hadriel | Audio. 03

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Audio. 03

[There's a long scuffle after the post switches on. Some heavy breathing may or may not be involved, the shifting of fabric- blankets, maybe?- across skin. Unfortunately for any voyeurs out there, it's not the sound of anything uncouth happening, but rather the grunts and scrapes of a struggle.]

-shit. [Definitely Ronan's voice, slightly far off. The audio goes muffled as something wraps over the speaker, before the phone of sorts gets tossed up, closer to his face.]

Fuck's sake. [It's on and it's near enough that he can talk into it. That's all that really matters. On the other hand...]

Hello? Look- if anyone can just- fuckin-

[He grunts again, half frustrated, half embarrassed.]

If you know where we live, come- give me a hand or whatever. Parrish lost his fucking mind and I can't- [a long creak, of wood and leather straining against one another] -ow, fuck.

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I know you'd never lie to me.

[He sounds certain of that, too.]

But life is unpredictable, and things can change, and - I don't want anything to happen to you.

[He laughs, softly.]

Parrish. I'm the most badass guy you know.

Yeah, but you've already died once. I had to - take care of your body.

[It was very, very bad. Adam might be under the effect of the gods right now, but even if he wasn't, that still haunts him sometimes.]

I'm not going to let that happen again. You're safe where you are.

Yeah.

[He groans, shifting again, a little uncomfortable.]

But I was the only thing badass enough to kill me, remember? And I don't see any psycho twins or whatever running around here.

Just because you were the one who did it that time doesn't mean nothing else could. When Cabeswater - when the demon was attacking it -

[He stops. Ronan didn't die then, but it was almost as awful.]

You're always in danger, just by being what you are.

[There's a long pause, as Ronan's anger spikes and then tempers back down into something similar to miserable acceptance.]

...yeah, thanks for the fuckin' reminder.

[He would apologize, but he's not sure he's actually sorry. He fears for Ronan often.]

So let me protect you.

And who's going to protect you?

[He asks, tugging at the belts.]

If I'm all tied up in here.

[He's pleased, actually, by the thought that Ronan wants to protect him. But-]

I'll be okay. Nobody's going to come after me. You're something special, Ronan.

Bullshit.

[He spits it out.]

You are just as much as me. Come home and we can talk about this.

You know that isn't true.

[And that's why Ronan needs to stay safe. With him. Of course.]

I am on my way home, though. I don't want to be away from you for too long.

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