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Duke Crocker ([personal profile] betterthanaplan) wrote2024-12-19 10:53 am

The galley of the Cape Rouge, Thursday evening

Duke had had some time since his last therapist appointment to start slowly processing what his therapist had said. Specifically what the man had said about what he believed was the foundation of Duke's issues. A diagnosis if you will.

Which Duke had finally made time to look up and read about after getting home from the diner. And mull over over a cup of tea.

Sure, it wasn't the first time someone had suggested that he had PTSD. He'd kind of just assumed he had that, by now. But C-PTSD. The complex version. The one most associated with survivors of hostage situations or child abuse.

He sipped his tea and stared into space. And wished it didn't make as much sense to him as it did. Wished he didn't check off quite as many of the usual symptoms as he did.

"Fuck."

[for the partners if they wanna]
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
"And that's a problem?" Lucifer prompted.

He was earnestly trying to figure this out.
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
"It's not the best thing to have, though. Is it?" Lucifer said.
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Hm," Lucifer said, and squeezed his hand. "Are you a tad antsy about perhaps letting that go?"
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Scared of catastrophe?"
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Like what?" Lucifer asked, giving him a little nudge with his shoulder.
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucifer's hand slipped away from Duke's, and around Duke's shoulders instead. "You're not," he said. "I can say that much."
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yourself with a great fewer hang-ups and an ability to actually let yourself be happy?" Lucifer offered. His hand came up to rub gently at Duke's shoulder.
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucifer tilted his head. "... How long would that take?"
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well," Lucifer said slowly, "That's... less than ideal... for Christmas..."
Edited 2024-12-20 17:05 (UTC)
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right," Lucifer said, "And I'll happily support this, except..."

He held out a hand. "'Handful' and 'five' are two very different concepts, I do hope you realize that."
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Five days is a long time at sea," Lucifer pointed out. "Are you sure this isn't one of those things where you have an epiphany with a good idea and then you're so pleased about the epiphany that you sprint straight past the good idea and off a cliff?"

Because Lucifer had some experience with that!
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[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2024-12-20 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I would honestly feel more comfortable with 'heading to see for a day or two, see you then'," Lucifer admitted. "Because you do... remember about the ocean, right? There's quite a bit of it. And it's December."

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