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petty_dabblerJohn had gotten as settled as he was able. He had a cabin, he'd been debriefed by a man with the most intensely blue eyes he'd ever seen, and he'd figured out a little bit of the etiquette. Like only smoking in designated areas.
He'd found a designated area and had a beer he'd replicated. Synthohol was the worst, but it was the best he could hope for so he drank his beer and had his smoke and admire the stars projected on the ceiling.
He heard the door open and looked over at who was coming in and his heart nearly stopped.
"Fawn," he said quietly and stood up.
After the faerie and the nurse, he knew this was going to hurt.
He'd found a designated area and had a beer he'd replicated. Synthohol was the worst, but it was the best he could hope for so he drank his beer and had his smoke and admire the stars projected on the ceiling.
He heard the door open and looked over at who was coming in and his heart nearly stopped.
"Fawn," he said quietly and stood up.
After the faerie and the nurse, he knew this was going to hurt.
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Date: 2021-07-02 08:57 pm (UTC)"You know my name, but I do not know you," the petite alien said, wandering closer and leaning in to sniff the man.
Human, but different. ...Different how? He couldn't tell yet.
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Date: 2021-07-02 09:33 pm (UTC)"No," he sighed. "No, I didn't think you would, lo..."
He cut that right off.
He took a deep drag, then stubbed out the butt.
"I'm John. Constantine. I'm from Earth," he said.
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Date: 2021-07-02 09:44 pm (UTC)"I am Fawn, I am from a dying planet, Humans call it Colony 519," the being said, sniffing him again before leaning in and licking his cheek.
"You smell like someone I know, yet we are not meet."
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Date: 2021-07-02 09:47 pm (UTC)A spark hope flared, and knew he'd regret it.
"How do you mean?" John asked, figuring he meant someone from home.
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Date: 2021-07-02 09:51 pm (UTC)Fawn shrugged, because he didn't really know. He just felt something.
Leaning back a little, he narrowed his eyes and studied the human.
"You are tricking me somehow. You are going to slit my throat and steal my blood," he hissed.
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Date: 2021-07-02 10:00 pm (UTC)"I'm really not," he replied softly. He couldn't hide the sorrow in his eyes, so he looked down into his drink.
This was worse than losing him to death. At least he'd been prepared for that.
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Date: 2021-07-02 10:48 pm (UTC)Fawn watched him, head tilting and skin shimmering silver.
"You are not?" he asked, stepping closer and sniffing him again. "Explain how you smell familiar. Tell me. Why do I feel something in my blood?"
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Date: 2021-07-02 11:04 pm (UTC)"I'm not from here. I mean, I'm not...I'm not from this dimension. And in my dimension, I love you," he said quietly.
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Date: 2021-07-02 11:08 pm (UTC)"Oh," Fawn said. "Well, I am very pretty. I could see loving me. ...What's a dimension?"
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Date: 2021-07-02 11:24 pm (UTC)"Another universe. Another reality," he said. "In my world, you came from another dimension. Another reality."
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Date: 2021-07-02 11:37 pm (UTC)"I do not understand," Fawn admitted- but he did reach out with one hand, resting it over John's heart and closing his eyes.
At first there was nothing, just awkward silence, but after a moment everything lined up, blood, heat, time, space... It rushed through the alien, his blood lighting up inside him, offering something almost like an answer.
His hand fell away, and he looked... Dazed.
"Bambi," he said, not sure what the word meant, but knowing it meant something.
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Date: 2021-07-02 11:42 pm (UTC)"Yeah," he nodded. He unbuttoned his cuff and pushed up his sleeve and in the crook of his elbow was a little fawn, curled up and sleeping safely there.
His blood was buzzing, and his magic was struggling to keep from rushing to touch whatever power this Fawn had.
"Bambi. A fawn. Prince of the forest," he said. "You."
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Date: 2021-07-03 12:05 am (UTC)"Me?" Fawn said, touching the mark. "You keep me on your skin? Safe?"
It was so strange, and yet not strange at all somehow.
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Date: 2021-07-03 08:50 pm (UTC)John nodded.
"Something like that," he said. "In another time, in another place, we share something special. That's why I knew your name."
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Date: 2021-07-03 11:06 pm (UTC)"We are lovers?" the being asked, pointed ears twitching a bit. "I do not take lovers often. You must be exceptional."
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Date: 2021-07-03 11:36 pm (UTC)"You seem to think so," he shrugged. This hurt. Just looking at him hurt because John felt lost. It was Fawn, and yet absolutely not.
"And no, you don't take many lovers. Just one other, as far as I know."
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Date: 2021-07-03 11:39 pm (UTC)Fawn seemed to think for a moment, then lit up.
"We should go to my brother, he is the smart one. ...But do not tell him that I said so."
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Date: 2021-07-03 11:45 pm (UTC)"Your...brother," he replied flatly. It couldn't be. He couldn't possibly be so unlucky.
"...Fin?"
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Date: 2021-07-03 11:58 pm (UTC)"You know him?" Fawn asked. "Good! Yes, Fin. He knows things."
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Date: 2021-07-04 12:00 am (UTC)"That he does," he nodded.
Fawn and Fin. And Willy and Hex and who the fuck knew who else.Maybe everyone he knew...
"I don't think he'll know this, though, love."
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Date: 2021-07-04 12:06 am (UTC)"No?" Fawn asked. "Oh. ....You call me love?"
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Date: 2021-07-04 12:25 am (UTC)"I did. I won't. I'm not going to put this on you," he replied. "I just need to...settle in."
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Date: 2021-07-04 12:35 am (UTC)"...Oh," Fawn said, looking disappointed. "Okay. I will not bother you."
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Date: 2021-07-04 12:40 am (UTC)"I don't mind," he said, offering a hangdog smile. "I'd get to know you all over again in a hundred dimensions. But I don't want to disrupt your life here."
His smile grew fond.
"You look happy. Wild, like when we met."
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Date: 2021-07-04 12:43 am (UTC)"Was I not happy when we stopped meeting?" Fawn asked, curious to hear about his other self.