Let Me Take You Home [Closed]

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It was an almost childish desire. At least, Iniss seemed to think so. He hadn't even gotten a chance to talk to Karen yet, and he really wanted to. He wanted to show her the ship. He wanted her to meet his friends and goof around and just be a little kid for once.

< It's a waste of time. >

< It's not a waste of time, she's a little girl. She needs time to be a little girl, Rhiow said. >

< She's just a human child. A useless human child. >

"Aftran? Could I...uh, could I ask a favor, please? Just...I'd like to take Karen to meet some people. I...we won't tell them, promise...I just think-" He swallowed, trying to smile a failing somewhat. "Would you mind? Just for a couple hours?"

He still wasn't sure what to think of this Yeerk, this Yeerk who was supposedly the start of the Peace Movement, or what that even meant. Karen hadn't been willing, so was it willing now that she was too beaten down to fight? Was that what they meant, just taking the leftovers of host-breakers and mental breakdowns?

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Tom didn't know the story behind Sam and Dean's aversion to the movie, but he still winced a little at the reaction, ducking his head. "I try to avoid the ones with parents. It's just..."

His dad. His mom. Every time they'd almost been too nosy or too pushy. He smiled faintly, tiny hints of hesitation. "We've got a lot of other movies, though. A couple I hadn't even seen yet. It's really cool. Lots of them have great endings, too. Maybe after lunch, we could start something?"

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Karen didn't get why they had started acting so odd when she'd mentioned the movie, but Aftran nudged her gently and said, <Now might not be the best time.> So she left it alone, and nodded slowly and confusedly. "Um, okay. Sorry."

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Which made Sam feel bad, so he walked over and knelt down in front of her. "It's not a problem, Karen," he replied. "It's just that...well, some of our experiences back home make some movies a little more difficult than others." He could offer a little something, at least. "We lost our mom when we were really young."

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Dean let Sam talk about it because it hurt too much still sometimes, and he sucked at that girly feelings talk anyway.

Instead, they needed a distraction so he could bury things again.

"Hey Tom, why don't you get started with helping grab ingredients for me? There's some cans of tomato sauce in the bottom cabinet." Spaghetti night. With some meatballs that will be defrosted from the freezer.

[echoofaperson.livejournal.com]

He almost spoke up, moving to comfort the child. But Sam beat him too it. Sam was really better at that sort of thing than he was.

"Uh yeah, sure. No problem. We're going to need to restock soon, huh?" He ducked the fish out the requested ingredients, wondering vaguely if they could get some chickens or something next time.

Though he didn't know the first thing about turning a living chicken into Sunday lunch, they could at least eat the eggs.