Walking On Sunshine

Hello! Nice to meet you! Cole Grimes 24 Molecular Reconstruction So long as you face life with a smile it can't be so bad... right?

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Baited Breath || Charlie & Cole || V8 W4 Monday Evening

[psychicnavigation]

Smiling, Charlie stepped inside and nodded in thanks as Cole closed the door. The apartment was exactly what he’d expected, knowing Toby. “No, I haven’t heard anything.” He answered, looking at Cole with a fake worried expression crossing her features. “I was hoping you knew how to contact him. There are some cases and assignments left wide open with no one else to close them.”

That wasn’t entirely true. They had another lawyer, one the Hunters used for emergencies like this or when Toby was too swamped with trying to keep some of their members out of jail. But Cole didn’t need to know any of that. For all the other knew, Charlie was just a firm partner.

At Cole’s words, he quirked an eyebrow. It was beyond obvious that he young man was lying to him. It was as if Cole had never lied in his life. But Charlie would play along for the time being if only to see how much information he could get out of him. “It is odd. Usually, he at least leaves a note or voicemail.” Charlie paused for a split second at Cole’s question. “The name’s Charlie. Like I said, I work with your father.”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

“Yeah uh, I think this is the first spontaneous thing he’s ever done in his entire life.” Cole chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. This was probably of our tree people that his dad was trying to avoid whilst he was away. But if they were really coworkers, then it wasn't fair to leave her on the ropes like this.

Shrugging, Cole gave the man a sympathetic look. "Sorry Charlie, I uh, I think it's one of those mid-life existential crisis thingys... Not really sure when he'll be back." It wasnt a total lie, technically, so maybe that would give Charlie some comfort to know.

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Holistic Detectives || Cole & Tom || V8 W3 Wednesday Morning

[librarytom]

“That’s…you know, not many people look at it that way. There’s usually questions and, well. You’re right. I don’t like to talk about it.”

Tom smiled, a small ghost of a smile, and said, “I appreciate you saying that.”

He drummed his fingers across the empty coffee cup in his hands, thinking, for the first time in a long time, about actually, willingly, shaking someone’s hand. He said, “I, uh, I do like books. Obviously, I guess. I work in a library.”

He glanced down at his shoes, trying to decide what to say next.

Anything. Just. Say. Anything.

“You read much?” he said.

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Cole simply nodded and smiled softly, not wanting to say on that topic any longer than they need to. He could understand why people would have questions, and sure, Cole was curious, but this Tom seemed like a nice guy - there was no use alienating him further. 

At the other man’s question, Cole shook his head, laughing a little. “Uh, me? No, not really. Unless comics count? I uh, don’t really have the attention span for that kind of thing so uh, nah. But I mean, I’m wanting to try again, so uh, what would you suggest? What kind of things do you read?”

[ellie-grimes-blog]

Departure || Cole and Ellie || V8 W4 || Monday Afternoon

[cole-grimey-grimes]

 ellie-grimes:

“What?” Ellie said, monotone, disbelieving. Their dad, an Evo? She supposed anything was possible, but he was so old, it didn’t make sense for his ability to suddenly decide to turn on after nearly 50 years.

Was he afraid she would find out? Or even worse, was she afraid that she would tell everyone at the firm. Ellie could feel her jaw tense, but just like she had to do in court, she couldn’t let the anger and hurt actually show. 

So, instead, she squished Cabbage a little before, moving her hand to continue petting him. “I wouldn’t have told anyone. It’s a reasonably small firm… He’ll call back, but until then we will need to shut everything off, clean out the fridge, those type things.” She said, burying the hurt until she got home later in the night. “And you should take Cabbage- I can’t have pets.”

Cole always hated when his sister did this - when she stopped speaking and just started thinking. He could never figure out exactly what was going through her mind, and that was, to say the least, a little worrying. “If you clench your jaw any tighter you’ll break your teeth.” He commented, watching her from the corner of his eye.

Where he was content to keep moping about their abandonment, there were apparently more pressing matters at hand. “Me!?” He stared at Ellie in disbelief. “Nope. No way. I can’t keep that thing in my apartment. We have a mutual hatred and it’s not one that I really want to explore.” Cole glared at the cat in question, truly horrified by the prospect of actually having to keep in his home.

[livingadistractedlife]

When you’re off your meds

Originally posted by riri-kanz

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Baited Breath || Charlie & Cole || V8 W4 Monday Evening

[psychicnavigation]

Charlie’s lips curled into a snake-like grin at Cole’s question. “No, actually, I was hoping you could give me some information on your father.” His smile widened a little bit. “He works for me and went missing a few days ago. Unfortunately, I haven’t heard from him since last week.”

