For Luther
Feb. 14th, 2021 12:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Living with his brothers and sisters again, Five has to admit, it's been an adjustment. He's got used to Klaus's comings and goings, living with him for a few months before this, but the rest of them add a new dimension to things.
It's not bad, just an adjustment. But they're making the place their own. Five's biggest contribution so far has been the house's growing library. Each one of them has added their own books to the collection, but Five's added the most books by far. Quantum physics books, dimensional theory and the odd biography, mostly. Today, he's shelving a book on paradoxes-- theoretical and very wrong, of course-- when he finds something he thinks Vanya's added. Music theory's never been his thing, but he doesn't have anything else to do with his afternoon.
He tucks the book under his arm and decides to head to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, but when he walks into the hallway, there's someone there he doesn't expect. At least, not today.
"Oh. It's you," Five says, looking up at his brother with a mildly surprised expression, "You know, between you and Diego, my money was on him showing up first."
It's not bad, just an adjustment. But they're making the place their own. Five's biggest contribution so far has been the house's growing library. Each one of them has added their own books to the collection, but Five's added the most books by far. Quantum physics books, dimensional theory and the odd biography, mostly. Today, he's shelving a book on paradoxes-- theoretical and very wrong, of course-- when he finds something he thinks Vanya's added. Music theory's never been his thing, but he doesn't have anything else to do with his afternoon.
He tucks the book under his arm and decides to head to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, but when he walks into the hallway, there's someone there he doesn't expect. At least, not today.
"Oh. It's you," Five says, looking up at his brother with a mildly surprised expression, "You know, between you and Diego, my money was on him showing up first."
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Date: 2021-02-14 08:53 pm (UTC)Both of which had been caused by the same knee sock-wearing little menace in front of him.
He sniffs the air, which seems clear, and really takes a good look at Five.
"How are you feeling? Everything in the ol' digestive system okay? You look room temperature, at least."
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Date: 2021-02-14 09:40 pm (UTC)"I think I'm past being surprised at what this place can do and who it can bring," he says, "But it's good to see you, Luther, unconventional greeting aside."
Darrow might be a strange place, full of unpredictable people and the occasional crisis, but he thinks it'll be a good start for them all, especially Luther.
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Date: 2021-02-14 11:59 pm (UTC)"Maybe unconventional to you," he says, "but I also just got back from dealing with two of you at once. It wasn't pretty, Five, and I think you'll understand why."
Maybe he should have searched for a better place to put the rifle than propped up in a corner nearby. "Might help you understand my unconventional greeting, too."
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Date: 2021-02-15 03:01 am (UTC)"Two of who?" he asks, then glances past Luther and spots the rifle. He'd know that rifle anywhere. He used it on countless missions with the Commission; he can even see the scuff on the stock from New Jersey, 1937.
"Luther," Five says slowly, "Why is there a standard issue Commission rifle in the corner?"
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Date: 2021-02-15 08:28 pm (UTC)He stops, makes a bemused face. "That'll fuck with Diego."
Following Five's gaze over to the rifle, he scrubs at the back of his neck. "I had to take it from one of you because you were trying to kill each other."
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Date: 2021-02-16 12:37 am (UTC)Five had considered it. After going to their father and after his deal with the devil, it had been Plan C, probably the riskiest one of all.
"...paradox psychosis," Five says to himself, and now all of Luther's questions are starting to make sense, "We must have been desperate."
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Date: 2021-02-23 12:48 am (UTC)"So yeah, the gun's yours. Did you... was it like, the same gun every time you, uh," and he sort of mimes firing a finger-gun.
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Date: 2021-02-24 04:07 am (UTC)As he talks, he's running it all through in his head. Going to see his younger self was a calculated risk. He had a briefcase he wasn't going to need anymore, because he was about to break his contract. But up until that point, Five would have defended that briefcase with his life.
...which is probably where the rifle comes in.
"Please tell me that one of me didn't kill the other," he says.
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Date: 2021-02-28 08:32 pm (UTC)He hopes it lasts.
"We got through talking to you, and we were all headed to where you were going to-- hey, wait. Did you actually kill Kennedy? Because you looked like you were ready to kill Kennedy."
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Date: 2021-03-03 05:43 pm (UTC)"But I guess a thank you is probably in order. For making sure I didn't succumb to homicidal rage."
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Date: 2021-03-07 02:13 am (UTC)Well, Five might have a different list.
He doesn't want to look as happy as he does to have Five thank him, but he's probably grinning stupidly. "No problem. I mean, I could have lived without kick to the balls when you guys decided to kill each other." He shrugs. "This doesn't seem like the worst place we've been."
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Date: 2021-03-07 02:56 am (UTC)In a few senses of the phrase.
At Luther's comment on the house, Five looks almost proud.
"Not the best, but not the worst," he says, "There's a room for you if you want it."
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Date: 2021-03-10 05:03 pm (UTC)"Not the-- Five, you saw where I was staying," he says. "This is a good place, and it has almost all of us here now." He grins down at his brother, feeling something like contentment for the first time in a long time. "You found us a home. Of course I want to in it."
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Date: 2021-03-13 03:32 am (UTC)It was probably Luther's own fault in the first place, but apparently he'd been going through some personal issues back in 1963. Five had been too preoccupied with preventing the apocalypse and saving them all.
Five considers his own statement before adding, "Don't punch holes in any walls here."