fondofapples | The Story of Us

August 2018

19: It Don't Come Easy --> If You'd Want the Very Truth.

Regina sees a familiar face on the network, the dragon mage she fought beside when Darker Dodge and New Dodge collided (Boomtown). The connection she felt then is still present, even though Neil doesn't know her. Regina grabs the initiative to go for drinks, which leads to magic sharing, true name sharing, and too much chemistry. Because Neil's an idiot and doesn't believe she's evil, Regina's more of an idiot, takes his heart, then ends up locked in battle with her own dark side and very nearly losing. Neil starts it, but he gets kissed instead of killed. At Regina's request, he doesn't leave her alone with her thoughts and the story of her children and her infertility is told. Neil develops a seething hate-on for Regina's mother and makes several vows in Regina's direction that sound an awful lot like love and fealty. They sleep, and in the morning, Regina remembers he wanted to see the sunrise, and makes it so.

29: dinner date.

DONE.

30/1?: Like a Bridge Over Troubled Waters-->Revelations and Heartaches Make You Realize-->getting real

Neil makes his first rule as a parent, and of course it's about boys with lust in their eyes. Charlie doesn't take it well, and Neil texts Regina for advice.