And these photographs, keep me alive
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bait_backup*A spontaneous change of plans was how she had phrased it to Barty, leaning her face into the floo on very tender knees to ask if he would like to come home, instead, today. She had smiled easily to see him and merely asked if he would like let his mother have him around to brighten the house again for the afternoon. She had not mentioned her bruised elbow from bumping the nightstand, her morning of nausea, pain and lightheadedness, nor Roderick's recommendation that she not use the floo or even apparation unless absolutely necessary. None of that seemed important to tell or to think about as long as her plans with her son did not have to be cancelled, and though he has always been a stubborn thing all you have to know is the right words and he will agree in an instant.
With her elbow resting on a pillow it is both out of sight and out of mind. The fact that they are having their long-awaited mother-son lunch together in her bedroom makes the ever present elephant in the room all the larger today, but Bernadette has spent enough time over the years in this bed that she has learn not to let it speak for her no matter how frequently she is confined to it. She has brought out family photo albums and a small box of keepsakes fro his childhood to show Barty, not letting her need for rest be the only thing he sees of her today. She has each picture lovingly captioned and only looks up from them to talk to Barty and when the door opens and a tray comes bobbing in as Winky brings them their lunch.*
I thought I smelled cooking. Here - I'll take the book so you don't spill, I love these old ones.
With her elbow resting on a pillow it is both out of sight and out of mind. The fact that they are having their long-awaited mother-son lunch together in her bedroom makes the ever present elephant in the room all the larger today, but Bernadette has spent enough time over the years in this bed that she has learn not to let it speak for her no matter how frequently she is confined to it. She has brought out family photo albums and a small box of keepsakes fro his childhood to show Barty, not letting her need for rest be the only thing he sees of her today. She has each picture lovingly captioned and only looks up from them to talk to Barty and when the door opens and a tray comes bobbing in as Winky brings them their lunch.*
I thought I smelled cooking. Here - I'll take the book so you don't spill, I love these old ones.
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Date: 2010-12-23 10:54 am (UTC)He hands the book to her, his movements are still erratic and a little too fast, but there's a weariness there as well, an understanding of fragility that makes Barty more careful.*
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Date: 2010-12-23 11:17 am (UTC)*She sets her plate on the bedside table and away from the scrapbooks filled with many closeups of Barty's beaming face, mindful not to make the same mistake with her hands as she did with her elbow.*
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Date: 2010-12-26 11:30 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-12-27 01:17 am (UTC)He cam affrifiate if crafmansfip from afar. While I ufe it.
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Date: 2010-12-27 01:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-27 02:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-28 05:47 am (UTC)He would never break. He's concerned for you.
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Date: 2010-12-28 06:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-28 09:07 am (UTC)We just doesn't want you to feel alone in the world. Your father was very independent when he was your age, it was a lot of work making his own mistakes and decisions. He wants to give you guidance that he would have liked from your grandfather.
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Date: 2010-12-30 03:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-30 03:16 am (UTC)But there are still things your father knows about. He has his career, and a family, and he wants to be apart of your life even after you've grown up.
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Date: 2010-12-30 09:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-01 04:50 am (UTC)You may not agree on some things but he is a good man and he does good work. He just wants you to support that, just as we'll support you - whenever you find the thing that means something to you, now or later.
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Date: 2011-01-01 11:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-01 11:58 pm (UTC)*Bernadette doesn't want for money herself, but the conversation seems to make her tired. She reaches for a glass of water on the bedside table, takes a couple sips, and closes her eyes for a couple-second-long rest before continuing as though nothing's wrong.*
...Money is a strange thing, whether you have it or you don't. He's happy to help now but, maybe once he's older, he might appreciate being paid back. Your father doesn't want you to be in debt, especially not to a dear friend.
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Date: 2011-01-02 03:54 am (UTC)Which is that one?
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Date: 2011-01-02 04:01 am (UTC)That one... You got that for your sixth birthday, you brought it everywhere. I think this is one of the ones your Aunty Henrietta took and sent us copies, I wasn't with you then. But you came home happy.
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:27 am (UTC)*Though normally the ever rising volume of his voice wouldn't be a problem (even when it actually is), Barty looks almost shocked with himself, having torn through the peaceable quiet of his mother's existence, he feels like he's brought imbalance to the room.*
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Date: 2011-01-04 01:53 am (UTC)You always did. Do you remember? Visiting them?