Mello, Matt
Apr. 1st, 2009 08:08 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
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[Their time at the hotel is almost up. Meetings had been held, locations inspected, and everything was perched on the edge of being ready. But it wasn't quite, and Matt had, after all, insisted that Mello needed a break. A mental recovery period, as it were, to complement Matt's physical one. His back still hurts a bit, and there's a scar there, and when Mello's fingers brush over it his blood still runs cold. That should stop eventually, but it hasn't, yet.]
[That was the first problem with taking time off.]
[The second was, of course, the fact that Mello gets incredibly restless in a very short span of time, so any efforts in the name of relaxation are hopelessly wasted. And worse, it annoys him the way it always has, which leaves him feeling restless and irritable.]
[He takes a shower to calm his nerves but on the way out of the bathroom he pulls a towel over his head roughly, more to get the action over with than out of any real desire to get his hair dry. And he tries not to think about anything that might be happening outside of this room, with himself and Matt and the tv turned off so that he wouldn't end up compulsively watching the news again.]
[He leaves the towel draped around his neck as he heads straight to the nightstand and tugs the drawer open with a little grumble.]
[That was the first problem with taking time off.]
[The second was, of course, the fact that Mello gets incredibly restless in a very short span of time, so any efforts in the name of relaxation are hopelessly wasted. And worse, it annoys him the way it always has, which leaves him feeling restless and irritable.]
[He takes a shower to calm his nerves but on the way out of the bathroom he pulls a towel over his head roughly, more to get the action over with than out of any real desire to get his hair dry. And he tries not to think about anything that might be happening outside of this room, with himself and Matt and the tv turned off so that he wouldn't end up compulsively watching the news again.]
[He leaves the towel draped around his neck as he heads straight to the nightstand and tugs the drawer open with a little grumble.]
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Date: 2009-04-03 03:55 am (UTC)I'm not bored. I'm atrophying.
[He glances downward, just a slight aversion of the eyes, and then turns his head away. Bored didn't begin to describe it. But.]
[Sit and wait.]
Maybe I should steal a car.
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Date: 2009-04-03 04:09 am (UTC)Right. Perfect plan. I'll lend you my DS.
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Date: 2009-04-03 05:38 am (UTC)[Looking away from Matt he can see the rest of the room, in all its nondescript coziness. Something about the bland walls and furniture made the waiting even more unbearable.]
[He shuts his eyes again and laughs softly.]
You're not supposed to encourage auto theft, you know. Someone could get arrested for that sort of thing.
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Date: 2009-04-03 05:48 am (UTC)Ironic coming from you.
[He grins, then, and moves a little closer. Atrophying is a little dramatic, although in fairness it is Mello, so maybe that's appropriate. But really, as far as Matt's concerned, a little downtime could do them good. Or, well, him. Even now he's not at 100%.]
[Mello, on the other hand... well, some downtime is probably good for him, too, but on the other hand if he has much more he's probably going to explode.]
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Date: 2009-04-03 07:08 am (UTC)Is it? I haven't been arrested for anything. And I don't condone stealing cars for fun.
[He twists a lock of hair around his finger and lets it fall, then does another. His fingers feel a little stiff for some reason, so he does it a third time, using another finger.]
But there are exceptions. Necessity is the mother of property theft.
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Date: 2009-04-03 07:27 am (UTC)Necessity is the mother of everything.
[Even murder, come to that. Although maybe it only counts as murder if it's for a stupid reason, or maybe for no reason.]
[He watches Mello's fingers twisting his hair, reminding him of Near for a split second. ...well, he's definitely not going to say that.]
I think we need a car.
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Date: 2009-04-03 11:11 pm (UTC)What do we need a car for? We have transportation.
[For a moment, Mello wonders if this was his doing, but no; Matt's mind was always wandering off onto subjects like that, usually without his supervision.]
You can't nick one just because you got a high score doing it on your stupid game there.
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Date: 2009-04-04 12:04 am (UTC)[Matt moves from his position and lies across the width of the bed, alongside Mello, his legs hanging off the edge of the bed. This close, he's inhaling the scent of Mello's shampoo, his soap. The blankets are damp now from Mello's skin, but who the hell cares?]
Anyway, I could always... pay for it.
[He laughs softly and kisses Mello's shoulder]
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Date: 2009-04-04 01:13 am (UTC)I don't think that logic will hold up very well in most cases. Or at all. But.
[He stops and watches Matt's face, or what he can see of it at that angle, under his shaggy hair, and he reaches over to push against Matt's shoulder slightly.]
