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(closed) i hear it calling down in my soul
Who: Elliot Nighray (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
yelliot) & Gilbert Nightray (rechained)
What: Elliot's decided it's a good idea not to answer his phone when it's his extremely codependent, separation anxiety-prone brother calling. It's not.
When: Now...ish... After Leo departs.
Where: Elliot's place
Warning(s): idk secondhand embarrassment probably.
It takes a while for Gilbert to come up with a plan, but once he figures it out it doesn't take long to pull off. Once it's become clear that Elliot isn't going to answer his messages, he spends a few hours just standing there in the street, smoking irritably, vaguely pondering just how hard it would be to scale up the wall of Elliot's building.
But then he spots the next door neighbor of Elliot's, an elderly lady it turns out, shuffling home with her arms full of groceries and he springs into action. After holding the door open with her and offering to help her inside, he explains very earnestly why he's been standing out on the street for hours. His brother, you see, his dear little brother hasn't answered his calls in over a day and he's terrified Elliot's lying hurt somewhere inside, unable to reach his phone. If he could just pop onto her balcony and climb over to check on his brother, it'd help them both out immensely.
A few minutes later finds Gilbert throwing Elliot's balcony door open, storming in a perfect maelstrom of concern and fury.
"Elliot! Just what do you think you're doing?? You can't just not answer me when I call! Just because the Duke isn't here doesn't mean—"
yelliot) & Gilbert Nightray (rechained) What: Elliot's decided it's a good idea not to answer his phone when it's his extremely codependent, separation anxiety-prone brother calling. It's not.
When: Now...ish... After Leo departs.
Where: Elliot's place
Warning(s): idk secondhand embarrassment probably.
It takes a while for Gilbert to come up with a plan, but once he figures it out it doesn't take long to pull off. Once it's become clear that Elliot isn't going to answer his messages, he spends a few hours just standing there in the street, smoking irritably, vaguely pondering just how hard it would be to scale up the wall of Elliot's building.
But then he spots the next door neighbor of Elliot's, an elderly lady it turns out, shuffling home with her arms full of groceries and he springs into action. After holding the door open with her and offering to help her inside, he explains very earnestly why he's been standing out on the street for hours. His brother, you see, his dear little brother hasn't answered his calls in over a day and he's terrified Elliot's lying hurt somewhere inside, unable to reach his phone. If he could just pop onto her balcony and climb over to check on his brother, it'd help them both out immensely.
A few minutes later finds Gilbert throwing Elliot's balcony door open, storming in a perfect maelstrom of concern and fury.
"Elliot! Just what do you think you're doing?? You can't just not answer me when I call! Just because the Duke isn't here doesn't mean—"
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"Guess I better fill in for Leo until he gets back, huh?" It's just a stray thought off the top of his head, but once it's spoken he realizes it makes more and more sense the more he thinks about it. Elliot clearly needs someone to look after him, and here Gilbert is without a single charge to his name. He's about as used to that as Elliot is used to being on his own, without a mess of older siblings and a personal servant and a household full of butlers and maids to look after him.
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Had he really said what he thinks he had?
"You're my older brother, don't you think that's kind of weird?"