forum Sun and Stars // One-On-One // CLOSED

Started November 08, 2018 by Deleted user

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"Thanks, Damien." At that moment, the doors opened. Astrid stood and waited to see her dad.

Damien stifled a little knowing a military man like Astrid’s dad probably wouldn’t like a guy like himself.

Astrid saw her dad's familiar face. The red curls, brown eyes, stubbled freckled face was the same as she remembered. She ran up to him with tears in her eyes as she swung her arms around his neck.

(Peter - https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f5/ac/43/f5ac43918b13f9d0c70a9548c0d4efeb.jpg
While I'm here I'll throw in Emmerson too - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQKJ1PXRh0RW00BCRD3xqbe3cFRJdrcRNvmHVUmOISzy3MPfld1)

Damien stayed back while Astrid went to see her father. He didn’t want to talk incase he stuttered and mad a fool of himself.

"Dad I missed you so much!" Astrid cried.
"I missed you too, my little redhead," Peter replied. He spotted Damien standing timidly. "Hello there. Are you Astrid's boyfriend?"

Damien shook his head, “N-No, I’m just a.. a um…” Of course he had to forget ‘friend’ the one time he didn’t want his condition to come out.

Astrid saw what was happening and spoke for Damien. "Damien is my friend."

“Yes. Yes that’s it. I’m a-a friend.” Damien tried his best at a smile.

"How's Connor? Enjoying Grade 12?" Peter asked Astrid.
"Dad. Connor's 20. He's in College."
"Oh. Right."

"Should we um… um get your bags to the uh… the uh… the car?" Damien asked, fiddling with his sleeves.

"Yes, that would be lovely," Peter replied. He could see that Damien was nervous so he didn't press anything.

Damien nodded and took Peter's bag from him and lead them towards the car, letting out a shaking breath when his back was turned.

Astrid left her dad for a minute to talk to Damien. "You OK?"

Damien nodded, "Yeah… just um… just uh… mad at my own… own brain."

(do you wanna skip to night? I have an idea)

"Hey. It's OK. I'm here if you need to talk."

(Sure, so I was thinking maybe Astrid doesn't know about Damien's past and just thinks the stutter is something he was born with?)

"I-I know… it's just… um… uh personal."

(yep, ok)

Astrid and Damien sat on the couch, waiting for people to arrive. "I'm really excited that you're here," She said nervously. "We have a campfire every month. We sing songs, tell stories, make smores." A knock at the door came and Astrid ran to get it. "Markus! You made it!"
"Of course, Baby Baby!"

(Markus is not Astrid's boyfriend.
Damien can't currently see them though)

Damien stood from the couch when he heard a new voice. He didn’t know how Astrid managed to convince him to come along. He slowly walked towards the door when Astrid had went.

Astrid jumped on Markus' back in a piggyback. "Man, you're getting heavy."
"Deal with it, Markus."

Damien sighed and headed back to the couch. He definitely shouldn’t have come.

Markus walked into the lounge room, Astrid on his back. "Hi there. I'm Markus."

“D-Damien. Nice to uh… nice to…” He shook his head, “Nevermind…” He muttered.

"What's up with him?" Markus whispered.
"He has a stutter. Be nice."

“You’re not very good at… at whispering, you… you two.” Damien said, walking out the room and outside.