forum Mending the Broken // Private RP // CLOSED
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"Hey, hey, it's okay," Sebastian consoled his daughter, who was tugging on his finger and looking up at him with wide, watery eyes. Her bottom lip trembled, and his comforting smile faltered. She looked so much like her mother……

"I'll be back in the afternoon, after nap time– and, I'll bring you Mr. Tum." Why on Earth she had named the cutesy elephant stuffy 'Mr. Tum' was a mystery, but he was her favourite, and Sebastian could see her beginning to cave in.

"Come bah?" Ella asked him in a tiny, trembling voice that made him turn to mush. "Of course I'll come back, sweetheart, I always do. Has Daddy ever let you down?" The little girl pondered this, then shook her head. "See? I'll come back, I promise. Don't you like day care?"

Eventually, the little girl let Jodie, the head of the daycare, lead her over to a gaggle of other children. Sebastian sighed and leaned against the doorframe, watching them go before he turned around to exit the building.

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Devon had just dropped Layla off at the daycare, right before Sebastian arrived. The little girl had let go of her mother with much coaxing and promises of a treat and play time when they got home. Overall, it was rather an ordeal, and Devon was not looking forward to working.

It was after all of this that she walked out of the building and toward her car, which she had parked near an alleyway. A dark figure chuckled as he saw her walk out, and he whistled at her.

“Hey, you got some free time, baby? Cause I know just how you can fill it,” he called, stepping closer to her.

Devon ignored him and kept walking, though her hands had started to shake.

The man didn’t like that she ignored him, and he scowled and walked up behind her. “You know, you shouldn’t ignore people. It’s considered rude,” he practically growled.

Again, she ignored him. Her heart started to race, and her breathing quickened at his new proximity. Finally, she reached her car and pulled her keys out to unlock it.

The catcaller grabbed her hand and spun her to face him, pressing her up against the car. Her breathing hitched, her eyes widened, and she froze at his touch.

“You’re pretty. How come you’re out here all alone, hm?” he murmured, leaning close to her.

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(ONE PUNCH COMING RIGHT UP)

Sebastian, rather fascinated by the shifting clouds above his head, didn't notice that there was something severely amiss in the scene around him until a quiet conversation turned his head. It took him a moment or two to locate the source of the sound, which turned out to be a couple next to a car, just a few metres away. He looked away, then looked back again, frowning. Was that…. Devon? Turn away, you creep, he told himself harshly, and would have done so had he not caught a glimpse of the expression on the young woman's face.

Fear. No, not fear. Absolute terror. There was a man pressing her against a car– presumably her own– leaning closer and closer…. It took Sebastian about two seconds to act.

Rapidly approaching the two, he slipped one hand into his pocket and forced a cool, calculated expression onto his face. With his free hand, he reached out, grabbed the stranger's shoulder, and wrenched him back. "Is there a problem here?"

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As soon as Sebastian tore the man away from her, Devon gasped in a breath and squeezed her eyes shut. If he hadn’t stepped in, she didn’t know what she would have done. Knowing herself, she probably would have tried to get away once she could move, but that might not have happened for a while.

“A problem? No, there’s no problem. Right doll?” the man said as he turned to look at Devon as if he expected her to take his side.

She ignored him again, hoping he would just go away. Anywhere but where she was…

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"I think you should go," Sebastian answered coldly, keeping a tight hold on the man's shoulders. He cast a glance towards Devon, who appeared to be in a lot of distress, eyes flooding with concern. But when he turned back to face the offender, they were hard and unyielding. If he tried anything, to punch or hurt either of them, he'd learn very quickly how good Sebastian was in a fight.

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“What’s your deal, man? Can’t you see I’m trying to be alone with my girl?” the man lied straight through his teeth.

Devon looked up and glare at him at that. She was definitely not his “girl”. She wasn’t anyone’s girl. And at this rate, she never would be.

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Sebastian gave the stranger a one-armed push away from the car, inwardly seething. On the outside, his face was blank and hard, giving nothing away.

