glastonbury ♔ they came snapping at your heels

[behindcloseddoors]

See You Soon- Coldplay

WHO || Faye, Lila, Gold? [closed]
WHAT || Faye finally has a clue to Gold's location, and goes to confront him about his absence
WHERE || Glastonbury, England
WHEN || After this
HOW || Actionspam

[ Gold's been gone now for long enough to leave most people assuming that he isn't going to come back. Driven off by confirmation that he was, in fact, the Dark One from the Enchanted Forest by Gaston and Emma, the only indication that he's even alive came in a dream delivered to Belle, where he admitted that he was looking to understand more about this Dark One, perhaps seeking a way to refute the claims of the others. Plenty of people are worried, however, about what direction his search might take him. Others, however, are just plain pissed that he would abandon them without a word - and it's that anger that drove Faye to ally with GLADOS to discover that he was in Glastonbury, and with Lila's help enlist Zero to pinpoint his exact last known whereabouts, at a shitty motel. Together, the girls take a car and head out, hoping to find him once and for all.

There's only one car in the lot when they pull in, the VACANCY sign flashing forlornly above the office door. No lights are visible in any of the rooms, but a COKE machine provides some illumination, along with the lone pair of streetlamps that dully lighten the parking lot. ]

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[watchmaker]

[he just tries to be comforting and stroke her hair like shhh no it's okay. pls stop. don't be cry. :( ]

[bittersweeter]

[ she tries really hard to rein it in, but um. fails, hiccuping and sniffling. ]

[watchmaker]

Hey, hey. C'mon. I won't let anything happen to you.

[bittersweeter]

You can't be with me all the time.

[watchmaker]

That's what you think.

[bittersweeter]

Did you get a new power while I was gone? [ she actually stops crying more to look up at him because that's a serious question when it comes to sylar. ]

[watchmaker]

No! ... It was more of a vague threat to stalk you.

[bittersweeter]

Oh. I'm not sure that's actually a threat. I would enjoy that. [ she's slowly calming down, success! ]

[watchmaker]

Oh. Then there you go. [her asking about powers makes him pause because] Although ... I think I've been seeing people who ... aren't there. Lately.

[bittersweeter]

Like... hallucinations?

[watchmaker]

I guess? Or just, you know. Dead people.

[bittersweeter]

You see dead people. [ just let her take that in for a second. ]

[watchmaker]

I didn't want to be the one to say it, but ...

[bittersweeter]

Are you dead. Has there been some M. Night Salamander twist I've been missing for three years?

[watchmaker]

I don't think so. Is there a test for that?

[bittersweeter]

You have to be alive, I've worked you before. Dead people don't have brain function. Okay, so, how long has this been going on?

[watchmaker]

Couple months.

[bittersweeter]

Mhmm. And it's just now coming up.

[watchmaker]

You were busy with the wedding. I was thinking, maybe it was because of ... who I am. That I'm being haunted by my past. But I never recognize any of the faces.

[bittersweeter]

That's nonsense. [ she straightens up so she can look sylar head on. ] You're not-- you can't be-- you aren't being haunted, it has to be something else. Dean can demons, right? Maybe this is just something you can do. [ her hand lifts to his neck, smoothing her thumb against his jaw. ] You're not that person anymore.

[watchmaker]

I know. I'm trying to be better. But what if it's not enough?

[bittersweeter]

It is! You keep trying, that's what makes it enough. You helped people in Antarctica and, while you didn't bring me back a penguin, that's still a good thing. [ she frowns, gaze imploring him to give himself a break. (diplomacy 68) ] You can't keep holding yourself back because of something you did in the past, sweetie, or you're never going to be able to move on.

[watchmaker]

[he lets himself be placated bc lila always knows ~just the right thing to say~.] Yeah ... you're right. As usual.

[bittersweeter]

I mean it. And if you're worried we can talk to Wynn about it. Or... Eric, I don't know. He probably doesn't know anything, but I trust him. [ probably the least helpful person to go to when it comes to magic, she could say zero, but. eric is eric. ]

[watchmaker]

It's probably nothing. [deals with his problems like a man.]