Realistic or Modern The Oath - 1940s Gangster Drama - IC (Ended)

[Misty Gray]

The Sullivans



When Finn and Maggie explained how they had both made decisions which had now led to them being short on cash and in need of a place to stay, Conor listened on. He thought it was a shame Finn had dropped out of medical school and Maggie had turned down a scholarship. He always thought if anyone was going to make good for themselves, it would be one of his cousins or Sinead. Lucy told them they were both welcome to stay at their house and whilst Conor wanted them to have a roof over their head, he feared they would be exposed to all of the shit his family was mixed up in. Regardless, he could never deny his cousins of a home. "We've all done our fair share of fucking up," Conor assured Finn. "You two won't be a bother for us at all. Although, I could use a hand behind the bar at the Emerald. I think Cassie is ready for quitting if she doesn't get a day off soon," he said, looking to Finn as he made his job offer. Regardless of Finn's reply, Conor got up from his seat, rubbing his eyes. "I know it's early, I'm a light weight, blah blah, but I'm going to head up to bed," he announced to his siblings and cousins. "My head's still.... everywhere, really," he struggled to explain. He was just tired and wanted to sleep off his growing headache. "Good night, losers," he said to them, before heading off upstairs.

Even though Lucy looked to her for her approval, Sinead didn't think her word had much weight in the matter, being that she'd only recently moved back into their home. "It's cool with me. The more the merrier!" she said, an excited smile on her face. She figured it would be fun having Maggie and Finn around the place. Besides, the more Sullivans around, the safer she felt.

James listened to the conversation, finishing up his water and then struggling to unscrew the cap on the bottle of alcohol. He was too exhausted to think of any pros and cons of the two staying at the house, plus he felt this was a family matter. As long as they were aware of the dangers that came with being a Sullivan, he really had nothing to say on the matter. "Fuck sake..." he mumbled as he manage to use one hand to open the bottle but then dropped the cap across the kitchen floor.


Those in the kitchen would hear the front door slam shut as Shannon returned home, shoving her car keys in her pocket. She heard voices coming from the kitchen and headed straight there, the heels of her boots clicking loudly across the wooden hallway. "Alright. Whose blood is on my front door?" her firm voice echoed before she'd even stepped into the kitchen. When she did enter the room, she saw Lucy, Sinead, Carrick, Maggie, Finn, and James. She saw the blood on Lucy and then looked to James who was the bloodiest of the two.

"Sorry, that will have been me," James grumbled. He again attempted to get up so he could go clean the door, but he gave in to the pain and remained seated. "Couldn't help it, Mrs Sullivan," he apologetically told her.

"I've had a shitty day and Emmet won't be coming back for a few days yet, so I'm still in charge of this house. Please tell me the Romanos aren't at it again and I don't have to worry about this house falling apart in your father's absence," she said, looking mostly to Lucy as the mature one. "Where's Conor?!" she suddenly asked, hoping the answer didn't involve any of the words: dead, prison or hospital..

It might have seemed like Shannon was completely oblivious to the presence of her niece and nephew, but she wasn't. She just chose the order in which she wished to address matters around her. "Magdeline and Finnian!" she said, giving each of them a quick hug. "To what do we owe this pleasure? I wish I'd known you were visiting - I wouldn't have tried to be home sooner."




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[neverbackdown]

Alex had been lying in the bed feeling sorry for herself most of the day. She had stayed out drinking after her altercation with Angel last night and wasnt sure what time she had come home at. The headache was the least of her worries however, as her nose ached and her mind was still on hyperspeed replaying all of her bad memories and emotions on a loop. She hoped Conor had made up with his family but even the thought of how Lucy acted last night annoyed Alex all over again. She sighed as she turned over on to her side and closed her eyes in the hopes to try and numb her mind. She had no luck and decided maybe she should just to sleep instead. Alex opened her eyes and groaned when she heard her father call her and Nicolo to come down. No doubt he had found out about her nose, or Angel had gone and told him about her and Conor. She sat up and pulled on a hoodie before making her way towards the lounge. Right now, Alex was too messed up to care or worry about what her father might know.