"Nice meeting you. Bye-bye," he said sarcastically, turning towards Devon.

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The man growled, his eyes flaming and his nostrils flaring as he was pushed away. The other man was bigger than he was, though, so he wasn’t about to start a fight with him. No matter how much he wanted to.

“Fine,” he spat before turning away. “Have her, then.”

Devon sighed in relief as the man walked away, and she turned to Sebastian with a grateful look. “Thank you,” she breathed, bringing a hand to the front of her throat, where she could feel her blood pumping with adrenaline.

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The cold expression melted straight off Sebastian's face the moment that the other man turned to leave. "Are you alright?" he asked Devon, careful to give her at least a metre of space. "Did he do anything to you?"

And maybe it was strange, acting like this for a woman he'd just met… but in all honesty, he didn't care.

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“No, no,” Devon assured him quickly as she shook her head, still a little breathless from her encounter. “Thank you. I— Thank you.”

She didn’t know why this man had saved her from the inevitable fate, but she was eternally grateful that he had. If he hadn’t shown up…

No. Stop thinking about it. He stopped it before it could happen.

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Sebastian folded his and nodded, biting the inside of his cheek. “Don’t worry about it—— sorry if that was weird of me, I know we only met yesterday, but I didn’t want— yeah.”

He swallowed, and suddenly, he was back in Elle’s bedroom, sitting across from her on the bed as she gripped his hands like a lifeline. She trembled all over, recounting the horrible story of what had almost happened that day…..

Snap out of it.

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“It wasn’t weird. It was kind. Not everyone would have had the courage to step in like that,” Devon said softly, rubbing at her throat again. Her heart had finally started to slow down, and she could breathe again.

(Wait, what almost happened???)

@blue_topaz

(To Elle? A guy came up to her car in the parking lot of the grocery store and tried to get her out of it)

Sebastian’s eyes darted away, though his shoulders relaxed when he realized that she wasn’t confused or uncomfortable. “I’m just glad you’re okay…” He sounded as if he was about to say more, but refrained from doing so at the last second and offered a small smile.

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(Oof… Poor Seb has had a lot happen to him and he people he cares about…)

Devon nodded slowly and brought her eyes up to his face. Who was his man who had a small daughter like her own but no evidence of a wedding band on his finger? Who was this man who would save her from a guy trying to get something out of her?

“Thank you, again,” she said softly, moving her arms to wrap them around herself.

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(If you haven’t noticed yet, I love hurting my characters lol)

“Like I said, don’t worry about it. That guy was a real asshole, I’m happy to have sent him on his way.” Rubbing self-consciously at the side of his arm, Sebastian dragged his eyes back from the pavement to her face again. Don’t jump to any conclusions…. But it was easier said than done. A single mother who looked roughly his age…. Stop.

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(Lol. It’s an author thing.
Also, Sebastian is very perceptive… He always seems to figure out what Devon has gone through.)

Devon blinked when he looked up at her again, noticing for the first time how the soft light coming from the clouds seemed to catch on his caramel-colored eyes. She mentally shook herself and removed the thought from her mind.

“Right… So, um… I’m actually going to be late for work, so I should really go now,” she admitted softly.

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(Sorry if that seems unrealistic…. that’s just what my brain would automatically jump to, but maybe that’s only because I know a teenage mother. I’ll change it if you want me to..)

Sebastian nodded easily. “Alright, I’ll leave you to that. Have a nice day,” he told her sincerely and took a few steps back. “Bye.”

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(No, I like it! Sorry, I just thought it was kinda funny…)

Devon let a small smile take over her lips, this one more genuine than usual. “Yeah. You too, Sebastian. I’ll provably see you later,” she said before unlocking her car and slipping inside.

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(Oh… sorry.)

Sebastian raised a hand as a gesture of farewell and took a few steps backwards. “Yeah.” He gave a little wave and turned slowly on his heel, beginning to walk in the other direction.