Tales Untold

The things that you know Are making you a stone wall, stone fence Your stories so old, you just tend to keep them. Long winding road You've got a secret, but you won't share it.

[jackxmartin]

“That’s a nice thought, but I’m not sure that’s how it is.” He paused for a moment before the next question. “We met in the army. We were in training together, then on tour. He was taken, I was told he was killed. And by some weird coincidence we ran into each other here. Now he’s gone again and I wasn’t there to stop it.”

[victorxblake]

“I’ve been in this business long enough to know that that is exactly how it is.” Harvey lied as smooth as butter. But someone had to give Jack the hope that Harvey never had when his wife was taken. He nodded and jotted down a few notes, then looked back up at him. “Mhm. Did you immediately give up when you heard he’d been killed?”

[ianxmiles-blog]

“Still don’t know why it had to be that picture.”

[victorxblake]

“Neither do I, but it’s done. So. Sorry, I guess.”

[jackxmartin]

“Do the police call you in to distract people from ‘getting in the way?’”

“But yeah, I guess. Maybe it’ll help.”

[victorxblake]

Victor let out a soft, quick chuckle before he shook his head. “No.... No. They don’t.”

“You’re not in their way, you know. They need you more than they’d like to admit. Ultimately, you will be what helps them the most..” A pause before he cleared his throat and readjusted himself in his seat. “Where did you two meet?”

[jackxmartin]

“If it’s all the same to you, I’d much rather be looking for my friend right now than dealing with this.”

[victorxblake]

“I know you would, but I just need a small spread.. Provided you’re willing, of course. This won’t take any time at all, I promise.”

[tatiana-nikolaev-deactivated201]

“All of this must sound trivial to you then, huh?” 

[victorxblake]

“No, I rather enjoy learning about the stars and such. I think it’s important to know these things.”

[tatiana-nikolaev-deactivated201]

“Well, you see–” Tati chimed into the conversation. “The only reason why it’s that color is because of the Nitrogen and y’know a little bit of Methane. So when the sun hits it, those gases give off a bluish color.”

[victorxblake]

“I remember reading this when I was in school.”

[victorxblake]

evelynsroses:

Harvey laid it out. Evelyn couldn’t expect less from him, though considering the time lost between the two, she was a little surprised that he opened up, but it was what she asked for. Camelot had done something to him. It wasn’t direct, but that was how it’d always been. They’d lead her to join the ranks, they’d killed her parents. They trained their agents to act without question. That had to have been what sent Harvey after the rogue spy in the first place. She could count herself lucky. She’d managed to get out and save her family. But the truth was, that wasn’t the truth. She’d gotten out, yes and the Abbots were alive yes, but Harvey was family and in her absence, he’d been effected.

Sadness crossed her face that reflected how she felt inside. She wanted Harvey to know that she was worried about him. Stepping around the counter, she moved closer to him until she reached out and touched his arm. She rubbed with her thumb a little before she let go and brought it back down to her side. “I’m sorry,” she said softly, but it felt like it echoed among the things in the store.

The human contact made the hairs on his neck stand up. He wasn’t used to it anymore, it made him tense, unnerved him. The last time he felt a human’s touch had been his wife. He’d even managed to avoid giving Lizzie a send off hug before she left. He’d begun to isolate himself even before he left Camelot. His own coping mechanism. “There’s nothing to be sorry about. It happened. It’s over. Now I’m here.”

He already lived in the past more than he wanted to with reoccurring dreams, nightmares, and hallucinations (that were all being battled with alcohol.) Shifting uncomfortably on his feet, Harvey shoved his hands back into his pockets and walked around the shop, looking at nothing in particular. His mind was elsewhere.

“I can’t help but wonder if they knew about her all along,” Harvey added quietly. Truly, she was his best kept secret. He didn’t tell Eve, Orion, or even Lizzie. Made damn well sure his tracks were covered whenever he went home to her. And she ended up dying because of his own stupidity anyway.

“You two would have gotten along wonderfully, I imagine.”

[ianxmiles-blog]

“No… I never would have put this one on Facebook. But why did it have to be that old of a picture?”