Nicolo heard his father shout for him and Alex and frowned not realising that Alex had been in the house, if he had off known he would have tried to suss out what was happening between her and Angel the last few weeks. Walking into the hall, he saw Alex walking out of her room. Nicolo gave her a quick lookover and frowned "why aren't you a ray of sunshine" he teased in a slight joking manner, "Fuck off" he heard Alex grumble and was a little taken a back by her reply.
The siblings walked the rest of the way downstairs in Silence. Once in the lounge Alex sat on the couch and curled her legs up under her. While Nicolo decided on the armchair.

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[Misty Gray]

Vincenzo Romano

Vinnie watched as Nicolo and Alex entered the lounge in silence. When they had both sat down, Vinnie sat on the sofa opposite Alex, giving him a view of both of his kids. "What have you two been up to today?" he curiously asked them. He cared a little about their response, but he cared more about the answers to his next questions. "How about last night? Did you two do anything interesting or see anyone interesting?" He gave Nicolo a smirk, already aware his son had been flirting with some attractive young woman. He then looked to Alex, the smirk completely leaving his face and changing to a serious frown. "What happened to your face? I want to know who hit you and I don't want some bullshit attempt to distract my attention from it. Who was it?" he demanded.
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[neverbackdown]

Nicolo turned to his father when he spoke "recovering after last night" he joked in response to how he was spending his day. He turned to hear Alex mumble "yeah same as". Alex's voice was so quiet that Nicolo only just heard what she had said. When the next question was posed towards them Nicolo grinned proudly "Ah I had a few drinks with a nice girl" he commented. He noted the change in expression on his fathers face and followed his gaze towards Alex.

Alex barely listened to Nicolo's response and instead focused on a small section of the floor. She wanted to just go back up to bed. When her father addressed her again, Alex looked up to see he no longer looked happy or friendly. Alex sighed "Lucy Sullivan" she said with a shrug, her hand instinctively going towards her nose as she remembered the punch that Lucy had given her. She couldnt think of a lie or excuse to give her father, nor did she really care if he knew who had hit her.

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[Lamia]

Athena Archer

Thena raised an playful questionable eyebrow at Leo's first comment. She chuckled at his seemingly embarrassed realization.
Athena laughed, "It's okay Leo. I know what you meant." She reassured Leo, giggling. Athena found the man was a bit adorable when nervous. It was pretty darn cute.

A gentle smile made its way to her lips as Leo told her that he thought Athena would get to follow her dream. " I guess I'll have to take your word for that then. " She spoke softly, a kind smile written on her face.

Athena listened to Leo as he spoke on what he wanted to do. Apparently, he wanted to study law but there was no way for him to afford it. She looked to him as he told her that he would continue working at the hotel and possibly be able to run his own place someday.

"Well whatever you end up doing with your life, I hope you're very successful and happy with it." Athena voiced with a soft smile.

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[Misty Gray]

Vincenzo Romano

"Glad to hear it," Vinnie told Nicolo, upon hearing he'd had a few drinks with the woman. He'd encouraged his son and Leo to go out so they could have fun. He was aware that often meant flirting with strangers in bars.

Vinnie suddenly sat forward in his seat as Alex revealed it was Lucy who had hit her. He didn't think he needed to ask why Lucy punched her, as he was next to Alex when she punched the blonde the previous week. "How did you come to be in the presence of that Sullivan whore?" he asked his daughter. "I hope you punched the bitch back," he said, expecting confirmation that she did indeed retaliate towards Lucy.
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[neverbackdown]

After Alex had said Lucy's name she saw her brothers eye widen in her direction. Alex ignored her brother and stared at the cuff of her sleeve as she pulled it down over her hand. She briefly looked up to her father when he asked how she came into contact with the whore. "I was leaving work and happened to bump into the blonde bitch" Alex shrugged and purposely left out an answer to his second question. She wished she had landed a punch in but it had all happened so fast and by the time Alex got back up Lucy had already run half way down the street. Her anger began to build again and she tried to push it back down so to not explode into a rage or tears in front of her father and Nicolo. The last thing she needed was to be babied by then.

Nicolo kept an eye on Alex, he was shocked that she had bumped into Lucy and really hoped that Lucy was in a worse state than Alex. "If I ever see that..." Nicolo was cut off by Alex snapping "I can deal with it". He turned to look at his father before looking back at Alex. "Drama seems to revolve us" he said to noone in particular.

