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Haven, Maine, Tuesday (Fandom time)
Feb. 23rd, 2021 12:39 pmDuke was not wallowing. He refused to wallow. So he'd had to kill a guy. So what? Sometimes death just — happened. Sure, this time it came with Audrey lying to him, with her manipulating him into position like he just happened to be exactly the right tool for the job — But that was fine. Because he hadn't taken her orders. He'd made his own choices, weighed the options for himself, and decided to kill.
And then no one had spoken to him for three days.
To be fair, Claire had tried. Her voicemails ranged from gentle encouragement to outright anger. Then she'd finally shown up at the docks, standing with her arms crossed over her coat and staring him down as he came up onto the deck.
"Making house calls now, huh?"
"I do when my patients are idiots who refuse to talk to me after a trauma."
Duke spread his hands. "What trauma? I'm fine."
Claire didn't look at all impressed. "Audrey told me what happened. You know, I even won her over to the therapy way, I don't know why you think you can resist."
Oh good. Now Audrey was running around telling people about him. That was nice. "Sounds like you've got your hands full with her, then. Plus, you know, a timeline. She's down to what, 40 days now?"
Claire nodded. "And how does that make you feel?"
Duke opened his mouth to give her a biting comment when his radio scanner bleeped. Laverne's voice crackled through it. "All units be advised, there is a — oh hell, what's the code for 'sea monster in the swim center'?"
( Is there even a code for that? )
[NFB, NFI, OOC welcome. Adapted from Haven 3x04, "Over My Head". CW for watery traumas, including shark attacks and drowning. And all the usual death you get from a horror fandom.]
And then no one had spoken to him for three days.
To be fair, Claire had tried. Her voicemails ranged from gentle encouragement to outright anger. Then she'd finally shown up at the docks, standing with her arms crossed over her coat and staring him down as he came up onto the deck.
"Making house calls now, huh?"
"I do when my patients are idiots who refuse to talk to me after a trauma."
Duke spread his hands. "What trauma? I'm fine."
Claire didn't look at all impressed. "Audrey told me what happened. You know, I even won her over to the therapy way, I don't know why you think you can resist."
Oh good. Now Audrey was running around telling people about him. That was nice. "Sounds like you've got your hands full with her, then. Plus, you know, a timeline. She's down to what, 40 days now?"
Claire nodded. "And how does that make you feel?"
Duke opened his mouth to give her a biting comment when his radio scanner bleeped. Laverne's voice crackled through it. "All units be advised, there is a — oh hell, what's the code for 'sea monster in the swim center'?"
( Is there even a code for that? )
[NFB, NFI, OOC welcome. Adapted from Haven 3x04, "Over My Head". CW for watery traumas, including shark attacks and drowning. And all the usual death you get from a horror fandom.]