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Tommy Shepard ([personal profile] doubled_speed) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2021-06-03 08:17 pm

What It All Comes Down To

WHO: Tommy Shepherd, OTA
WHERE: Around Temba
WHAT: Coming Down From It All (Post House of Billy)
WHEN: The first week post event [Forward Dated]
WARNINGS: CW: Referenced sexual encounter in thread with Kyle, Referenced child abuse in thread with Kyle.


A. Keeping The Diners Supplied The Diner
"Delivery of fresh produce."

Tommy's tired. Perhaps that's why he's coming in later than normal with supplies for this meal shift. Perhaps that's why he looks frazzled and his hair is limp and he's not racing in with all speed. Clearly it's not the heavy crate loaded down with all sorts of foods from the green house, because that's never slowed him down before. But sleep after something like what they'd gone through was... Well, unlikely.

"The cyanana harvest is starting, so I'm thinking about trying to figure out how to make some sorta pudding out of it. That's a thing, right? Banana pudding or something."

He'd been enough out of it on entering that he didn't even know who it was he was talking to. Like hell he'd thought about how the kitchen help rotation was working now. Nor did he care. He was too tired from all his dreams to care.


B. Healing Power of Horticulture The Greenhouse
If there was one place that Tommy often found peace, it was the greenhouse. Today Tommy was trying his best to work there without getting too complicated with other people. For this he'd done the best thing he could do: working the mint wing. The advantage that came that the specific wing was sealed off from the rest of the greenhouse to keep it from spreading too much. Tommy moved slowly through it with a woven rush basket, humming quietly under his breath some German pop music he remembered from back home. While he moved he clipped little sprigs of mint to pass on to Glownies as a treat.

The advantage of the sealed area was that when the doors opened, Tommy knew someone was there. He could hear it. He turned to look at the door and frowned.

"Can I help you? I thought I was soloing the mint today."


C. The Solitary Island Closed to Aeon
It took a while for him to find her, but Tommy had wanted to have an excuse to get away, but he didn't want to be put into a position where his stupid brain could interrupt him. There had been someone interested after all, and so he'd raced through the city until he found her.

"Aeon," he said, offering a hand up for a high five. "You doing anything? Because if not, island time."


D. Wild Card
[Feel free to hit me up on Discord or Plurk to discuss places Tommy could get cornered. Or just have someone come to his actual home. Other options are to find him lazing by the fountain, on top of a tall building, or hiding out with the glownies which he normally does not visit.]
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A: bruising that produce

[personal profile] kyley_b 2021-06-04 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
To be fair to Tommy, Kyle was not exactly working with his usual cheerful exuberance. He'd been head-down and quiet all day, nervously awaiting the moment Tommy might appear.

"Yeah, banana pudding is totally a thing."

He came around to help with the crate, determined to act totally normal.
thesepreciousthings: (fond memories)

A

[personal profile] thesepreciousthings 2021-06-04 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
"You bet your buns it is," Starling smiled, wiping her hands off on the dish towel hanging from her apron. She'd been rolling out a crust for a tart when he'd come in, and there was a large bowl of sugared berries at her elbow. "I'm pretty sure we've got everything we need to cobble a recipe together out of our substitutes. ... You want some caf, kiddo? You look wiped."
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B - Greenhouse

[personal profile] cannot_flinch 2021-06-04 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not here to help," Ikora admitted, her hands folded behind her back. Ophiuchus was going plant by plan, scanning them. "I can if you need it but I was mostly here to see the green house."

She hadn't gotten much of a chance to explore this part of the city before they had fallen under Billy's spell. "I admit, though, I'm not much of a gardener."

Her hands were more suiting to killing than cultivating.

Ikora tilted her head as she looked him over. "You're Tommy, right? Billy's brother. Thank you for what you did. I don't think I could've reached him."
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[personal profile] kyley_b 2021-06-04 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Fuck. Kyle really thought that he was going to be okay, but that voice. He knew that tone, and it broke his heart.

"Hey, dude." Same greeting as usual, but he dropped his eyes to the produce and went to take the crate.
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CW: Referenced Sexual Encounter

[personal profile] kyley_b 2021-06-04 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Kyle kept his eyes on the produce, carefully unpacking it, trying to be normal. He was just going to be normal, goddammit, he wasn't going to cause a scene.

"I hate bananas," he said, realising that Tommy quite possibly knew that already.

"Uh. But I'm sure you could figure it out, you're good with--" Phallic objects? Jesus.

"Uhm."

So much for totally normal.
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[personal profile] kyley_b 2021-06-04 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Kyle's face suffused with bright red colour and he slammed a basket of not-carrots onto the counter. An unpleasant mixture of embarrassment, heartache and anger churned in his stomach.

"Okay, sure, just... stand there and act like you weren't enjoying yourself just as much," he hissed.

"So that's really how it's gonna be, now?"
thesepreciousthings: (deep in thought)

[personal profile] thesepreciousthings 2021-06-04 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
"That's what Cobb calls it, yeah..." She gestured toward their stash of the closest thing the place had to coffee. She wasn't one hundred percent sure what it was made of, but it worked, and that was what she cared about on rough mornings.

"And you're not inept, honey, I just have a lil' more experience. C'mere, I can show you if you want. Trickiest part is getting the dough right."
hooliganstatus: (ready for the action now)

C

[personal profile] hooliganstatus 2021-06-04 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
When he found her, she was sitting on the edge of some rubble, cleaning a very unique-looking gun. The barrel had been replaced by a grapple, and at the sound of Tommy's voice she abandoned the task to return that high five with a smile.

"I'd almost forgotten. Yes. Yes, island time. Please."

She wasn't about to say it aloud, but he wasn't the only one who wanted an excuse to get away.
kyley_b: (bloody)

[personal profile] kyley_b 2021-06-04 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
It hurt so badly to see Tommy glaring at him. The impulse to pull him into his arms and stroke his back was intense. Kyle opened his mouth, intending to snap back with something equally biting.

Instead, Kyle found himself nearly shrieking, "Then why are you being mean to me?!"
Edited 2021-06-04 03:51 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hooliganstatus 2021-06-04 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Ooh, and I get chauffeured, even." She winked at him, then easily climbed onto his back, wrapping her long legs around his waist. She didn't weigh very much at all, being mostly limbs and sinew and chest. She rested her chin on his shoulder and spoke quietly so as not to deafen him.

"Ready for express travel."
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[personal profile] kyley_b 2021-06-04 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Kyle exhaled and turned, gripping the edge of the counter as his body leaned against it. He stared at his feet for a moment, desperately trying to regain some semblance of calm.

"Okay," he said softly. "Yeah. Okay. Let's just... We both remember what happened, obviously."

He forced himself to look up. His cheeks were still hot.

"Great, you've seen my dick."
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[personal profile] kyley_b 2021-06-04 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Kyle's face is flaming but when he speaks he aims for at least SOME humour. "Well. I guess... Kinda nice to be in an exclusive club." He tries a smile.

"So. Uhm. We... oughtta talk. Not about our dicks."
hooliganstatus: (ready for the action now)

[personal profile] hooliganstatus 2021-06-04 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Did I mention a boat?" She joked, pausing to make sure her grappling gun was secure in its holster and not about to fall out along the way. It had come with her and she'd be very hard-pressed to find anything like it here. "Not every day the chauffeur is the mode of transportation. I'm just along for the ride, you take us whichever way you want."

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