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[Bellz]

Lucy and Finn Sullivan

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Lucy had stayed silent while the others talked and both Conor and Sinead agreed that the two cousins could stay in the house. Of course, her mother and father had the final say, but she knew that they would be willing to help them when they needed it most. Turning back to the stove, she began heating up some food, realizing that she was rather hungry herself...something about murder made her hungry. Perhaps it was because all she wanted to do forget about what had just happened. It was like she couldn't even enjoy her life anymore without some idiot who is trigger happy coming in and causing trouble.

She kept her back turned, clenching her teeth and focusing on her task at hand when her mother came walking in, asking who got blood all over her floor. Snickering slightly, that comment seemed to brighten her mood as she turned around to face her mother. Poor James apologized for the mess and she watched him attempt to get up with the slight shake of her head. That man was more stubborn than a mule. She smiled slightly when his eyes met hers, he seemed frustrated with having to let others take care of him, it was pretty amusing.

Her mother turned to her and spoke, though the others' were still clearly in the room. She still hadn't noticed Finn and Maggie who were still off a bit in the corner of the kitchen. Her eyes moved to them for a moment, and her mother seemed to realize where she had been looking. Finn smiled lightly as Aunt Shannon hugged him lightly. He was really hesitant to answer, she wasn't one to take any bullshit and he knew that if he didn't tell her the truth, his head could quite possibly be taken from his shoulders.

Looking down at Mags for support her turned to look up at Shannon. "Well, Mags and I don't have anywhere else to go....the house was finally foreclosed." He informed her, before Lucy stepped in. "I know it wasn't my place...but I did say they could stay...I just wasn't sure when you would be back so I wanted to make sure they had somewhere to sleep tonight.." Lucy looked to her mother offering a small smile before adding, "And no, no Romano troubles, just some random asses at the club...Conor is upstairs sleeping."

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[Misty Gray]

Shannon Sullivan

As she awaited the explanation from Finn and Maggie, the bottle cap on the floor caught Shannon's attention, so she bent over to pick it up. She approached James, keeping her attention focused on the conversation, and placed the cap on the table beside the bottle of alcohol. She then began pouring some of the drink into James' empty glass for him. She flashed the injured man the briefest of smiles before stepping back to Finn as he spoke. He explained they needed a place to stay and Lucy said she'd agreed they could stay for the night.

"Well, that's no good, is it, Finn?" she rhetorically asked. "Tell me you're both okay and I shouldn't be worrying about anything," she asked of Finn and Maggie. The two siblings were from Emmet's side of the family and Shannon was sure her husband would not turn them away, so she wouldn't either. "Of course you can both stay, until you get back on your feet," she agreed. "Just try to keep this place tidy and no house parties without inviting me," she joked.

"It's a shame Conor's sleeping. I really wanted to tell him he's parked like shit out there," she remarked, pointing towards the driveway. "So, Lucy. What happened at the club?" she curiously asked. "They must have been some real asses for you to be messed up and James to be in whatever state he appears to be in," she noted.
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[Misty Gray]

Vincenzo Romano

Vinnie nodded his head as Alex explained she'd bumped into Lucy on her way home. Regardless of whether she wanted him to or not, Vinnie stood up and approached his daughter, placing his hand under her chin to lift her head. He inspected the bruising on her face before pulling his hand away and giving his daughter's shoulder a gentle squeeze. "Make sure if she touches you again she ends up in the hospital," he remarked as he returned to his seat. It didn't matter what kind of hard face Alex was trying to put on, she was still his daughter and he wanted to make sure she knew he cared like any father would. Probably dangerously more so.

Vinnie looked to Nicolo as he made the comment about drama surrounding them. "Well, you'd better start getting used to it, because it's not going to stop any time soon," he informed him. "I've just had a lot of expensive goods destroyed by the Sullivans, so they owe me. They owe me big time," he told them. He wished to know who exactly was involved and if there were any witnesses.
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[neverbackdown]

Alex watched quietly as her father approached her and inspected her nose. When he mentioned the hospital, she couldn't help the smirk that took over her features "Oh I will, bitch will end up in ICU if she comes to me again" the anger present in her tone as she spoke.

