Misery Loves Company [Open, but don't expect to get too far in consoling him]

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

 Alex was sitting in one of the abandoned buildings, where part of the wall and roof had caved in. It was a familiar place, though it wasn't one he had spent much time in. The significance was that he and Luna had talked here for quite some time after the whole fiasco with the bombs. They had been so happy that the other one was okay.

Luna had told him about some of her magic- he still didn't really understand it, and now he didn't know if he ever would.


He sat against the crumbling wall on the same slab of rock he had used last time, staring at the rock Luna had been sitting at.

Why did Fate let him meet someone as wonderful as her, just to take her away?

Why couldn't he bring himself to tell the ship to make him forget her?

Instead, he was sitting there without either his jacket or Alice, his arms wrapped around himself, and his fingers digging into his arms as he cried silently. The building was off the beaten path, and he hoped that he might get some solace here. In his room he had to face Tavros, and Katara had already tracked him down once. 

Right now his hands were still, but jagged and slightly bloody scratch marks were evident on his upper arms where he had apparently mindlessly been grabbing and squeezing. It was unclear if he had noticed them or not, though anyone who knew him would know it would be unlikely that he had, knowing of how he normally reacted to blood.

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[icanhashat.livejournal.com]

Jayne didn't look the least bit impressed, "Yeah, I can see how a talking fishbone like you would make a biiiig impact if you attacked anyone. Did you actually kill anyone? If not then stop whining."

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

"I c-could've... K-Katara w-was o-out for a d-day, a-an... i-if n-not for Dihaneila, i-it would've b-been s-so much worse..."

He sighed, "I-I j-jus' l-lost c-control..."

[icanhashat.livejournal.com]

Jayne groaned, this was getting to be a headache. He stomped forward and fixed his deadly stare on Alex's "Then if she knew what you did would she dump your sorry ass or would she be all touchy feely and make you feel warm and fuzzy inside?" He prodded.

((I feel bad having Alex being so stubbornly depressed.))

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex couldn't hold the gaze for more than a second. He swallowed as he looked away, backing up to the wall, "I-I... d-don' know..."

(It's OK, Jayne wasn't really meant to make things better X3))

[icanhashat.livejournal.com]

"Then get over it or figure it out." He ordered giving Alex a hard shove, "Cuz if you're gonna get this way ever time you lose someone then you're no good to anyone around here." He turned and strode to the door in a frustrated huff.

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex slammed against the wall with a terrified cry.

This was where the beating would start.

He let himself slide down the wall, closing his eyes as he waited for the impact. He was useless. He always had been. He had been stupid to think that he could have been able to really make a change here.