For Luther

Feb. 14th, 2021 12:51 pm
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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."

Date: 2021-02-14 08:53 pm (UTC)
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"You could at least be surprised to see me," Luther says. "Everyone else was surprised, and mostly happy. I think." The very beginning still seems a bit foggy, what with the pain and the adrenaline.

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."

Date: 2021-02-14 11:59 pm (UTC)
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Luther knows he's staring like an idiot, he knows that, but this is so far from what he'd just left that he's going back through the list of psychosis stages to make sure he didn't miss one about everything looking totally fine.

"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."

Date: 2021-02-15 08:28 pm (UTC)
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"Two of you," Luther responds, nearly hissing it. "Dallas. Only Klaus and I showed up when it was time to go home with the Commission briefcase, and it got destroyed and you needed another, so off we went to find the you that was there to, what, make sure Kennedy died?"

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."

Date: 2021-02-23 12:48 am (UTC)
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"Yeah, you-- we-- were," Luther answers, and something about having Five acknowledge both the plan and the absolute chaotic desperation lets him breathe a little easier. He thinks, at least, that even if he's somehow from after Five, he can trust that this one's only a little bit of a homicidal maniac, part of the time.

"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.

Date: 2021-02-28 08:32 pm (UTC)
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"Well, I was trying to keep that from happening," Luther says, and he'd planned to be at least a little mad at Five. It's not working out that way, though, especially when Five seems so sane right now.

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."

Date: 2021-03-07 02:13 am (UTC)
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"Hey, you don't get to pretend that was a stupid question. We were right there. This whole family got pretty tangled up in it." But there's no real rancor in his voice, because it's kind of funny, too, that they had been sucked into one of the biggest assassinations of all time.

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."

Date: 2021-03-10 05:03 pm (UTC)
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"I did not, you just wanted to kill each other more than you wanted to do anything else," Luther answers, and even if he's griping about it, that doesn't mean he's still, somehow, counting it as a fond memory.

"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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