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[supermarket]

❝ hi, it's kieren. sorry i'm not in right now. leave a message and i'll get back to you. ❞
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[supermarket]

that's really great, jem. i'm glad you'll have someone to talk to

( he knows something's up with her. that much is easy to figure out. and if she won't tell him, then at least she'll have someone to talk to. god knows they wouldn't have resources like that in roarton. )

who?

[medals]

hermione granger

not even joking.


and yeah i just figured i'll have to talk to someone about what happened back home anyway, so. best just to do it.

[but: she's scared. scared to admit she's got problems, scared to admit what she did to Henry. she's just terrified. ]

[supermarket]

from harry potter? you're joking, right?

( hermione granger????????? what. that name is literally bringing up childhood memories because it's been so long since he's read those books. )

you know you can always talk to me if you need to, right?

[medals]

yeah! she's really nice kier. like REALLY nice.


yeah, i know. i just

all this stuff with henry, it's not fair to unload it onto you.

[supermarket]

wait

what happened with henry??

[medals]

what ?

[supermarket]

what

i'm confused

[medals]

what do you mean what happened with henry, kier.

you know.


[she's going to be sick. she can feel it, her stomach twisting as anxiety builds. ]

[supermarket]

jem, i'm not...trying to pull one over you or anything. i honestly don't know what you're talking about

( but christ, henry went missing, right?

jem's not the only one with building anxiety. )

[medals]

[she doesn't reply right away. she can't; her breath comes in quick, short bursts all stuttered and shaking in her chest. she can barely see, her eyes stinging as they glass up. she blinks away tears fast and hard and then: ]

i can't do this

[supermarket]

( fuck. shit, he said the wrong thing or something and he doesn't know how to make it right, and he's got absolutely no idea what's going on. )

i'm sorry i didn't mean to

( shit. shit, shit. )

[medals]

[she wants to throw her phone away; she wants to so bad, but she can't. ]

it's n ot you.

it's me kier. i'm sick. i did somethi ng te rrible.

[supermarket]

( henry lonsdale.

he thinks he knows what happened now. he just doesn't know why. )

no, no. you're not sick. and we're going to get you some help.

[medals]

[this is so much harder over text. it was easier, with Kieren in the room before. it was easier to nod and nod and nod. ]

that's why i came here

[supermarket]

could i come with you to your appointment, d'you think?

[medals]

would you?

[supermarket]

yeah. course i would. you're my big sister.

[medals]

thanks kier.

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[supermarket]

( aand he's at jem's door in about five or so minutes. he's even bearing a packet of nice biscuits, because kieren understands the need for comfort food even if he doesn't eat.

have a gentle knock on your front door, jem. )

action.

[medals]

[she isn't expecting him over; or at least, she isn't expecting him so soon. maybe she should have. they're similar, in this aspect. but Kieren's always been the more impulsive of the two. so, she opens the door with her hair tied back and with a cup of tea in hand, chewing away at what she thinks might have been left over pizza.

she stills, surprise evident on her face before it softens and she steps back to let him in. ]

Wasn't expecting you to come over.

action.

[supermarket]

Yeah, well. I found these biscuits and I thought you might like them.

( it's such a flimsy pretense and they both know it. kieren just wants an excuse to be there for his younger sister - because jem will always be his younger sister in his mind. But he knows that she's not good at the mushy stuff. They communicate in snarky rejoinders and soft shoulder punches. but they'll always have each other's back.

kieren would have been here no matter what, rain or shine. )

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[medals]

[she appreciates it immensely, that he gets her. that he understands she's not good at this even though she's been trying. she does. when he's inside, she shuts the door and awkwardly gestures with both arms to the living room. ]

Thanks. This is -- this is home.

[It's big -- a four bedroom apartment, after all. it'd have to be. ]

action.

[supermarket]

( when he ducks inside the apartment, he immediately turns his head to take a look around. this is where jem has made something of a new life for herself. of course kieren would be curious about it. )

It's nice. You've got roommates, then?

( god knows jem could use some friends.

kieren could, too. but that's a different story. )

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[medals]

Yeah. Three girls. They're nice.

[if they've heard her crying out at night, they haven't said. which she's thankful for. ]

They're all really normal? Like telly normal.

action.

[supermarket]

Oh. Well, that sounds nice then. Sounds like a change from home, at least.

( because god knows both of them could use some normalcy. seriously. )