To Be A Friend || Para || May 18th 2018
Lucas sat down on the couch with a sigh, pulling Taney’s legs across his lap as he settled down. He’d spent a good portion of the day pulling out what had happened between Tomlin and Selene and trying his best to give his friends useful advice. Of course he’d been blunt with Tomlin. He’s sat him down and told him he was an idiot, that what he had done was selfish and that he had no right to fuck with someones head like that, especially when his actions would affect a third party. That didn’t mean that he didn’t get where Tomlin was coming from. He knew what it was like to love someone and wonder if they were out of your reach or not. He knew longing and that bitch of a huge what if.
He also had to check in on Selene. He’d been smart, collecting Marcus’ number sometime after they’d come back from Scotland just in case. He called and made sure Selene was actually sober enough to go talk to and ended up talking to Marcus about what had happened. The poor guy seemed at a loss as to how to deal with the situation given Selene’s emotional response and while she was hung over he wasn’t sure if she was going to start drinking again. Lucas didn’t want to step on any toes knowing he and Selene had gotten into arguments before because he pushed her too far. Luckily he got the green light to go around and see how she was.
He found her hungover but willing to listen. Marcus hovered nearby unable to tell how he could contribute but Luke didn’t let that stop him from telling Selene what he needed to say. By the time he left he felt he had done what he needed to so that both parties knew that he cared and thats what lead him to sitting down with his wife, the weight of the day on his shoulders. Lucas leaned over and kissed Taney’s shoulder, glad that their complications were behind them. Though he wasn’t that old the drama of it all was exhausting.
“Why is it the people we love are fucking idiots sometimes?”