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[OPEN POST] NEW BRO'HOOD

Characters: John, Kevin, Logan, sons a'bitches, anyone feasible.
Setting: Brotherhood HQ, Vermont.
Content: EPIC.
Status: OPEN AND READY.

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[At the sound of Kevin's voice, John bristles and reaches over to smack Kevin's shoulder with a look of incredulity. Stupid fucking kid, he's thinking.]

Not as fucking dumb as you.

[John leans over the paper again, scribbles a reply and holds it up for Kevin to read.]

we came here for you. the idiots must have followed.

[At that, the annoyance on John's face lessens marginally; he studies Kevin's expression for a reaction. As nice as it was for Kevin to bring him a lighter, Madrox still swiped his gauntlets for him last night and they are tucked away beneath his sleeves. The tent is small, but John's ready for it if Kevin doesn't react well to the news.]

Edited 2011-02-24 05:38 (UTC)

[For awhile, Kevin's expression as inscrutable as Jono's on Texas Feed 'Em Night. He takes the paper and stares down at it for a long time, long enough that John's getting impatient.

Kevin is grateful. For the first time since John's arrival, he's gotten some solid answers. And he considers this an answer because he knows he can trust John. He should be more careful and keep his guard up, but wonders if maybe he's getting tired of being so suspicious. He really can trust John. Can't he?

And they came here for him? All this was for him?

Kevin can't help but feel... touched. But, to take a leaf out of his old roommate's book, he doesn't say anything to indicate that anything's touched his heart - or some shit. Yeah. That was the phrase John used to use.

Then he finally picks up the pen.]

you guys were dumb too. no backup? coming to somewhere this dangerous? for what?

[John is getting irritated, but the slight fear he was feeling - yes, fear - that Kevin didn't want to be rescued is slowly fading in his hard eyes. If Kevin doesn't want to stay, if Kevin doesn't want to do with any other Brotherhood pawn would do and reach out and kill him...

John swallows heavily and pushes the paper on Kevin's lap, his eyes slightly wide as he waits for the kid to reply.

When the response comes, John feels a smile tugging at his lips, half-grim and half-amused, but it doesn't show on his stony expression. He'd like to know why he even fucking bothered with doing something this dangerous too. He snatches the paper from him.]

bring your sorry ass back.

[John rolls his eyes, pins Kevin with a look and whispers "fucking moron" under his breath, as if the answer were obvious.]

Edited 2011-02-24 06:10 (UTC)

[As much as Kevin doesn't want to admit it, he's relieved. He doesn't want it to matter to him whose side John is taking, or whatever team he wants to be on, but Kevin's relieved. But... they came to get him? He's not sure he wants anyone telling him where he's supposed to be, and for all he knows at the moment, with what little information he's been given... maybe this is just some administration bullshit about Xavier's School staff wanting to feel good about themselves. Could be some kind of pride issue about losing one of their "own" to the Brotherhood. Yeah, actually -- that'd make a lot of sense.

His spoken response to John's insult is a tempered, "Ah, fuck you, man" before writing another reply on the paper.]

Didn't ask you to.

[The moment John's read the message he's filled with the overwhelming urge to punch the guy yet again. Instead Kevin gets a look - a glowering one as John takes the paper back, scribbling some more into a corner.]

worth a shot

[Then as an afterthought he adds:]

fuck you too ungrateful dick

[Yep, there's that look on John's face. Kevin knows it all too well. It's the one he's gotten from John all the time back when they were rooming together. Kevin returns it with one of his own.

Kevin's not ungrateful -- not really -- but just doesn't really know what to do with this huge jumble of emotions that are churning around inside of him right now. Since he can't figure it out, he's feeling like the best front to put up is a bit of indifference, til he can sit down and have a good think about it all.

He does feel a strange appreciation for what John and Logan -- and yeah, Ali and Jono, too -- are doing right now. Whether or not it's under orders from administration, they were all brave (and stupid) enough to come here for him. He can't ignore that. Not for much longer.]

just saying you could've gotten yourselves killed.

Going to try to keep you guys safe.

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[OPEN POST] NEW BRO'HOOD

word to your mother.

They're my favorite kind of bitches.

I see what you did there~

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