The Beach, Monday evening

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

*splash*

Even sandy beaches had rocks, and when there weren't rocks, there were usually shells. Either way, it was something to throw.

Throwing rocks and shells into the water as hard as he could was only slightly thereputic. Satisfying, but not exactly making him feel better. The information that Yang had handwavily let slip had not made things any easier. Let alone what Yang had shown up intending to tell him.

*splash*

Tim threw the last rock with even more force, then sat down hard in the sand, knees drawn up to his chin. It was possible that he'd been crying.

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[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

She had spent a great deal of time looking for him, and when she finally found him, she wasn't sure what to do.

She sat down next to him and let an arm rest loosely around him. She wouldn't pry, but she was there.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Hey." he said simply, hesitating only a moment before leaning into her. impeccable timing, as usual.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"Hey," she said quietly, hugging him. "Want to talk about it?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Some of it? yeah. Other parts of it? Not with her, maybe not with anyone. Not even himself. "Got a visit from home on saturday. Let slip something I wasn't supposed to know. or, remember or something."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn bit her lip. "Did something bad happen?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Did I ever tell you anything about my father?"

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn shook her head.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim took a deep breath. "He disapeared when I was a kid." he began. "It's just been me and my mother ever since then. When the Fae returned I found out he'd been in the Leeside, fighting monsters, protecting them.

"We met when me and my friends chased a guy who'd tried to kidnap a little girl, and wound up taking the daughter of the Elf Lord hostage, into the Leeside. He helped us track the guy, who'd turned into a monster, and I tackled the guy off a cliff. That's when my memory used to get fuzzy."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"Used to get fuzzy? Do you mean you remember now?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Yang stopped by, and he accidentily told me what happened next. Well he didn't remember that I wasn't supposed to remember. Or something."

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Gwynn was confused. "He told you something you weren't supposed to know?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"He told me my father was dead. He died to save me." He swallowed hard. "I recieved two death omens at the beginning of the school year." Tim said. "One was from a Banshee, the other was from a Scottish spirit. I forget what she's called, but she washes clothes. If you find your clothes among her wash, you know you're going to die. If there's blood on them, you know it's going to be a violent death."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn turned to look into his face. "What did you see?"

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"My shirt. soaked with blood. The guy, the monster, he was going to hurt Eleziane, Lord Palamon's daughter. I tackled him off a cliff and he..." he closed his eyes. "He had claws. Long ones. We fell out of the Leeside, and he got run over by a truck. By then, Eleziane said that there wasn't enough left attached to my body to heal. So my father, he sacrificed his life to save mine. She used his body to fix me. That's how my wand got fused with a sword. It was my father's sword. Somehow my dad made me forget, until it was time to remember. So maybe Yang was supposed to tell me."

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Tears filled her eyes and she hugged him close to her. "Oh, lord, Tim..." she whispered as she hugged him.

What did one say when you find out your boyfriend had almost died and his father had died to save him?

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Tim thought he was done crying. He was wrong. he clung to her, glad to have someone right now.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn was silent as she held him tightly to her. She stroked his hair and hugged him while he cried. It was breaking her heart that he was in pain and she was glad she had come to find him.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

Soon enough, Tim calmed down. He wiped his eyes and took a deep breath. He had a feeling he wasn't done with this, but for now, he was okay. At least he wasn't angry anymore. Well, not as angry. Telling someone had helped.

Now he just had that pesky possibly still being in love with T'ing to work through. Damnit Yang!

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

"Better?" she asked softly, blissfully unaware of what he was thinking. She lay her hand against his face, looking at him.

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." he said, not quite managing a smile, but obviously more relaxed. He kissed her softly. "Thanks."

Screw it. He was over T'ing. Really. He was. If he kept telling himself that, he might believe it.

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Gwynn smiled and then kissed him back. "Anytime. I'm always here if you need me," she promised.