forum I'm lacking the creative ingenuity to provide a clever and witty name (Character Chat 5)

Started March 16, 2019 by Deleted user

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"Mmmmm…" he said sleepily, yawning heavily.

She snuggled closer, breathing evening out as she slowly fell asleep.

(Maybe his mom pops up?)
Runner smiled, his breathing falling into the same rhythm as Tess's as he fell asleep.

(I had something else in mind…)
A few hours later
Zeus's voice. "Oh, I really hope you two didn't have sex."

(Oh, well go with it, then)
"No….sadly," Runner mumbled, only catching the 'sex' part and infering the rest.

Tessa groaned and threw a pillow at Zeus blindly. "Fuck off, Zeus."
He folded his arms over his chest knowingly. "Oh, so you don't want to know the winner of the War Games?"

He raised his head, his eyes barely opened. "Who?"

Zeus smirked when Tessa echoed the question. "Wolf."

Runner raised his eyebrows. "He beat Cin?"

Tessa was awake now. "What!?"
Zeus held his hands up in surrender. "The dude had quite a few cards up his sleeve. He beat Cinthia, but they were both pretty banged up by the time it as over. It was a fair and surprisingly equal match."
"Fucking twins," Tessa muttered, flopping back down dramatically.

"Damn," he said, grunting as she flopped onto him again. "Wish I coulda seen that fight."

Zeus held up his phone and waved it in the air. "It was broadcasted, remember? It'll be playing for some time. And I got a pic of them once the fight was done to back up my claim that they looked like hell."

"See," he said, lightly tapping the top of Tess's head. "I gave up when I was ahead so I wouldn't have to get my ass kicked."

"Mm." She reached out in a 'gimme' motion, and looked at Zeus's phone. "And I'm glad you did."

He winced when he saw the picture, and repeated his previous, "Damn. Nevermind, I definitely don't wanna see whatever caused that."

"Twins," Tessa repeated. "The worst kind of enemy." She handed Zeus his phone back. "Now if you don't mind…"
Her brother got the hint and rolled his eyes. "Don't mind me. I'll be leaving soon anyway. Mom wants a family get together." He gave Tess a pointed look. She didn't look pleased.

"Sounds important." He looked down at Tess to see what she was going to do.

"Tell her i said thanks, but no thanks."
"But–"
"Alex hates me and it'll just be a living nightmare."
"Tess–"
"No."

Runner just looked back and forth between to two, turning his attention to whoever was speaking at that moment.

Zeus sighed and ran his fingers through his mud-brown hair. "Fine. I'll tell her you're thinking about it." Before she could protest, he left the house.

Runner frowned. "I have a feeling I haven't been told everything about your family."

Tess sighed. "It's complicated."

"I've got time." He offered an attempt at an encouraging smile.

She sat up and faced way from Runner. "Hi know I was in the foster care system since I was born. But why i was there was because the doctor that had delivered me set up a scheme that made my mom look unfit to csre for me so that he could foster me and raise me as his own. Yadda yadda yadda, lots of homes and abuse, crime drugs, Cin, kicking ass, all that good stuff. Anyway, my mom hooked up with Zeus's Dr for some time, but they foot divorced because he was just too busy as a doctor and didn't want that kind of stress on her or Zeus. Then she married my step father, who's acting as a mole for my Mafia family in the government–his choice, I didn't corrupt him. They had two kids together. Alex and Angel. Alex is older and hates me with a burning passion." She laughed humorlessly. "I am a murderer after all. Angel adores me and sees me as a hero thanks to stories my mom and step father tell her. Alex does all he can to keep me away from her."

Runner sat up with her, frowning as she told her story. I'd like to meet her parents, but it sounds like a hot mess.
"I can understand not wanting to go, but people want you there, Tess. You can't let one fuckwad take your family away. Zeus will be there to keep things in check."