This is just a weird plotbunny that wouldn't leave me alone. If you're familiar with MXLR and/or its fanfic, it should be pretty obvious as to who's saying what. This fic deals a little bit with the backstory on Jamie I made up and probably will never get around to writing, because it's mostly just angst without enough serious parental abuse to be a hurt/comfort.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own MXLR, or the characters, cause if I did, Kiva would no longer exist to get in the way of the lovely CJ.
Anyway, please review and tell me what you think of my odd attempt at a weird format.
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"Hey."
"Hey."
"You're not from around here, are you?"
". . . No."
"Oh."
"We just moved. To over there."
"Dad says only rich snooty jerks live over there."
"My dad is a rich snooty jerk."
"Oh."
"But I'm not."
"If you're rich, you probably have mondo video games."
"I'm not allowed to play video games."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah."
"That sucks."
"Yeah."
"Do you want to play my video games with me?"
"I don't know how to play them."
"I'll show you how. You can watch me. I'm really good."
"Really?"
"Yup."
"Your parents wouldn't mind?"
"Nope."
"Awesome."
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"Hey."
"Hey."
". . . Are you here today?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're . . . kind of spacey. Like, more than normal."
"Oh."
". . . Parental issues?"
" . . . Yeah."
"Oh."
"They want to send me to some school in England."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah."
"That sucks."
"Yeah."
"Who am I going to play video games with if you leave?"
"Dude, we haven't played video games together in years. I've been watching you play video games."
"Who's going to watch me play video games if you leave?"
"Kiva?"
"She's too busy with Megas."
"You should ask her. She probably wouldn't mind."
"You think so?"
"Yeah."
"I'd still rather have you around."
"Really?"
"Yup."
". . . Thanks."
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"Hey."
"Hey."
"Back already?"
"I missed being around here."
"Oh."
"And they kicked me out."
". . . is that why . . ."
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Oh."
". . . They're cutting me off."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah."
"That sucks."
"Yeah."
"Do you want to come live here?"
". . . What?"
"Now that Kiva's gone, I've got extra space."
" . . . I wouldn't feel right."
"You can help me run the garage."
"I don't know any of that stuff."
"You can help with the paperwork. And I'll show you how to do some basic mechanic stuff."
"Really?"
"Yup."
"You wouldn't mind?"
"Nope."
"Awesome."
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"Hey."
"Hey."
". . . Are you here?"
"Huh?"
"You have a funny look, like you're spaced out. Are you okay? Was . . ."
". . . Yeah, that was okay. Better than okay."
"Oh."
"I'm just thinking about my parents."
"Huh?"
". . . He said I'd end up somebody's faggot bitch someday . . ."
"Oh."
"But, I mean, if this is what he was talking about . . . this is good."
"You're okay with this?"
"Yeah."
"You're sure?"
"Yeah."
"Good."
". . . What you said earlier . . ."
"Yeah?"
"Did you mean it?"
"Yup."
"You're sure?"
"Yup."
" . . . I love you, too."
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