Paul grimaces down at the text on his tablet, runs a hand through his hair, and digs out what he bets will be the first cigarette of a few during the day.
Fuckit, Princess Peach's gone. She was just getting to wearing clothes he actually liked, too.
The glibness in his own head he knows and recognizes as defense, shield against another person being gone, someone you'd liked, cooked for, teased, all that crapola. Paul rubs a hand over his face and flips through his contact list as well, scanning to confirm that Azkadellia is gone, checking for other names.
Shortly thereafter he sends an answering, if very short, text to the city:
Josef Kostan, too.
He'd kind of liked the guy, that one time they'd talked. Jetpacks and cigarettes. And then the guy had turned out to be another fucking vampire, and Paul has feelings about that, and they hadn't talked since, but...
But what-ifs and what-might've's don't count for shit or shinola. Paul goes to find his coat.
***
Thirty minutes later he's knocking at Wyatt's door, other hand busy with a shopping bag. "Open it up, cowboy."
[text: recipients - all] / [Location]
Paul grimaces down at the text on his tablet, runs a hand through his hair, and digs out what he bets will be the first cigarette of a few during the day.
Fuckit, Princess Peach's gone. She was just getting to wearing clothes he actually liked, too.
The glibness in his own head he knows and recognizes as defense, shield against another person being gone, someone you'd liked, cooked for, teased, all that crapola. Paul rubs a hand over his face and flips through his contact list as well, scanning to confirm that Azkadellia is gone, checking for other names.
Shortly thereafter he sends an answering, if very short, text to the city:
Josef Kostan, too.
He'd kind of liked the guy, that one time they'd talked. Jetpacks and cigarettes. And then the guy had turned out to be another fucking vampire, and Paul has feelings about that, and they hadn't talked since, but...
But what-ifs and what-might've's don't count for shit or shinola. Paul goes to find his coat.
***
Thirty minutes later he's knocking at Wyatt's door, other hand busy with a shopping bag. "Open it up, cowboy."