She hadn’t expected the words coming out of his mouth—in fact, Kailee
was a little set off by what he said to her. Or maybe he wasn’t talking to
her, but to himself. Either way, his statement caused her heart to drop.
She didn’t need a reminder of how badly she had screwed up—she just
wanted to go home, get drunk, and forget that another year had
passed without her brother at her side.
Thankfully, he finally actually acknowledged her, and even offered her a ride home. Kailee hesitated, before slowly shaking her head.
"No, thank you—but if you could give me a ride to the nearest gas station, I think I can find my way from there."
Truth be told, there was no home to speak of, just a dingy hotel room, and her car which she had somehow lost in her travels. Under the dim streetlight, her eyes were wide and tired, red rimmed and a betrayal of the fact that she shouldn’t be here.
"I didn’t think anyone else would be out here this late—"
Looking up, blue eyes rested gently on the woman before him.
It was almost as if he wasn't there for a moment; lost instead in
the never-ending, ever-expanding memories playing and replaying
within his own four walls. All he had ever done was try to do what
was good, try to do the RIGHT thing.... he didn't even know what
that was anymore, or what it really was then, now that he thinks
back on it.
The moment of ghost-like qualities was quickly fleeting,
though, emotion finally seeping across the Avenger's
features as he pushed himself up from the stone bench
he sat upon.
" Are you sure, ma'am-----
I'd feel pretty bad leaving you to fend
for yourself at a gas station of all places . . . "
A hand came back to run through dirty-blonde
locks, feet shuffling slightly beneath him, a small
smile trying his lips out for size.
" Would it be strange if I said I was thinking the exact
same thing moments earlier? I never really get any
time, PERIOD, to attend to personal affairs these days.
To be quite honest, this was the only time I've really
had to myself. Work seems to have an iron grip on me.
It's just weird to think that life still kind of happens, though,
even at two in the morning when you're not really looking,
you know? "
" ------Wow, I swear I don't
normally talk this much. "
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