inthis_together: (#######)
Haley Moore ([personal profile] inthis_together) wrote in [community profile] sixwordstories2017-07-22 10:23 pm
Entry tags:

(no subject)

[accidentally bumps into you, spilling coffee]
w_zimmerman: (Default)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-07-23 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Will, with his typical luck, manages to get scalding coffee spilled all over his chest. Hissing softly, he jumps back, eyes wide. It takes his a moment to really register her, then he's all concern.]

Are you okay? You didn't get burnt, did you?
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-07-24 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He can tell he's upset and, as is his way, can tell it has nothing to do with the coffee. Ignoring the stain on his chest, and the pain accompanying it, he gently takes her arm and steers her to a corner table, his manner comforting and compassionate.]

It's all right. No harm done. Let's get you some new coffee, or maybe tea would be more relaxing, and you can take a minute, settle down...
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-07-30 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles gently at her, holding her chair as she sits.]

The world needs more nice people. Now, what are you drinking? I'll bring you another one.
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-07-30 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Put that away. I've got you covered. We'll call it my random act of kindness for the day.

[He smiles and squeezes her shoulder, then goes to get two teas.]
w_zimmerman: (Default)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-07-31 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
My pleasure.

[He sets a cup down in front of her and settles down opposite her, watching her thoughtfully.]

Doing a little better, I hope?
w_zimmerman: (roof with Magnus)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-07-31 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry. Losing someone you love is always difficult, especially around the anniversaries. I can't tell you that it gets easier, but the wounds become less raw with time, I promise...
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-01 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[He smiles gently at her, eyes full of compassion and understanding. He's lost loved ones himself, knows the feeling well, so can empathize deeply with her own pain.]

We think we love them enough. Then they're done and we realize how much more we could have said and done, all the little ways we could have shown it. I like to think, if they can still see us and know what we're doing, that they just want us to be happy, to focus on the good memories instead of on the moment that changed the world forever. They loved us. They would want us to be happy. Easier said than done, I know, but something to strive for.
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-03 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel the same way about the people I've lost. Small things are painful, then you remember the good times and it hurts less. It's such a relief once you move to the point where you can do that.
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-03 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Will smiles as he studies the picture.] I can see the family resemblance. And it's obvious how close you were. That kind of relationship is something special.
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-03 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a good school. Obviously she was pretty sharp, too.
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-07 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Will. Zimmerman. [He accepts her hand, giving it a gentle squeeze and shake. He's a strong man, but never lets that show in his handshakes.] It's good to meet you, Haley, although obviously I wish the circumstances might have been better...
w_zimmerman: (Default)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-07 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a family name. William Jack Zimmerman. William after my father, Jack after my grandfather. Honestly, I spent a lot of my life wishing I'd just been named after my grandfather. He was the strong one...

[He's not usually one to talk about himself much to strangers, but honesty is disarming, too, and therefore helpful. It makes conversations easier, makes others feel less self-conscious and open themselves. It helps people get things off of their chest that they need to unburden themselves from, but that they might otherwise be reluctant to share.]
w_zimmerman: (wondering)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-07 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[He lets her take his hand, smiling faintly. She'd make a good psychologist, he thinks. Her friends must love talking to her.]

He was a paratrooper, died at Normandy. Helped secure a beachhead so the invasion could go through. In a very real way, you could say he helped save the world from the Forces of Evil...

[Considering that his father's greatest achievement was gaining early parole a few years back, it's no wonder Will looks up to his grandfather more.]
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-07 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Will smiles at the look on her face when he starts talking about the War. History majors are always full of questions. People feel he's easy to get to know. He does his best not to abuse that easy trust.]

Never met him. Been to France a few times, visited his grave. Made me feel like connected to him.

Grew up hearing stories about him. It wasn't an easy time to have a German last name. He didn't wait to be drafted, either. He enlisted as soon as it became clear we'd be sending soldiers over to help. Said he never could stand a bully. I always liked that about him. It was something we had in common...
w_zimmerman: (Default)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-08 01:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Brittany, in Saint James, actually.

It's not fair to anyone to go around comparing one person's set of suffering to another's. We all have our stories, and they're all painful and tragic in their way. But I know what useless police are like. After my mother was murdered, I had a hell of a time trying to convince them of what I saw. They decided I was a scared kid who had hallucinated the whole thing...
w_zimmerman: (Default)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-14 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Nsh. What most people think of as wisdom is really just experience. If you've been in a situation, you have some insight into how to cope with similar situations, that's all. But we're all groping our ways blindly forward most of the time, unless we're lucky enough to have the right experience under our belts, or know someone who does...
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-14 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if I made your day a little better, I guess I did something right. Glad I was in the right place at the right time, Haley.
w_zimmerman: (amused)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-14 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I can just throw them in the washer. Unless this is just an attempt to get me out of them?

[He's obviously teasing. He can be incredibly goofy and inappropriate when he chooses to.]
w_zimmerman: (Default)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-14 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Will is a dignified man. He sticks his tongue right back out at her.]

It's just a little coffee stain...

[Well, little being relative, but he's had much bigger stains on his shirt, and in his own blood.]
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-14 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll add you to my phone.

[He pulls out his phone and quickly enters her details, sending her a text once he has.]

There, now you can get in touch with me, too. If you ever need to talk or anything...
w_zimmerman: (shy)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-14 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Will blushes at that, smiling and looking down, chuckling nervously as he speaks.]

I can't always answer right away, but I always answer my voicemail. If you ever need anything, I'll be around.
w_zimmerman: (smiling)

[personal profile] w_zimmerman 2017-08-15 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Will smiles and waves in answer, settling down to finish his coffee once he's alone.]