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Rebekah Mikaelson ([personal profile] whenyouearnit) wrote2013-09-02 10:24 am

Post Time Doors - Elijah

It’s been four days. Four days in that awful, horrible place with the mazes and the strange rhyming creatures. Rebekah hated nearly every moment of it, Jesse making a few moments bearable. Even worse it’s been four days unable to contact her brother, and four days without feeding. The former is worse to her than the latter, and sure that Elijah would have blood in his fridge she heads to his apartment after sending a quick text to say she was coming. It’s unsurprising that the door is unlocked and that he’s pacing restlessly. She nearly throws herself at him, wrapping arms about him and refusing to let go. “I’ve missed you.”
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-02 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Four days and Elijah's not heard from her. Or Jack. Neither has Hayley, and apparently her wolf-friend has been missing, as well, and the two of them did not handle it all that well, it has to be said.

Rebekah's message is a relief, and even more so is seeing her walk through his door. He catches her in his arms, holding her close.

"Where the hell have you been?"
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-07 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Elijah doesn't want to let her go, either, and his hand clenches tightly around hers as he tugs her back close to keep his other arm around her.

"I was so worried," he murmurs. "I know strange things happen here, but I hadn't anticipated losing you again."

Not after he'd lost her for so very long before.
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-08 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine." It's automatic, if true. He missed her, was terrified of losing her, but nothing happened back here to threaten him. He lifts his free hand to stroke through her hair lightly. "What do you need?"
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-10 12:49 am (UTC)(link)

Elijah nods a little and disentangles only enough to move to the kitchen, hand still around hers. "Blood's in the fridge," he says, opening the door. "Take all you need."

He gives her a slightly quizzical look. "Is Hayley all right, you mean? She's fine, though she's been worried. About you and several of her friends disappeared, as well."

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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-10 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)

Elijah arched an eyebrow, both at the admission and the confusion. "Honestly, I was, too, when I realized you were gone, but she was still here, though frantic over others gone. I had her come over here to sleep most of the nights, like that might keep her here, somehow."

He frowned a little. "I was thinking..."

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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-12 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)

Elijah hesitates another moment, then offers, "I was thinking we should get a house. These apartments aren't really up to our standards, and I don't like having you so far away." Because a mile or two was so very far. "And if we had one...we could ask Hayley to move in with us. She shouldn't be on her own, the farther she gets along in the pregnancy nor with a newborn, and we could protect her and help her better if she was with us..."

Rebekah's been more exicted and on board, he knows, but suggesting cohabiting still makes him a little wary.

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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-16 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Elijah nods. It's not a perfect word, but he thoroughly echoes the sentiment behind it. "A very nice house," he agrees. "I was thinking of looking in one of the communities down by the beach."

It was pretty with the water, and the houses with ocean views were particularly nice.
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-17 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)

Elijah wraps his hand back around hers in turn. "Then we'll put that on the list of requirements."

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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-17 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)

After a pause, Elijah shakes his head. "Not yet. I thought she might be more amenable if she could see how it was, all fixed up. And if she doesn't go for it, then you and I still have a place, and the baby will have a room for when she lets us take care of him."

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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-17 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)

"I...don't actually know," Elijah is forced to admit. "But if we stress that she has no obligation, but we wanted to offer...she can't really be upset, right?"

Elijah's knowledge of how to handle women is occasionally quite obviously lacking. Rebekah, yes. Women in general...well, one only has to look at his track record to realize that, no. Not his strong point.

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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-19 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Elijah nods. "I think that sounds like a good idea. We can get the nursery all set up, bring her over. Make sure we set aside a good room for her, too, though..." He pauses, thinks. "We probably should let her decorate her own room. I'm not sure what her taste is. She hasn't done much with her place."

He hasn't either, but there's just no sense of her in her place that he's gotten.
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-19 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Elijah doesn't plan on paying for the house, so he certainly won't begrudge her compelled decor. He's done some with this apartment, but mostly it shows in the stereo system and the already full bookshelves more than anything classified as decorating.

"That will be useful. You'll have to take Hayley to get whatever she wants, then."

Since the wok couldn't compel her own shopping, which, he suspected, was one reason her place was still so bare, now.
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-23 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Elijah chuckles, hugging her tight against him.

"I'd hate to make you do anything you really don't want to, of course..."
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-23 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Probably not," he agrees with amusement. Normally he'd think he was pretty persuasive, but he was doubting that lately.

He lifts a hand to run lightly through her hair and presses a kiss to her temple. "I'm glad you think so. I really like her." He's surprised about that, honestly. Nothing against Hayley, but his experiences with wolves haven't really been that positive overall.
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-24 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)

It's certainly rare enough for Elijah to actually let someone in enough that he decides he likes them, though he's been trying more here, trying to connect more, to not keep himself so distant. The fumbles he's made haven't deterred him, for once, so that she's being supportive and trying, as well, is so etching he really appreciates, and it wins her a kiss on the cheek.

"Not really. Just sort of looking at neighborhoods when I've been out hunting."

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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-25 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course. I wouldn't think of getting a place without your approval." Not if he was asking her to live there preemptively instead of somewhere he'd been for a while.

He brushes another kiss over her forehead. "I'd like that."
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-27 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
He didn't really have any plans for the day, and even if he had, he'd rather have been with her, so Elijah doesn't even protest when she tugs him to the sofa. He just follows and settles there, then tugs her down to join him, wrapping his arms back around her.

"What would you like to do?"
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-09-29 01:42 am (UTC)(link)

"I believe so, yes," Elijah says with a nod. He disentangles himself from her again to move to his DVD rack, running his fingertips over the titles, reading as he looked, picking out a few. "After what you've been through what sounds best to you to watch today? Horror, romantic drama, mystery, musical or Western?"

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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-10-05 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Elijah gives her a slightly bemused look, as he has no idea which handsome man she means, but he shrugs and moves past The Sound of Music (yes, it's one of his favorite movies) and snags Blue Hawaii instead. Popping it in the DVD player, he moves back to settle with her. "This young man?"
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-10-19 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)

Elijah starts the movie then moves to settle next to her on the sofa, snuggling up close to her. "I don't know. The few witches I've seen here can't seem to figure out how we got here or how to get home, which makes it harder to figure out how we can interact with the place."

Which is rather disconcerting, honestly.

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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-10-24 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
"Pretty much only good for grunt work and daylight rings," Elijah says, or, really, grumbles.

Esther's reappearance and his last group of witches' incompetence have soured him a bit.

"I considered seeing if we should take Hayley to see one just to...check things the doctors don't know to, but I'm not sure I want anyone with any power knowing, really, until we do." He makes a face. "Except Ric who, unfortunately, knows. But at least he doesn't seem to have told Damon. I haven't seen Katerina in weeks, and Elena didn't ask anything the one time we ran into her, so..."

He manages both doppelgangers names without a flinch. Look at him. Getting better, or...something.

Possibly just overly focused and protective and possessive of Hayley.
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-10-25 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"So do I," he says with a sigh. "But...I don't know. Hayley was terrified of him at first. Now it seems like they've been hanging out now and again." He frowns a little, giving her a look at the mention of compelling Damon, but then he nods. "You do it. I don't trust myself to."

So easy, so so easy to just compel him to do other things.
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[personal profile] manof_myword 2013-10-30 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Elijah smiled, amused at the response and brushes a kiss over her temple. "One I envy you, truly."