Room 307, Tuesday Evening
Apr. 24th, 2012 06:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dollpocalypseSo for Topher, today had been noteworthy due to a variety of circumstances, the most obvious of which being:
1.) His best friend was apparently a world-famous political blogger who'd saved a whole bunch of kids' lives
2.) Said best friend had just been forced to go into hiding to avoid being killed by a Belgian psychopath
3.) Topher's room was still full of paint fumes, and
4.) It was his sixteenth birthday.
As a result of all of that, plus the portal-lag that came from the round-trip excursion to Peter's universe, Topher was just a little bit exhausted by the time he got back to his room in the evening. Too exhausted, in fact, to indulge in his usual birthday tradition of a cupcake and a couple rounds of laser tag at the nearest arena. So instead, by the time he got to his room, he flopped down on his bed to try to repress concerns about Peter by playing Tetris on his phone.
At least he was kicking ass at it, so, you know, there was that.
[[open! billy | dave | kenzi | ben ]]
1.) His best friend was apparently a world-famous political blogger who'd saved a whole bunch of kids' lives
2.) Said best friend had just been forced to go into hiding to avoid being killed by a Belgian psychopath
3.) Topher's room was still full of paint fumes, and
4.) It was his sixteenth birthday.
As a result of all of that, plus the portal-lag that came from the round-trip excursion to Peter's universe, Topher was just a little bit exhausted by the time he got back to his room in the evening. Too exhausted, in fact, to indulge in his usual birthday tradition of a cupcake and a couple rounds of laser tag at the nearest arena. So instead, by the time he got to his room, he flopped down on his bed to try to repress concerns about Peter by playing Tetris on his phone.
At least he was kicking ass at it, so, you know, there was that.
[[open! billy | dave | kenzi | ben ]]
Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 03:38 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 03:40 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 03:42 am (UTC)Beat.
"Wait, you shoot guns?" Oh dear god, the world had just gotten about 70% more terrifying.
Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 03:43 am (UTC)Yup. Terrifying.
Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 03:44 am (UTC)"Dude," Topher said. "I never want to go outside ever again."
Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 03:48 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 04:00 am (UTC)The idea of not seeing Peter again was kind of awful, though.
Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 04:04 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 04:06 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 04:21 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 04:26 am (UTC)Topher gave a helpless shrug.
"Never mind."
If Peter never came back, then at least he'd be safe. Probably. And at least Topher would be able to check the news on his desk to make sure of that. Peter was busy saving the world, anyway. Whatever happened, Topher -- some random kid missing the guy who'd been his first friend ever -- was pretty insignificant by comparison.
Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 04:28 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 04:30 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 04:33 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 04:57 am (UTC)"He'll manage," Topher said. That was sincere.
"We'll see him or we won't. No big deal." That... was forced.
Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 05:01 am (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 02:15 pm (UTC)Beat.
"Is that really -- I mean. The suspense, is that all that you...?"
Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 03:11 pm (UTC)Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 03:28 pm (UTC)Plus if Peter didn't come back, it wasn't like he was ever going to see him again, so.
Re: NFB
Date: 2012-04-25 11:38 pm (UTC)