{"id":20557,"date":"2013-11-18T20:46:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T20:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/11\/18\/the-doors-unlocked-which-is-good-summer-slips-4\/"},"modified":"2013-11-18T20:46:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T20:46:24","slug":"the-doors-unlocked-which-is-good-summer-slips-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/11\/18\/the-doors-unlocked-which-is-good-summer-slips-4\/","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":"

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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

“You know, while you were gone, Merlin and I went through so much ice cream,” she says, apparently irrelevantly. “He missed you so much, and I don\u2019t think he felt like anyone else really understood that. He would just talk, about anything, and I would listen.” She steps past him, and shuts off the water. “If he could talk to me, you can too.” The last words are quiet in the sudden silence, and Summer sits on the edge of the tub.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0F<\/strong>or some reason, that fact seemed to calm him, but not enough. \u201cThat\u2019s probably why he got sick, idiot,\u201d he mutters, pushing his hair back from his face. At her comment about Merlin talking to him he lifts his gaze, his look hardening. \u201cI\u2019m not Merlin, just in case you haven\u2019t noticed, Summer. I don\u2019t talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Then maybe it’s time you started. You’re not him. You lock things up inside, pretend to everyone that things are fine and nothing bothers you, and then you do this. Please tell me you at least talk to Merlin. You can’t keep going on like this.” She tugs the shower curtain for emphasis.<\/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 “You know, while you were gone, Merlin and I went through so much … 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":[10,1620,2025,2334],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20557"}],"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=20557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}