( It's not that she'll feel she never will, or never could, it's what sits behind his eyes. His awe. She knows she doesn't have to do anything. She knows he's dead. But every time he looks at her like that, she remembers he's gone. Dead and gone.
It's not a disconnect, Klaus, when it's a disagreement between father and daughter. Secretly, she appreciated the attention. She's still independent. Staking her own claim.
Painting her own paintings. )
Jason. Your roommate. ( The surrogate teenager. Maybe it should bring more fire in her belly. Even a little jealousy. But, she's not. She takes the shirt from him, or holds it until he lets it go. She takes the burden.
( he remembers it too. he remembers this might be his only chance to be near her, to be her father. if he cannot meet her in the afterlife... if this is it... he refuses to believe that it is, but to have been pulled and separated from her so many times — to know this with the burden of regret... how can he not be in awe of another chance?
and of her, grown up? standing on her own two feet?
he suspects she did: appreciate the attention. there has always been an earnestness about how hope argues with him; a longing to do so. he can't help but know there's plenty unsaid between them; he searches her eyes momentarily as she speaks of jason. he lets her take the shirt, passing it off without hesitation. ) There are maps in the library.
( If she longed, it was because her father had it in his mind he needed to stay away. And that is still something they haven't discussed at length. )
Then it's us, with the map. In the library. ( A second of tension passes between them. It's not her best work. She's not the funny friend in the super friends for the record. ) Just - let's go to the library.
( And find this map. It's a side some people don't see. Hope's dark humored, silly side. It's probably not something her father has seen. Not really. The joke lands with a thud but it still feels good to be dropping it. )
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Date: 2020-08-23 03:47 am (UTC)It's not a disconnect, Klaus, when it's a disagreement between father and daughter. Secretly, she appreciated the attention. She's still independent. Staking her own claim.
Painting her own paintings. )
Jason. Your roommate. ( The surrogate teenager. Maybe it should bring more fire in her belly. Even a little jealousy. But, she's not. She takes the shirt from him, or holds it until he lets it go. She takes the burden.
She'll do this. )
I need a map.
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Date: 2020-08-23 04:30 pm (UTC)and of her, grown up? standing on her own two feet?
he suspects she did: appreciate the attention. there has always been an earnestness about how hope argues with him; a longing to do so. he can't help but know there's plenty unsaid between them; he searches her eyes momentarily as she speaks of jason. he lets her take the shirt, passing it off without hesitation. ) There are maps in the library.
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Date: 2020-08-24 02:24 am (UTC)Then it's us, with the map. In the library. ( A second of tension passes between them. It's not her best work. She's not the funny friend in the super friends for the record. ) Just - let's go to the library.
( And find this map. It's a side some people don't see. Hope's dark humored, silly side. It's probably not something her father has seen. Not really. The joke lands with a thud but it still feels good to be dropping it. )