She gestured in, raising an eyebrow at him. “May I come inside? It might make this conversation a little more…private rather than having it in the hallway.” Hopefully he’d invite her in and answer some questions. Plus, Charlie wanted to get to know Cole a little, in case he decided to attempt anything on him.

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Cole lowered his eyebrows at the stranger, wondering how he knew to come to this apartment to find out more about the old man. “Uhm, okay... sure.” He stepped aside, still eyeing whoever this was suspiciously. Stepping back inside his home, Cole walked to the kitchen and stood there awkwardly for a moment. 

“You’ve not heard from him at all?” He asked, tapping his hands rhythmically  on the kitchen bench. Just because he could understand why his dad left, didn’t mean he got why he’d just vanish like this. Didn’t he know it’d be so much less suspicious if he’d let even a few people know? “He uh.. he’s taking a spontaneous vacation. Weird he didn’t... tell you, you know?” Cole said evasively , looking at his hands - he never was a good liar. “What did you say your name was again?”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Holistic Detectives || Cole & Tom || V8 W3 Wednesday Morning

[librarytom]

Tom braced himself, prepared for the multitude of questions that always followed his admission about what his ability actually was: how does it work? Can you predict when someone will die? Can you see how I’ll die? He hated it. But it didn’t come.

He looked up at Cole and blinked. No one had ever said that to Tom before.

He said, “Yeah. It…it does.”

He smiled slightly and said, “Thank you, Cole.”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Cole was, admittedly, a little confused by the reaction, but figured the guy must have his reasons. “Oh uh, no problem.” He said, somewhat sheepishly, though with a small smile. 

Cole couldn’t even imagine having something a damn depressing as that. “Honestly dude, with something like that I’m impressed you’re standing here. I’d just be a stone cold mess 100% of the time.” Maybe it wasn’t right to talk about, but the depth of shittiness that could come from abilities always managed to surprise him. “Seriously, you’re a stronger man that I. But uh, I mean, you probably don’t want to talk about it so I’ll uh... stop. Books!” He pointed to the shelves, smiling at Tom awkwardly, hoping he hadn’t made him feel too bad. “Those certainly are a different topic we can move on to, if you want?”

[sapphicautistic]

*finally makes bed after sitting on the bare mattress next to the clean sheets for 4 hours*

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Holistic Detectives || Cole & Tom || V8 W3 Wednesday Morning

[librarytom]

Tom watched, mesmerized, as Cole effortlessly repaired the book. From time to time, it still came as a shock that there were people who liked their abilities, who found uses for them. 

Tom smiled and said, “That’s pretty cool.”

The moment Cole asked about Tom’s own ability, he felt the grin slide off his face. Idiot. Of course someone would ask that. Of course of course of course. 

Tom took a long breath. He swallowed. He said, “Yeah, I, uh, I have an ability. It’s…it’s not….”

He looked down at his shoes, watched himself scuff the toes of his right foot across the floor. He looked back up and said, “I see how people die.”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Cole felt instant regret as soon as he saw Tom’s face fall. With the confidence of most of the people in the school, he forgot that not everyone wanted to talk about their powers. He could understand it, of course; some people had really picked the short-straw when it came to abilities. 

Then Tom actually said what his power was, and Cole seriously wishing he’d kept his mouth shut. But that was what he did, wasn’t it? Speak without thinking? Cole looked at him with a frown. “Dude, that sucks. Doesn’t seem fair you’d get lumped with that.” 

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Holistic Detectives || Cole & Tom || V8 W3 Wednesday Morning

[librarytom]

“Your ability? Oh…ah, I mean….”

Shit. Shit shit shit. Tom wasn’t supposed to just ask people about that kind of thing. It was private. Then again, Cole didn’t look like he’d minded.

Tom glanced down at his shoes and said, “Uh, sorry. I, uh, one of the reasons I came here was to study abilities. I didn’t…I didn’t mean to pry.”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

“Oh man, don’t worry about it!” Cole said with a grin, surprised to see someone conscious about asking those sorts of things. Far as he could tell, everyone in the building was just waiting for someone to ask them that question. “I fix things. Molecular reconstruction they call it, though don’t ask me to tell you the science behind it. Okay so don’t worry, I promise I wont wreck anything, just watch.” Cole said as he took a random book off the shelf and tore a few pages from the middle. After showing that the pages were completely out of the book, he placed them back and smoothed his fingers over the tear, smiling slightly as he could feel the paper knit itself back together. “Pretty neat trick.” Passing the book over to Tom, Cole couldn’t stop his somewhat proud smile. “So you got an ability too, or you just study them?” 