Nicolo smirked when Alex spoke "I wouldn't want to be on your bad side" he joked, to which Alex rolled her eyes at him. When Vinnie mentioned the damaged goods both Nicolo and Alex turned to him in shock. "When?" Nicolo asked him with a frown. "And what did they destroy" Alex asked raising an eyebrow. The shock started to wear off Nicolo and annoyance took over instead "do you have someone dealing with this or do you want me to look into it?" He asked his father.

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[Enzyme]

Giovanni "Angel" Gambino

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The flock of motorcycles pulled up to the Romano gate, quickly escorted up the driveway. Angel parked his bike by the garage, putting the engine to rest. The goons stepped aside as well, keeping there biked parallel with Angel's. Angel moved for the door, tapping his knuckle against the door. A heavyset guard opened up, a sub-machine gun slung over his shoulder. Angel appeared to be carrying a bottle of champagne as he pulled it from his leather jacket. Moving into the living room, he saw the three Romanos. "Good evening," Angel cheerfully said while he placed the champagne on the stand in the living room. "The casino is as good as ours." Angel said, nodding to Vinnie. The back of his white jacket appeared to have sprinkles of blood on it; as if the mist of a spray paint can had hit it.

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[Misty Gray]

Vincenzo Romano

Vinnie couldn't help but smirk at Alex's threat towards Lucy. He'd always wanted to protect her and let her have a normal life, but he realised that was too much to ask. Instead, he hoped for her to be strong and able to protect herself if she was going to stay in Chicago.

"Hmm," Vinnie began when Nicolo offered his help. "It happened just a few hours ago. I had a lot explosives which were due to be sold on and one of those Irish bastards blew up the lot of it. I have some guys trying to find information, but I had some guys protecting the explosives and look at how useless they turned out to be. You see if you can find out anything too, Nicolo. I want names, or descriptions at the very least."

Vinnie looked over his shoulder as Angel entered the house carrying a bottle of champagne. He grinned at the man as he told him the casino was theirs. "Thank you, Angel," he said, the smug smile lingering. "Come on, then. Get the bottle opened," he told him. At least there was some goods news to come out of tonight. "I think Alex could do with a drink too."
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[Misty Gray]

Leo Davide

Leo blushed as Athena laughed along at his embarrassment. "Just keep working hard and you'll get the opportunities you deserved," he assured her.

Leo nodded his head as she told him she hopes he'll be happy and successful. He loved his job and was happy to keep pursuing work in the events business, but in the back of his mind he was always thinking about wanting to study law and do something even better with his life. The fact of the matter was, his father had offered to pay for him to go to law school. The trouble with that offer was Leo knew the money would have come from illegal activities and there was always a catch where his father was concerned.

"Athena... Are you busy on Friday evening?" he suddenly asked her. "That's my next day off and I wondered if you had any plans yet?"
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[Enzyme]

Giovanni "Angel" Gambino

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He looked to Alex, his smile slowly fading. "Of course," he responded after a couple of seconds. Angel brought over four glasses, pinching them together with his fingers. He placed them on the table, his eyes not once moving off of Alex's. He then stepped back and twisting the seal off of the champagne bottle. He appeared to still be angry with her, his teeth gritting together behind his lips. He held the bottle with one hand as he dug his thumb under the cork. His eyes shifted over to Vinnie, "To a bright future," His eyes then shifted back to Alex's, "and a miserable one to those who stand in our way." He pressed his thumb against the cork, causing it to fire off the bottle like a rocket. Without breaking eye contact with Alex, he shot his hand out and intercepted the cork before it hit the wall. His smile reappeared as he poured the three of them a glass. He handed them each their glass, before pouring his own.

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[Bellz]

Lucy and Finn Sullivan

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Finn smiled widely at his Aunt, the one that was much like her son's smile and hugged Mags a little tighter and wrapped an arm around Sinead as well. "Thank you." He laughed lightly at her little joke and watched as her attention turned to Lucy. He suspected that Aunt Shannon didn't know about what James had been up to, and assumed that he had been with Lucy, Conor and Sinead tonight. He secretly wondered how that was going to be explained and looked to Lucy for a moment, who seemed to be a little caught off guard herself.

