{"id":20494,"date":"2013-11-19T03:38:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T03:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/11\/19\/the-doors-unlocked-which-is-good-summer-slips\/"},"modified":"2013-11-19T03:38:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T03:38:10","slug":"the-doors-unlocked-which-is-good-summer-slips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/11\/19\/the-doors-unlocked-which-is-good-summer-slips\/","title":{"rendered":"The door’s unlocked, which is good; Summer slips into the quartet’s flat silently. “Mordred?” Faintly now, she can hear water running, and she follows it to the bathroom. “Mordred?” Heedlessly, she pushes that door open. “Hey. What’s going on?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

sirmordred-thedruid<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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xregicide-deactivated20140812<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0T<\/strong>he young soldiers head snapped up from his knees, startled by the sudden intrusion, quickly wiping his eyes – although he doubted it would matter. No one could tell the difference between water and tears. \u201cN-nothing, why?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“It\u2019s exactly that that makes me think it.” She rubs her hands together, fingers twisting and knotting around each other. “You can only carry so much. One day you\u2019ll break. You think you have to be strong and alone and not tell anyone, that you\u2019ll seem weak if you let anyone else see, but that\u2019s not how it works. The hardest thing is letting someone in. I\u2019m just saying, it doesn\u2019t have to be me, but someone. Merlin. You love him, you trust him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Please don\u2019t let me fail someone else.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0H<\/strong>e tongued his cheek, removing the towel from his head. \u201cI can handle it, thank you, Summer,\u201d he tells her, \u201cif I need help I\u2019ll talk, not before.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Because I didn’t just find you crying in the shower,” she snaps, throwing up her hands. “And clearly not for the first time. For fuck’s sake, Mordred! Just — god!” She wants to say more, but frustration robs her of the words. Instead she whacks a fist against the wall and stalks out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

sirmordred-thedruid: iamthefirechild: xregicide-deactivated20140812: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The young soldiers head snapped up from his knees, startled by the sudden intrusion, quickly wiping his eyes – although he doubted it would matter. No one could tell the difference between water and tears. \u201cN-nothing, why?\u201d “It\u2019s exactly that that makes me think it.” She rubs her hands together, … Continue reading The door’s unlocked, which is good; Summer slips into the quartet’s flat silently. “Mordred?” Faintly now, she can hear water running, and she follows it to the bathroom. “Mordred?” Heedlessly, she pushes that door open. “Hey. What’s going on?”<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,1620,2025],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20494"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}