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Baited Breath || Charlie & Cole || V8 W4 Monday Evening

@psychicnavigation

After spending the afternoon with his sister, Cole was ready to fall into bed and hide away for a few days. Hopefully Ellie was right and their dad would be back as soon as he realised what an idiot he was being, although that might take a while, given how stubborn they could all be sometimes. However, he hadn’t been home for 10 minutes before there was a loud knock on his door. He assumed it was Katherine, seen as she wasn’t about, but when he opened the door, it was clear that wasn’t the case. 

“Hello?” He raised an eyebrow at the unfamiliar person in the hallway, and figured they were just lost or something. Or a missionary. regardless, he wasn’t so exhuasted that he couldn’t spare a few minutes for them. “Uh, hi. Can I help you?”

[ellie-grimes-blog]

Departure || Cole and Ellie || V8 W4 || Monday Afternoon

[ellie-grimes-blog]

“Then he’s coming back.” Ellie reasoned, feeling irritated and stupid for getting worked up about the entire thing. Of course, this was just a mix up. After all, Dad hadn’t called her, just Cole. And she knew he’d insist that he would never play favorites between his children, but she was the favorite. Furthermore, this was a huge event, so it wouldn’t make sense for him to only call one child.

He was probably in one of his spells, and needed a break. It was understandable, having heard bits and pieces of his current workload. “I mean, he didn’t call me, he left Cabbage. He probably decided to take a small vacation.” It wasn’t like him to do something as impulsive as this, but she wouldn’t put it past the realm of possibility.

Cabbage had been looping around her ankles almost since she walked in, so she finally bent to pick up the cat. She shrugged, rubbing behind his ears. “So, what did he say? What convinced you that he disappeared?” Ellie asked, not really upset with Cole, but more upset with the situation. 

[cole-grimey-grimes]

“I wouldn’t be so sure...” Cole bit his lower lip, looking around the place for a moment, imagining for a moment that their dad might have left clue around for them to follow in order to find him again.... Probably not though. It wasn’t really his style.

Sighing, Cole frowned at the cat and shrugged. Really, he was surprised Ellie knew so little of what had been going on. The idea that he had been their dad’s sole confidant was strange to say the least. Perhaps he’d been waiting for the right time to tell Eleanor and she’d have a missed call from him when she got home but even then, it’d still be strange. 

“He had a power. Found out about it a week ago. Apparently his coworkers finding out about it was such an worry for him that he’s upped and gone. Left me a message saying he’d let us know where he was when he got there but... I don’t know, maybe you’re right.”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Holistic Detectives || Cole & Tom || V8 W3 Wednesday Morning

[librarytom]

“Oh…uh…thank you,” Tom said. “Thank you, but no, that’s okay. Meredith seems to, uh, be pretty organized. For the most part. I mean, she’s been away, so there’s lots of re-shelving to do. But that’s okay. I don’t mind.”

He frowned and chewed on his bottom lip.

You need to say something else. 

Tom said, “So…what do you do at the school?”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

“If you say so, but if it’s too much just give me a call.” Cole gave the man a smile, hoping Tom wouldn’t try and take on too much work on his own, he knew as well as anyone that working all on your own could get incredibly boring - an lonely. 

Cole shuffled on his feet whilst waiting to see if Tom was going to speak again, and grinned when posed the question. “Maintenance. Something breaks around the school, then I go fix it. I think I got hired ‘cos of my ability though, since it does most of the work usually.

[ellie-grimes-blog]

Departure || Cole and Ellie || V8 W4 || Monday Afternoon

@cole-grimey-grimes

Ellie was not about to have a minor panic attack in the taxi cab. For one, it would be unprofessional, and for two, there was the chance that the cab may disintegrate in lunch hour traffic.

That sort of thing? Bad publicity, bad for business.

So, she breathed in through her nose, out through her mouth until she exited the cab at her father’s apartment. She’d prefer to be doing most anything other than this, checking her father’s house for clues as to where he may have gone.

If he really had gone. Without leaving her a message.

Not that she was hurt by that. It wasn’t as if her mother had abandoned her without much of a word, as well. Maybe this was just an elaborate ploy to keep Cole from showing up at his abode, causing a ruckus each time he did. Not that Cole was a bad person or actually destructive- they were just bad around one another.

Ellie walked into the apartment to find Cole, “Hey, you okay?” She asked, before embracing him in a hug.

[cole-grimey-grimes]

After hearing the voicemail, Cole instantly went over to his father’s apartment, wondering if he could get there on time to see the old man off - or preferably talk him out of it. No such luck. He spotted the key sticking out from under the door almost instantly, and knew then that he was too late. 

