IM log: Doug and Domino

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Some time Monday afternoon, Doug finally manages to wheedle his laptop out of the medical staff. While he's catching up on the journals, Domino manages to catch him over IM and tell him what she thought of his idiot stunt. Doug snaps back a bit about Dom's own disregard for safety before apologizing profusely. Dom finally relents a bit and decides that the next time she's at the mansion, he gets a hug to go along with a kick in the ass.



LadyLuck13: Jackass.
XCypherDoug: *sigh* Hello, Dom.
LadyLuck13: Stupid, brainless IDIOT BOY.
XCypherDoug: Yes.
XCypherDoug: Yes I am.
XCypherDoug: ...Dom? You still there?
LadyLuck13: You're damned lucky I'm not over there. You idiot. What the hell were you thinking? Trying to play hero like that...
XCypherDoug: God, Dom, I wish you were here. This really sucks via IM. I wasn't...I wasn't trying to play hero. I was just trying to change it.
LadyLuck13: Right. All by yourself.
XCypherDoug: I know how stupid it was, Dom. I know I should have told someone else. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
LadyLuck13: I suppose you're seventeen years old and male. You're actually supposed to go through these phases where YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T WORK.
XCypherDoug: Oh, but it's okay for you, Dom? Do you remember Russia? The alcohol and the painkillers and Nate and I getting you out by the skin of our teeth?
LadyLuck13: Oh, hah. Very nice comeback, Douglas.
LadyLuck13: You're forgetting that my stupidity in Russia was a spur of the moment traumatic reaction to having been tortured, thank you very much. I didn't plan it out in excruciating detail for weeks ahead of time.
XCypherDoug: And how many other times have you displayed a callous disregard for your own life, Dom? I know there are stories Nate doesn't tell me.
LadyLuck13: Oh, I get it. You've been hearing this from everyone, and I'm what, the first person you've actually been able to argue with?
XCypherDoug: ...fuck. I'm sorry, Dom. I'm so sorry. I don't know what to do, what to say. I'm sorry.
LadyLuck13: Not much to say, is there?
LadyLuck13: I can't even imagine what you've put the others there through. What you've put Angie through.
XCypherDoug: *cries* I know, Dom, I know. She...we...I don't even have words.
LadyLuck13: Then you'd better find them. If you want to fix this.
XCypherDoug: I'm trying. Angie came down this morning. There...there was a lot of crying.
LadyLuck13: There can't not be, I'd think.
LadyLuck13: The key would be to get through all of that.
XCypherDoug: I think we did, finally, at the end. I made some promises. No more plans like that without telling her, no thinking my life is worth less than anyone else's.
LadyLuck13: Then it's a start.
LadyLuck13: I'm still pissed at you.
XCypherDoug: I know.
LadyLuck13: And next time I'm over there, I'm kicking your ass.
XCypherDoug: Okay.
LadyLuck13: Possibly multiple times... gah.
LadyLuck13: Boys. Can't live with them, can't lock them in a closet until they stop being dumb. Because they go and turn into men, which is worse...
XCypherDoug: I'm sorry, Dom. So sorry.
LadyLuck13: Okay, stop it with the apologizing, all right? I get it.
LadyLuck13: And as you've pointed out, I do stupid things on a regular basis. Glass houses and all. Just give them a rest, okay? You have better things to do than get yourself killed because you had a sudden lack of imagination.
XCypherDoug: Yes, ma'am.
XCypherDoug: I have a hunch Nate and Scott and Alison have a plan to train that stupidity right out of me, anyway.
LadyLuck13: Oh, I'd imagine so...
LadyLuck13: Sigh. Get some sleep, okay? I know how much bullets hurt even through Kevlar.
XCypherDoug: Yeah. _Everything_ hurts.
LadyLuck13: It'll get better. Hurrah for mutant metabolisms... we heal faster, even those of us without healing factors.
XCypherDoug: That and Amanda.
LadyLuck13: Ah, yes. Oh, that's who I can get to give you a good smack upside the head for me...
XCypherDoug: ...um. Yeah.
XCypherDoug: Okay.
LadyLuck13: Look. I love you, you brat, but don't scare me like that again. I'm getting cranky and jumpy in my old age.
XCypherDoug: Yes, Dom. Promise. No more scaring.
XCypherDoug: I scared me too.
LadyLuck13: Yeah, I bet you did....
LadyLuck13: But we're good, then. I may even skip the beating, if Nate and the others are going to do it for me.
XCypherDoug: You know what, Dom?
LadyLuck13: What?
XCypherDoug: Love you. And I'm sorry.
LadyLuck13: Okay... so maybe you get a hug. Just one. Because I have my bitch persona to maintain.
XCypherDoug: Okay.
XCypherDoug: I should probably try and get some sleep. Hopefully not as many nightmares tonight. :-/
LadyLuck13: They'll get better. Just give yourself some time. Consider them penance, if you have to...
XCypherDoug: Oh, I do.
LadyLuck13: You'll be okay. Just keep your chin up.
XCypherDoug: I'll try.