She offered her mother a nod before speaking, "Some jerk wanted to get Sinead to dance, she politely declined and he continued to pursue her...I heard Sinead cry for help and told the man to back off myself, but Conor ended up knocking his lights out and he was escorted from the club." She glanced around the room briefly meeting everyone's eyes before sighing, "And that's when we found out that the idiot had friends who liked to play with guns...they are...dead now." She let herself shrug her shoulders in indifference though...that wasn't the way she felt about it all. Lucy's eyes found James and her brows furrowed, wondering how her mother didn't know about his job tonight. She didn't confirm that James wasn't with them for fear that he wanted her mother to be on the down low about it, figuring it would be best to let him explain.


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[Misty Gray]

Shannon Sullivan and James Porter

When Lucy began explaining what had happened at the club, Shannon looked to Sinead, not happy some guy had been pestering the girl. Upon hearing Conor had knocked the man out, she proudly nodded her head. "Good..." she said, pleased her kids were looking out for each other. She let out a sigh as Lucy said the the men responsible were now dead. "Who killed them?" She looked to the man she hoped had killed them. "James?" she asked, waiting for him to confirm he'd killed the men. She believed James was a good man, but she was well aware he'd killed men before so she didn't worry about him being affected by taking a person's life. Her kids killing people is what worried her.

"I wasn't there, Mrs. Sullivan," he told her. David and some of Emmet's other men were fully aware of what James had been doing tonight. As much as he wanted to lie and protect Lucy, he knew it would be pointless as Shannon would learn the truth soon enough. He knew Emmet had already been made aware they were going to stop Vinnie from selling the explosives. It had been assumed they were going to steal the goods, but James never said that was his intention. He'd been very firm in his promise that nobody would get their hands on the bombs, as he believed they were cowardly weapons and could harm too many innocent bystanders. He'd been glad to see the back of that kind of shit when the war had ended. "I was out on a job with David and Greg. We destroyed Vinnie's stash of bombs. I ended up getting shot in the process, but none of those guarding the warehouse survived."

"I bloody hope none survived or saw you," Shannon said, appearing tense. "Whilst I'm glad you've left Vinnie out of pocket, this is going to lead him to retaliate. Everyone needs to be extra cautious, okay?" she firmly ordered those present. The last thing she wanted was more bad news to break to Emmet - he was already furious about the Romanos torturing Conor, Lucy and James. "We'll talk again tomorrow. I need a hot bath and a long sleep. I'm done with today already," she told them. "Goodnight, kids," she said to everyone present, before retreating upstairs.

Once Lucy had served up some food and they'd all eaten, Sinead was the next to head off up to bed, giving everyone a hug before she did. James remained at the kitchen table until pretty much everyone had retreated to their beds for the night. When Lucy went to show Finn and Maggie to their guest rooms, James got up onto his feet and walked into the lounge. He sat down on the couch and let out a relaxed sigh, finally sitting in a comfortable seat. James being the man he is, he figured his bed was the sofa tonight, though he doubted he'd be getting much sleep with the pain in his shoulder anyway. Against his better judgement, he lit up a cigarette and sat in silence smoking it, figuring everyone had headed to their beds for the night.
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[Bellz]

Lucy Sullivan

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Once everything was done and conversations came to an end, Lucy went and showed her cousins the rooms they would be staying in. Making sure they had everything they needed she gave them both a hug and a lightly peck on the cheek before heading down the hall towards her room and going to change out of her dress. Another one ruined by blood. The blood of others...reminding her of what she had done again, without any real thought to it. Never once did she think that she would spare those men, and although she wanted to chalk it up to her being able to defend her family...she could have done so without the murders. Heck, it probably would have been better for her to injure them to the point that they couldn't move and just tired them up for the police to find.

It scared her, the person she seemed to be turning into. It was like her mind was numb now, when it came to the thought of having to choose whether someone lives or dies. She didn't feel guilt for the men, she didn't feel as though she was uncomfortable with this new...persona. But something was uneasy inside of her. A conflict in her subconscious was raging war and she completely blocked it out. Perhaps it was just the adrenaline, and in the morning she would feel a lot better. Lucy, sighed and changed into something more comfortable before heading down the stairs to clean up the mess that had been made at the front door. She didn't mind cleaning it up, her mother seemed too stressed for such trivial things and Lucy's OCD wouldn't allow her to leave it alone.