Having messaged his sister, Cole walked into the apartment and wandered round, poking randomly at his dad’s things. There was so much left, so much he hadn’t brought with him, including the god damn cat. Turning a corner, he came face to face with the annoying creature, and sighed - aware that someone was going to have to take him. 

But that was going to have to wait. Hearing Eleanor arrive, Cole moved back into the main room and wrapped his arms around his older sister. “Uhm.. I guess?” He stepped back, rubbed the back of his neck and looked at her. It was too strange to really process properly. Their dad had always been around, even if they hadn’t gotten along, he’d still been there. “”He left his cat.”

[sonokinetic]

Rent || Cole and Kat || V8 W3 || Sunday Afternoon

[sonokinetic]

“A little…” Katherine trailed, taking in the apartment. Of course she had seen the glaring differences between her version of people, and this world’s, but she imagined any version of Cole to be… well, tidier. “Okay, well, a lot.”

Katherine shifted her weight from one foot to the next a few times. “So, uh, my roommate reconnected with family in Ireland- which is great, don’t get me wrong, but rent, you know?“ She started lamely. Add this to the list of inconveniences of a nondystopian society- people expected you to pay rent every month.

“So, uh yeah. I actually just talked with your landlord, and like. I will totally be able to hold my own soon. So, yes.” She finished lamely with a shrug.

[cole-grimey-grimes]

“Oh!” Cole grinned, immediately aware that his apartment was way too messy for female company. Or anyone really. He looked around for a second before bringing his hand up to rub the back of his neck. “That’s uh, I mean that’s great... I swear I meant to clean the place up.” He looked at her bashfully, laughing slightly. 

He’d hadn’t actually expected her to be crashing for a while, but he certainly wasn’t against it, it would be nice to have another person in the apartment again. Things were getting lonely, and loneliness was not a thing that he could put up with. “Hey don’t worry about it, like I said, you can stay here as long as you like, uh, I mean, if you want to close your eyes for like ten minutes I can get this place live-in-able again?”

[illusioncreation]

Cure All || Cole and Mere || V8 W3 || Tuesday Evening

@cole-grimey-grimes

Even though she was technically patched up and going to be okay, some residual fear from a near-death experience still hung around. She’d probably feel better after she got some sleep, but with a rotation of nurses, she didn’t think that would be happening any time soon.

Meredith was mostly trying to keep up with text messages. She’d texted the people she had to: her mom, dad, Cole, Sasha, Sylar, and Noah. Now she had relatives she barely knew and had talked to maybe a handful of times pestering her- she knew it came from a place of love, but it was the exhausting sort of it. She resolved to just turn off her ringer.

She heard Cole at the reception desk, and was excited to see him, though the situation wasn’t exactly favorable. “Cole!” She greeted when she saw him walk into the room.

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Having gotten the message, Cole had rushed straight to the hospital, stopping only to pick up some chocolate and flowers - as he saw customary for this sort of thing. He’d been in a few hospitals before, so working his way around wasn’t too tricky. Eventually he found Mere’s ward, and after a quick chat with a nurse, he walked into her room. Seeing that she was awake, Cole went with a less serious approach. “Should I hire you a bodyguard?” He asked, cracking a smile. “Because my flower and chocolate fund is starting to get seriously low.” 

Cole took a seat by her bed and placed the flowers on the dresser. “How’re you feeling?” He asked, looking at her a little more sympathetically. “I mean, I can’t imagine you’re feeling good, but are you... ya know, okay?”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Holistic Detectives || Cole & Tom || V8 W3 Wednesday Morning

[librarytom]

Tom cracked a small smile. He didn’t like people as a rule, but Cole seemed okay. Certainly he was friendly, and gregarious in a way that wasn’t overly self-absorbed. It was easier when the other person carried the conversation anyway.

He wasn’t sure he agreed with New York having your back; maybe it was different if you were from here, but in the few years he’d lived in America, that hadn’t been Tom’s experience. He had no desire to argue the point, though. Instead, he hmmed in acquiescence and said, “You were looking for Mere. Did you need help finding something?”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

“Nah, just someone to hand that extra coffee to, but looks like you’ve got that covered.” Cole said with a grin, drinking more of his own coffee whilst absent-mindedly poking at random books that he would never read. “She uh, should be back in a day or two. Mere, I mean.” He said with a small nod. “Are you uh, handling things okay? I mean, if there’s anything I can help with, I don’t think anyone would miss me.”

[cole-grimey-grimes]

Ellie: [Text]: What is the exact nature of the emergency? [Text]: I'm almost there anyways, but what am I walking into, Cole?

[TEXT] Dad’s gone. [TEXT] Don’t know where yet. [TEXT] Did he call you?