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<blockquote data-quote="Synchronicity" data-source="post: 1592142" data-attributes="member: 10070">Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2For a moment, as Eleyna kissed him, coherent thought deserted Gabe, his eyes half closing, losing himself in the moment. Eleyna! She..I..wait! What's she doing?!' As Eleyna backed out of the car, Gabe's eyes flashed open too late, his frantic grab for her arm missing. Moving with the speed of fear, Gabe whipped out of the car and darted to where Eleyna stood. He knew what he had to do; he just knew without thinking. Despite everything, Gabe forced an expression of resignation and defeat onto his face. He felt oddly detached from his body, as if he was working on autopilot.&quot;Eleyna, it's OK. You don't have to cover for me anymore. I know that was me, and as soon as they test me, they will too.&quot;His voice, he noted absently, sounded oddly convincing, with none of the shakiness or stuttering that usually accompanied his lies. But then, this lie was for Eleyna. Gabe put an affectionate hand on her shoulder and gave her a small smile, before turning back to the officer.&quot;Please don't blame her for lying. She's just trying to protect me.&quot;Gabe turned so that the officer couldn't see his face, and darted an imploring, pleading glance at Eleyna. 'Please let me do this...just accept it.. pleaseGodpleaseletmemanagethis! For...her..'Gabe looked back at the officer.&quot;I'm..I'm so incredibly sorry about this. I..I never meant to hurt anybody. I hoped I could just keep it under control, but...&quot;Gabe's hand found Eleyna's and tightened upon it, mingling silent plea and restraint in its grip. He cupped her face with his other hand and lent in, his movement masking his whispered speech.&quot;I know what you're trying to do..and I wish it were that easy. But I won't be saved at your expense. I couldn't live with that.&quot;Gabe was crying now as he returned Eleyna's earlier kiss, the taste of salt on his lips. After what seemed to him like too short a time, he pulled away and looked back at the officer.&quot;You can test me if you like. It's true. I'm a mutant.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Synchronicity, post: 1592142, member: 10070"] [b]Gabriel 'Gabe' Adams, HP 2/2[/b] For a moment, as Eleyna kissed him, coherent thought deserted Gabe, his eyes half closing, losing himself in the moment. [i]Eleyna! She..I..wait! What's she doing?!'[/i] As Eleyna backed out of the car, Gabe's eyes flashed open too late, his frantic grab for her arm missing. Moving with the speed of fear, Gabe whipped out of the car and darted to where Eleyna stood. He knew what he had to do; he just knew without thinking. Despite everything, Gabe forced an expression of resignation and defeat onto his face. He felt oddly detached from his body, as if he was working on autopilot. "Eleyna, it's OK. You don't have to cover for me anymore. I know that was me, and as soon as they test me, they will too." His voice, he noted absently, sounded oddly convincing, with none of the shakiness or stuttering that usually accompanied his lies. But then, this lie was for Eleyna. Gabe put an affectionate hand on her shoulder and gave her a small smile, before turning back to the officer. "Please don't blame her for lying. She's just trying to protect me." Gabe turned so that the officer couldn't see his face, and darted an imploring, pleading glance at Eleyna. [i]'Please let me do this...just accept it.. pleaseGodpleaseletmemanagethis! For...her..'[/i] Gabe looked back at the officer. "I'm..I'm so incredibly sorry about this. I..I never meant to hurt anybody. I hoped I could just keep it under control, but..." Gabe's hand found Eleyna's and tightened upon it, mingling silent plea and restraint in its grip. He cupped her face with his other hand and lent in, his movement masking his whispered speech. "I know what you're trying to do..and I wish it were that easy. But I won't be saved at your expense. I couldn't live with that." Gabe was crying now as he returned Eleyna's earlier kiss, the taste of salt on his lips. After what seemed to him like too short a time, he pulled away and looked back at the officer. "You can test me if you like. It's true. I'm a mutant." [/QUOTE]

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