[ for jen ]

[renaissanceman]

Brooke's on Yorick-watch when Priestly heads home for a shower, a change of clothes, and Jen. Not necessarily in that order. The shower, of course, has to be had at the compound, but looking for Jen and finding something to wear can probably be killed with one stone if she's at their hut. Which if he's lucky and has shown up early enough in the day, she will be.

"Jen?" he's saying before he even reaches the open doorway. "Jen, you home?"

Sorry I didn't call, he thinks with a bit of a wry twist to his lips. Things sure are different on the island.

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[ilovemykilt.livejournal.com]

"It was just this... thing, that happened," Priestly hedges. "It wasn't supposed to, but it did. And I know it's stupid, blaming myself or blaming that, but... well, it keeps me from yelling at him."

[ladybuggger.livejournal.com]

"Thing?" Jen echoes, her head tilting a little to the side. "You guys didn't get in a fight or anything, did you?"

[ilovemykilt.livejournal.com]

"No, no, we didn't, it was just... see, the thing is, we were really drunk. And it seemed like a good idea at the time."

[ladybuggger.livejournal.com]

Jen squints a little, trying to figure that out, and then it dawns on her and her eyes spring open wide. "Wait, you guys - you got drunk and fooled around?" There was surprise in her voice, but no judgement.

[ilovemykilt.livejournal.com]

"It wasn't any big thing!" Priestly says quickly. "It was just, you know." He makes a sort of half-hearted jacking off motion. "In retrospect, maybe we should've talked about it a little more."

[ladybuggger.livejournal.com]

So apparently Priestly likes guys, too. It doesn't bother Jen, not in the slightest, she just hadn't realized before. Plus it seems like Priestly may not have realized either.

"Well, it's never too late, right?" she points out gently. "You can still talk about it."

[ilovemykilt.livejournal.com]

"No," he said, shaking his head, "no we can't, because the dumb fuck has gone and tried to kill himself, and now we're probably never going to talk about it."

[ladybuggger.livejournal.com]

Jen thinks that's all the more reason to talk to Yorick about it, but she knows guys don't think the same way as girls, so maybe to them that would be a horrible idea. Maybe it would end up making things worse, who knows.

"How's Brooke doing?" she asks, deciding not to argue the point any further.

[ilovemykilt.livejournal.com]

"She's about the same as me, I guess," he says. He doesn't want to speak for her, but the past little while's been rough on all of them. "It's all just kind of fucked up right now."

[ladybuggger.livejournal.com]

"I'm so sorry, Priestly," Jen says, since it seems like it bears repeating. "Um, if you have to get going, don't let me keep you." She rose up on the balls of her feet to give him a quick but tight hug. "And let me know if you need anything, seriously, okay?"

[ilovemykilt.livejournal.com]

"Believe me, if I need anything, you'll be the first person to know, Jen," he says. "I just don't even know what I need right now. Except for things to be okay with everyone again."