Library, Sunday

[genesishero]

Space Battles books. Evan hadn't had the faintest clue that there were so many Space Battles books. He'd started watching the movies, once upon a time, and he'd been kind of thoroughly emotionally destroyed when he realized that his hero turned out to be the big bad of the original trilogy, and he'd given up on Space Battles completely after that.

But today, for some reason, the library seemed hell-bent on getting him back into them. All of the books that came through the circulation desk were Space Battles. All of them. The books on the shelves were unchanged, thank goodness, because it would be difficult pointing new students to helpful reading materials otherwise, but every single book that passed through Evan's hands while he was at his desk?

Yup.

So. Many. Space Battles books.

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Re: Talk to Evan

[not_a_moonie]

"That must have been nice," Alana said wistfully -- even at their best, her parents had been pretty miserable -- before shaking herself out of it. "Except for the people leaving forever part. I can see where that's a hard one to get used to."

Re: Talk to Evan

[genesishero]

"My parents were the first to go," Evan offered, softly. "My misconceptions about reality were shattered... pretty quickly. And I want so, so badly to just go back to that. But it's not really something that can happen, is it? Not once you know what the world really does to people."

Re: Talk to Evan

[not_a_moonie]

Alana bit her lip. "The world sucks that way," she said softly. "Look, would it be super-weird if I offered to hug you? 'Cause I really want to."

Re: Talk to Evan

[genesishero]

"Not that weird," Evan decided after a moment's pause. "I could really, really use a hug."

It had been just that kind of week.

Re: Talk to Evan

[not_a_moonie]

"Good thing I'm here to give you one, huh?" Alana asked, coming within hugging distance and reaching her arms around Evan.

After their talk, she needed a hug too.

Re: Talk to Evan

[genesishero]

The moment she was close enough for a hug, Evan was going to wrap his arms around her (just the once) and cling tight.

"Thank you," he murmured. "For... listening and understanding, and everything."

Re: Talk to Evan

[not_a_moonie]

"Anytime," Alana said, and made a mental note to visit Evan more often. She could use more friends, and it seemed like Evan could too.