http://i-miss-eddie.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] i-miss-eddie.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2005-03-20 10:04 pm

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Columbia wanders downstairs and sits at the bar. Come bother her, please?

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
All right, then, we will.

"Columbia."

He's smiling.

Of course, she's probably rather irritated that he managed to completely vanish for the better part of two months, and has given no sign of where he's gone.

But that doesn't really matter, does it?

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
That is perhaps a relief, then.

"Have you been settling in well?"

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
He raises an eyebrow.

"What did you think of himherit?"

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Very nice? Either you're lying outright, Columbia, or Mother was in a remarkably good mood."

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
His expression softens a bit.

"I'm... sorry, Columbia, I didn't mean that I thought you were, simply... Mother is very seldom nice. What sort of upset was this?"

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
He smirks.

"This is where I'm supposed to make some sort of comment about coming by such things honestly then, isn't it."

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
It's rare, perhaps - although perhaps it shouldn't be - that he's looked serious, and yet not angry. He looked so when she saw him in this place, before; other than that, it is hard to say how long it has been since he's worn such an expression. But that is how he is, now.

"Not that, Columbia. Never that."

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
"I... thought I did, I think..."

If the expression is not odd enough, the fact that for once he almost sounds uncertain surely is.

He shakes his head. "But... perhaps you're right, Columbia."

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
A very slight careful smile, and he takes the step closer to lean down and press a kiss to her forehead.

"I have loved you as well, Columbia, in my way."

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
His voice is rather quiet.

"No, Columbia. You're right about that, at least. I do love you, but it's not what you want. And you'd most likely be happier if you found someone else to love. Here, at least, it will be easier to do that than at the castle."

Perhaps it's quiet so that it won't crack. Hard to tell, as it doesn't.

And then he smiles again, and looks the way it seems he ought.

"I'm glad you're here, dear Columbia."

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
"I may disappear every once in a while, of course, as I just did, but... I'll be here, Columbia. I don't have all so very many other places to go, even if I wished to do so... and besides, I have family here."

His hand's on her shoulder.

"And friends."

He smiles.

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
The smirk's a bit of a wry smile just at the moment.

"Well... fair enough, I suppose, at that."

He chuckles.

"I'll... I'll be around, of course, my dear. You know me, I never could manage to leave well enough alone, could I."

[identity profile] frankie-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-03-21 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
He grins, for a moment, before it fades back into his regular slight smirk.

"And I hope you've been enjoying yourself while you do so."