justgo: (dranĸ all тнe вlood ι coυld ғιnd)
тeѕѕ ([personal profile] justgo) wrote2013-08-01 12:17 am

IC CONTACT.



It's Tess. State your business and give me time to get back to you.

[ beep. ]
vaccination: (okay.)

[personal profile] vaccination 2013-11-08 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Ellie isn't sure what kind of reaction she was expecting. This is good enough, though, and she rubs her sleeved arm. Apology accepted.]

What?
vaccination: (fourteen.)

[personal profile] vaccination 2013-11-08 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks alarmed for a brief moment. Was it that obvious, or did Joel tell her? Joel knows about Sam, of course, but she hasn't told a soul about Rylie. Maybe Tess is just making an educated guess.]

He never wanted to talk about you. He told me not to bring you up, ever.

[So her apologies to him were always brushed off, short. Joel didn't talk about the things that hurt. Sarah, Tess, Sam, Henry. They didn't talk about them at all, so Ellie was left to deal on her own.]
vaccination: (surface.)

[personal profile] vaccination 2013-11-08 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Joel isn't always the best of influences. Case in point: Ellie grunts, rubbing her forehead.]

Like, forever? I don't know.

[Looking at her lap is better than looking at Tess.]
vaccination: (fix.)

[personal profile] vaccination 2013-11-08 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Hugs from Tess are a little jarring, but Ellie's become a sucker for contact like this. She gets her arms around her middle and squeezes tightly, maybe a little desperately. She's dead. This would never happen at home.]

I haven't exactly been around a lot of people that encourage that sort of talking.

[There's been Stephanie, lately, but Ellie doesn't like dumping her issues on people who already have their own.]
vaccination: (cities.)

[personal profile] vaccination 2013-11-08 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
I get it, though. [You have to move on, at least on the surface. She can't blame Joel for not wanting to let himself be vulnerable. She's seen him like that, and it's scary.]

And I guess this is me not holding it all.
vaccination: (civilization.)

[personal profile] vaccination 2013-11-08 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have any complaints if you don't.

[She smiles, a little. She never got the impression that Tess hated her for what happened, or hated her for not yet being the cure the world needed. But this is nice, and Ellie likes the feeling of leaning against someone. For a moment, some of the weight is lifted.]