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something_incredible) wrote2018-03-29 09:47 am
something_incredible) wrote2018-03-29 09:47 am
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The morning after his bender, Hopper had woken up on Lucy's couch pretty damn embarrassed, some of his memories blurred to the point where he might consider it a black out, but he remembered two specific things very clearly. Lucy had been a hell of a lot kinder to him than he deserved, and he had decided, in his stoned and drunken state, that asking her on a second date at that moment had been appropriate.
But for some reason she had agreed to go with him.
Since then, it's been a lot easier to keep himself from drinking. That's down to Beverly, though, and he knows maybe it's not real recovery if he's not drinking because of a kid he's sort of looking after, but it's better than nothing. Those pills he'd bought, he'd held onto them for a few days, but after the first night Beverly had needed to spend at his place he'd flushed them down the toilet.
What he wants is to get back home. But maybe Darrow has a few things going for it, too, and somehow he's got a kid who trusts him enough to come to him when things get weird at the Home and a woman who actually wants to see him again after she finds him in a pretty goddamn terrible state and he thinks he should probably try not to mess any of this up.
So they're going bowling. It's a little cheesy, but Hopper likes cheesy and he likes Lucy, and when he shows up at her place to pick her up, he's bound and determined to do this properly. He's come up short of getting flowers, figuring a woman like Lucy would probably appreciate something a little more thoughtful than that, so he's going to leave gifts for a little later in whatever this might turn into.
But he does go up to her apartment to pick her up instead of waiting around outside and when he knocks on her door, he finds he's both excited and nervous.
But for some reason she had agreed to go with him.
Since then, it's been a lot easier to keep himself from drinking. That's down to Beverly, though, and he knows maybe it's not real recovery if he's not drinking because of a kid he's sort of looking after, but it's better than nothing. Those pills he'd bought, he'd held onto them for a few days, but after the first night Beverly had needed to spend at his place he'd flushed them down the toilet.
What he wants is to get back home. But maybe Darrow has a few things going for it, too, and somehow he's got a kid who trusts him enough to come to him when things get weird at the Home and a woman who actually wants to see him again after she finds him in a pretty goddamn terrible state and he thinks he should probably try not to mess any of this up.
So they're going bowling. It's a little cheesy, but Hopper likes cheesy and he likes Lucy, and when he shows up at her place to pick her up, he's bound and determined to do this properly. He's come up short of getting flowers, figuring a woman like Lucy would probably appreciate something a little more thoughtful than that, so he's going to leave gifts for a little later in whatever this might turn into.
But he does go up to her apartment to pick her up instead of waiting around outside and when he knocks on her door, he finds he's both excited and nervous.
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He hadn't really been fishing for compliments, Hopper likes to think he's too old for something like that, but at the same time it's still nice to hear. Lucy deserves a better man than he is, there's no shame in admitting that, but she's on a date with him anyway. Somehow he got lucky. And it's nice to hear she thinks he's handsome and interesting.
"So keep it up with the nachos, that's what I'm hearing, right?" he asks.
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They're almost halfway through and, win or lose, Lucy does at least want to finish to give him bragging rights or herself (probably him). Either or, she's been having fun and she doesn't want that to stop.
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"I think it's your turn. Now that you're full of nachos and beer you're probably going to leave me in the dust." She's younger than he is, nachos and beer are the sorts of things that just slow him down, but they're probably not going to do the same for her.
He's still not entirely sure she's here with him. She's younger, far too beautiful, far too intelligent, and he just hopes he's not about to screw any of this up.