[victorxblake]

“....Well, you did. ....Our editor wanted something like this. I provided.”

[ianxmiles-blog]

“But I didn’t put this one on Facebook….. Wait. It’s in the paper?”

[victorxblake]

"Of course you did. .....Yes. I needed something for the piece you wrote for us.”

[ianxmiles-blog]

“Okay. How did you find this picture?”

[victorxblake]

“You have all your photos on Facebook set to public. I took advantage of it. Put it in the paper.” Victor said with a shrug, sipping his tea.

[victorxblake]

@elizabeththorne

"I hope you know you’re still one of the easiest people to find,” he sighed, sitting next to her on the bench. He didn’t even have to think that hard to find where Elizabeth was at in the city.

[victorxblake]

malcolmgunan:

“Nah, something ain’t right about it. It’s off center or crooked or somethin’.” 

“I.... don’t think it is. Are you sure?” Harvey asked, tilting his head. He really didn’t see it.

[evelynsroses]

There was a relief that spread through her when he said he was the only one, but that only made her more worried for his wellbeing. Who would’ve known what were to happen should more have come. She knew deaths in the very least. Camelot would want all of them gone, but it would be a cold day in hell if she didn’t go down taking several with her. She would expect no less of Harvey or Orion.

She expected bitter words, but it didn’t stop her from sighing at the statement. Honestly, she was just as bitter with herself every day and she could say she wouldn’t change a damn thing, but in thirteen years you have a list of the tiniest details you’d change. Letting Harvey believe she was dead was one. Not bringing him, Lizzie, and Orion with her at the time was the other.

She moved to the register counter that wasn’t too far away to store her gun and left the flower with it. It was time to think of the best words. Even if she’d had thirteen years to prepare herself, it would still be a difficult task. She never imagined this moment, no one ever did. This was the thing to happen in movies not real life. But wasn’t her life just some crazy movie?

After a moment longer she looked up at Harvey. “Of course I care, I never stopped,” she said honestly. “You know damn well I wouldn’t ask you if I don’t care.” Her words weren’t meant to bite back, but she certainly wanted to make it clear that thirteen years didn’t change anything. “I want to know what they’ve done to you.”

[victorxblake]

A faint, cold smile crossed his lips in response to her demand. What they’ve done to you. Something inside of him wishes it were all a lie. He can still feel that loyalty that was so deeply embedded into his every fiber of his entire being. And it disgusts him, the cold smile turning into a sneer. He can feel tears threatening to burst, thinking about the mission. Thinking about how close he and Rosalyn were to celebrating their 20th anniversary. But he held them back, taking a deep breath. When he spoke again, there was absolutely no emotion in his voice.

“They sent me on a mission. Rogue spy had more information than Camelot knew what to do with it. Information that was never supposed to get out. It was a chase around the world. Long story short, I tracked him down to some small city in India.” Harvey swallowed, walked to some counter that encased beautiful jewelry that no doubt cost a pretty penny, fingers ghosting the glass. “Gave me a choice. Listen to what he had to say or watch my wife get shot in the head. I listened. When he was done, he gave me another choice. Save the city or save her. I saved the town. He shot her. Blew up the city anyway. And shot himself.”

When silence fell, a single tear also fell and hit the glass. Back toward Evelyn, Harvey discretely wiped the tear off the glass and turned back around towards her. He shrugged, as if it weren’t a big deal. But it was and the hole that he managed to staple close for a bit had tore wide open. “They didn’t know what I knew until I ran. Had to make sense of it. Now I have and.. I’m done running.” That probably wasn’t true.

[victorxblake]

cupcakes?

"Rosalyn used to make the best cupcakes.”

[victorxblake]

how do you feel about cheetos? would you fuck one?

“Cheetohs are a disgusting american made chip. .........What kind of question is that???????” Harvey squints, then looks at his bottle of whiskey. He doesn’t think he drank that much...... 

[victorxblake]

what's your relationship with the other agents here?

"Rocky. For the most part. Other than Lizzie. The rest, our relationship is.... rocky. Seeing as I thought they were dead.”

[victorxblake]

biggest fear?

“Being found. Having to go back. Having to tell them what I know.”