She gathered what she needed before scrubbing at the blood at the front door, making sure to get every spot out of the tile. When she was satisfied with her work, she went to the wash room and cleaned all the supplies before heading to the kitchen for a drink. Her mind far too active now to try and go to bed. She went into the kitchen, not even noticing James in the lounge until she had grabbed a bottle and stepped foot into the lounge once more. "Oh..." She said softly and allowed herself to smile slightly. "W-were you in here when I went into the kitchen?" Lucy asked him, her mind must have distracted her from seeing him before.

Without waiting for an answer, Lucy came to sit beside him lightly and placed an arm behind her back as she leaned against the cushion, looking up at the ceiling,


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James Porter

As James finished his cigarette, he heard footsteps walking down the stairs and caught a glimpse of Lucy through the opened lounge door. She seemed to be on some kind of a mission and he soon realised she was cleaning the mess he'd made at the front door. He was going to call her name or get up to attempt to help her in some way, but he decided to give her a little time on her own. Things had been quite hectic since she'd got home and before that she'd encountered all of that trouble at the club. From experience, he knew she probably needed a little time with her thoughts and a little silence.

When she eventually came into the lounge she seemed surprised to see him sitting there. "I've been in here since you went upstairs with your cousins," he told her. "Figured I'd give you a little time to yourself," he explained. He watched her closely as she sat next to him and then looked up at the ceiling. As she was sat on his uninjured side, he stretched his arm out and place it around her shoulders, gently rubbing the top of her arm as he placed a kiss on her cheek. "Talk to me, Lucy. Whatever you're thinking, you can just let it all out," he assured her. "You've been through a lot again, tonight, but you know you can tell with me or at me. Whichever you want."
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[Bellz]

Lucy Sullivan

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Lucy leaned into James slightly, careful not to put to much pressure on his side as he placed his arms around her and kissed her cheek. He reassured her that if she had anything that she just wanted to get off her chest, he was there to listen. It brought a small smile to her lips and she nodded her head slightly, "I don't know where to begin..honestly." She thought out loud as she opened the bottle that she had next to her and took a sip. Lucy was afraid to reveal how she felt about the men she killed, well more like how she felt nothing. After taking a few drinks, she looked at James for a moment and a worried expression bloomed on her face. "Its scares me...when you go on these jobs you know," Her eyes met his, "before, I would always worry about you and I knew that if you were to never return home...I would have never know what it was like to be with you." Biting her lip, she sighed and continued, "Now, I know what its like...and I love everything about you...and if I were to lose you, I don't think I would ever recover from that." This wasn't all that was on Lucy's mind, but it was definitely a start.

Letting out a hollow laugh, she shook her head and took another drink. Sighing, she looked towards the fireplace, where some pictures of her family sat. They were all together, always had been. Things seemed to be changing now, with Conor being in love with Alex, Lucy wondered if he would choose her over them in the end. Lucy herself never thought of having to choose between her family and James, and she would rather sacrifice herself for both instead of having to choose. Clenching her teeth slightly, she figured she might as well be honest with James. "Its funny, in the blink of an eye...I went from having a speck of blood on my hands, to about 4 bodies worth." She mentioned though there was no trace of humor in her voice. "But I don't feel...anything."​

 

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Nicolo nodded to his father "I'll do what I can" he said confidently before shaking his head "fucking idiots" he mumbled about the men that had been left in charge. How could anyone have let that happened, there was enough men watching it as far as he knew so the incident should never have happened. When there was a knock at the door, Nicolo turned his head to see Angel enter "ah Angel" he said in greeting and smiled when he saw the alcohol. He smiled as Angel announced that the casino was now theirs but noticed the blood on Angel's shirt, Nicolo decided against commenting on it realising thats why the casino was probably theirs. "Thanks" he smiled as he took the glass of Angel and took a sip.

