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jude mathis ([personal profile] spryite) wrote2020-10-28 02:00 am
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she never had a single doubt

[personal profile] ragingscoopaholic 2022-02-06 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[She blinks at him. Half of her is wondering if he actually understood what she really meant by more than friends, while the other half had been expecting something... more? Like questions, or some kind of reaction that might have indicated something else. It's not that she wanted to invite that level of awkwardness, but she also can't really put into words what sort of reaction she had been expecting either.

But what is slowly dawning on her is that Jude really never saw her as anything more than a good friend. Truthfully, she feels foolish that she ever thought it possible that they could be more than that. Then again, she's pretty much always known that was the case, and it had become apparent when Milla came into the picture. This merely confirmed that.]

Is... is that all?

[But she's moved on. Will Jude ever move on from Milla? Or is there a chance he won't have to? She knows Jude is practically married to his research, but when it all comes to fruition, where will he be?]
spryite: x1 central theme intensifies (of Unwavering Convictions)

[personal profile] spryite 2022-02-08 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She's... expectant, somehow.

...Or is she? The hesitation is palpable on her face and in her tone, but this isn't one of those gotcha traps she so enjoyed springing on him when they were children. She's not waiting for him to say something she already knows she can use against him. She's asking, because...

...

He nods solemnly, the smile he wore previously for her fading.]

This is just like when you told me you were going to become a reporter. You decided on what you wanted to do for yourself, back then, and that's why... I think you already know the answer now, too.

[Lifting his head, his earnest and serious gaze comes to fully meet hers.]

You can talk to me about anything, I'll always try to help you with whatever I can. But we understand how important it is to find our own path now, and no one else can walk it for us but ourselves.

[He never questioned it before when they were little, her "dream" of becoming a nurse to assist at the Matthis' clinic - just like how he never doubted the idea that he was going to take over after his parents, as if his path was set from the very beginning.

But then, they met Milla.]

So you should do what you want to do, and be with people who can truly make you happy.

[Leia moved to Elympios, just like him, but she didn't try to look into being a secretary or assistant, didn't follow him to the lab. Those boring sedentary jobs wouldn't suit her anyway, running about for the next big scoop really reflected her active and outgoing disposition far better.

That's why... I think you already know.

It's how he sees it, and also why whether or not he can reach Milla again in this lifetime isn't what matters most. What does is that he tries with everything he's got, and if he were to succeed, somehow, then he can simply think about what next, when that time actually comes. Wouldn't do anyone any good to get ahead of himself, Jude's too practical and cautious anyway to daydream ahead. It's matter of whether you do or don't, after all, and doing has him plenty occupied in the present, driving him ever forward.]
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