 04:23 am UTC (link)
	Elijah smiled softly before he lifted a hand to let it rest against the side of Shay's neck so that he could brush his thumb back and forth against the boy's pulse. After a moment, he leaned forward and pressed his mouth against it in a kiss, then kissed his way up Shay's jaw until he found his mouth. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)