Alex didnt look when Angel entered the room, she refused to give him the satisfaction nor did she register he was there. When her father mentioned Alex needed alcohol, Alex smirked "Well Id never turn one down" she said it as a joke, but she certainly wasnt joking. She did need a drink but for different reasons than her father would assume. "Thanks" she mumbled to Angel, there was no warmth in her voice, especially after the comment he had just made towards her
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James Porter

James was quite surprised when Lucy spoke up and said it scared her when he went on his jobs. He met her gaze as she went on to say how much she loved him and that she wouldn't recover if she lost him. She was the first person to care about him on a level that his death would cause such an impact on her life. It was a sentiment he figured he would struggle to get used to for some time, but that didn't mean to say he didn't appreciate being cared about. "I'm sorry that I'm causing you to worry when I work," he said to her. He had wondered on a few occasions if he should just stop with the risky jobs and just go back to chauffeuring and fixing cars. Before now, he'd had nothing and nobody to encourage him to step away from danger. "I think you're having something of a positive influence on me, now. I wasn't going to kill those guys at the warehouse earlier. There was quite some time when I genuinely intended on making sure I didn't fire any fatal shots. It was only when I realised those were the guys who kidnapped us last week that I changed my mind and shot them."

When Lucy said she didn't feel anything for killing the men she'd killed tonight, he looked to her face and sighed. "Perhaps you're in shock?" he suggested. "I don't just mean from killing those guys, but from everything that's happened recently. From killing Gianna, to all of the things Vinnie forced you to see last week. Most people in your position would have caved in by now. Perhaps you're numb from all of this suffering you've experienced?" He really hoped he wasn't having such an effect on her that his perceived nonchalance about killing people was rubbing off on her.
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[Bellz]

Lucy Sullivan

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Lucy listened to James as he spoke of her having some influence on him. He went in not wanting to kill anyone, but the revenge was too sweet to pass up for him. He killed the men who had left them both physically and mentally exhausted and injured, good. She was hoping that someone would do it, and who better than James? Her thought process confirmed what she had already knew, that she was indifferent about the deaths. But then James brought up that it could have been that she was probably feeling this way...because of shock. It made sense, she had felt a little...off after everything that had been going on. She didn't want to feel like this, she wasn't suppose to feel like this. She was the older sister, the one her siblings relied on for support when they needed her most.

She was helping to keep them together without falling apart with the world around them and she couldn't afford to be in shock, or feel guilty about what she had done. She wasn't allowing herself to feel anything..."I think I'm trying to not feel...shocked." She said, wondering if her words made any sense to him. "I'm not suppose to feel that way...or scared..." She felt that it made her weak if she did, and although she had been one for showing her emotions in the past, she felt like if she fell apart it would be a domino effect.
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[Lamia]

Athena Archer

Athena nodded at Leo's assuring with a gentle "I will." coming from her lips.
As they were talking, Kanai had managed to tire himself out. The boy was just casually using her a cushion. Athena had managed to gently position his head onto her lap without waking him up. The boy had been fighting sleep for the past hour so it was only a matter of time.

The brown eyed young woman looked up when Leo said her name.
The question posed at her was one that she had not been expecting at all. Her eyes stayed upon Leo, "Oh, I don't really have anything planned for Friday evening. I have Fridays off and I don't have classes in the evenings so I'm pretty much free. It will probably be a boring day to be honest." Athena answered with a slight chuckle in her voice.

"Are you planning anything?" She asked gently. From his question, she figured he had some plans of his own.

Misty Gray

 

[Misty Gray]

James Porter

When Lucy said she wasn't supposed to feel scared or shocked, James frowned. It sounded like something he would say himself, but he wasn't going to allow it for Lucy. "You're allowed to feel something. Sinead, Carrick and Conor are all upstairs, away from here. I understand you're trying to protect them, but who saves you? Sinead let's her feelings out and look how quickly she bounces back?" he put forward. "You can think of yourself right now."

James bit his lip as he contemplated his next words. "Lucy, you've just killed some men. Four guys won't make it home tonight because you had to kill them. They might have families who will never see them again. But they could have taken Sinead and done unspeakable things to her if you weren't there. You saved your family but it cost those people their lives. You were covered in their blood. Surely you feel something for what happened tonight? Even if it's relief, joy... Just let everything out and offload it onto me. Laugh, cry, anything... "
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