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[they-bite.livejournal.com]

Time doesn't make it any easier.

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[mrsharker.livejournal.com]

No, it doesn't.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

And if anybody knows that, it's you. *humorless smile* You know, I was kinda hoping that you could prove me wrong somehow...

[mrsharker.livejournal.com]

You learn to live without them.

Days turn into years, and you stop having that knee-jerk "I need to tell Jonathan/Maggie/whomever" reaction whenever something interesting happens. You come to acceptance, tinged though it will always be with loss.

You learn to look back and smile instead of cry, at least some of the time.

It gets to the point where you can live without them. It doesn't mean it's easier when you do remember, when you do miss them acutely... But you learn to keep living.

If you're lucky, you fall in love again. It never diminishes the love you've lost, but it makes that ache a little more bearable.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

And that's supposed to be a comfort?

[mrsharker.livejournal.com]

It's all I've got. And yes, on a bittersweet level, it becomes comforting. 'Tis better to have loved and lost -- you learn to believe it.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

Think I'll stick with my tried and true method.

[mrsharker.livejournal.com]

[soft] Just be careful. Don't want you becoming an alcoholic.

I've loved precisely five men in my long years, Rupert. ...It gets a little easier.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

We've all got our vices, Mina.

*sighs, hands in his pocket* I'll take your word for it.

[mrsharker.livejournal.com]

I know a "drinking" problem can be like. Better than most. And you're... you're very important to me, Rupert. Don't ever doubt it.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

*nods, taking her hand in his* I know that, Mina. I'm not trying to sound ungrateful.

[mrsharker.livejournal.com]

*interlocks their fingers* Do you truly know? I doubt it. *faint smile* I'm not sure I'd have it any other way.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

*wryly* Oh, but I think I could live with being enlightened.

[mrsharker.livejournal.com]

*soft, rueful laugh* Don't tease, Rupert.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

*smiles and presses a kiss lightly to the back of her hand* I kid, Mina, but I never tease.

[mrsharker.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're a terrible tease, my dear man, and you should know it by now.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

I guess a guy's gotta get his kicks somehow.

[mrsharker.livejournal.com]

*regretfully* You couldn't handle the half of me.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

*tilts head, frowning slightly* You sure about that?

[aces-are-rare.livejournal.com]

Time makes things harder, generally.

OOC: Rupert from Demons! Awesome!

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

And people say it's a great healer. They were clearly mistaken.


[ooc: XD Sorry for the delay by the way! I haven't really had the chance to get to my computer the last couple of days.]

[aces-are-rare.livejournal.com]

They're innocents, most of them. They don't know.

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

Innocent or just plain stupid?

[aces-are-rare.livejournal.com]

I used to think they were all stupid; it made it easier. But can you blame the blind for the fact that they don't see?

[they-bite.livejournal.com]

Only if it's incurable. Fortunately, they discovered a cure for ignorance a long time ago.

[aces-are-rare.livejournal.com]

If you could live in a world where everything as as simple as "time heals all wounds" would you really want a cure?