You may be able to sneak it in.
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Date: 2009-04-04 01:45 am (UTC)So indulgent. So generous.
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Date: 2009-04-04 03:25 am (UTC)[This is just like the beginning, too. He remembers it a little hazily, but it's there.]
Mmh. If not me, then who?
[He pushes himself over a little, slightly facing Matt, and reaches over to touch - and then there's a knock at the door, sharp but somehow hesitant. Mello frowns.]
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Date: 2009-04-04 05:10 am (UTC)[And also, how crucifixes are kinda hot.]
[But he wouldn't say any of that, because he doesn't feel like getting hollered at or stared at or punched especially now since he can't get a good hit in himself (not that he would. Well, maybe he would.)]
[And even if he could say it, he wouldn't because someone is at the fucking door]
[He rolls his eyes and rolls away a bit.]
Housekeeping? Or...
[He frowns]
Could be Sullivan.
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Date: 2009-04-04 06:12 am (UTC)[Housekeeping, or Sullivan? That knock...]
Whoever it is, it'd better be fucking important.
[He pushes himself forward slightly, then stops. He's still in just his towel, and his hair is half dried and messy. He sits there just long enough to decide that he doesn't give a fuck, then pushes himself up the rest of the way and heads for the door.]
[And opens it, a disapproving scowl already prepared for whoever is behind it.]
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Date: 2009-04-04 06:39 am (UTC)[And wet. He's definitely a little damp, too.]
[Sullivan mutters as soon as he sees him, some mix of an apology and a swear, and tries to look past Mello into the room itself but Matt is very shirtless in there too and now he really wishes he'd listened to his mum.]
Er-- right, I'll keep this short. Just thought you might want to have a look at the news, there's a bit of a situation with one of our boys.
[...ex-boy, really, in more ways than one. But the less said here, the better.]
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Date: 2009-04-04 06:43 am (UTC)[Matt pulls himself to a sitting position and glances at the nightstand. His cigarette's already burnt out, so he grabs the pack from beside the ashtray and his lighter from nearby.]
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Date: 2009-04-04 09:21 am (UTC)[One of their boys? It could only be one person, really. The rest were smart enough to stay out of the news, especially after Kira's attack. Only an idiot would make headlines now.]
[An idiot, or someone who didn't have a choice. Or both.]
[Without giving Sullivan any sort of reply, or dismissal, Mello glances back at Matt.]
Turn it on. I want to see this.
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Date: 2009-04-04 09:24 am (UTC)On it.
[He takes a drag as he flips on the television and turns it to the local news.]
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Date: 2009-04-04 10:04 am (UTC)[It's hard not to watch the odd calmness with which Mello gives his orders, but once Matt switches the tv set on Sullivan manages to tear his eyes away and focus on the news report - halfway through some plump police officer refusing to give too many details about the sudden death of Miles Cohen, recently arrested for the shooting of....]
[Sullivan lowers his head a bit, not sure of whether or not to stay for the whole thing. But since Mello hasn't told him otherwise, he stands in place, listening to the news.]
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Date: 2009-04-04 08:52 pm (UTC)[Once that initial reaction has passed, however, he frowns. Cohen, dead, that can't be a coincidence. And Mello...]
[He glances at Mello.]
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Date: 2009-04-04 11:20 pm (UTC)[The report rolls on, inevitably turning to just how Cohen had died (heart attack in his cell, and no one had been there at the time, and so on). Mello presses his lips together.]
Figures the bloody idiot would get himself killed.
[He drops his head slightly in something like remorse; in truth, as satisfying and necessary as it was, Mello feels slightly sickened at the idea. L had said no names would be released, but the information had been leaked anyway, in spite of those orders.]
[Mello flexes his fingers for lack of his rosary around his neck.]
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Date: 2009-04-05 12:04 am (UTC)[Maybe Matt's a little cynical (maybe), but he doubts Kira gives a shite about them, quite frankly. Which means...]
[It makes sense, really. Mello isn't a particularly forgiving person, and Cohen had proven himself useless by melting down, which was bad enough, but he'd also shot Matt. Even by accident, that was probably more than Mello was willing to tolerate, even from afar. And aside from that, he'd been set up to take the fall for Mello's kill. That made him dangerous.]
[Matt takes a drag, keeping himself from looking too long at Mello - no reason to draw more suspicion from Sullivan than he'd come up with on his own.]
Yeah. Guess that sort of thing happens.
[Another drag.]
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Date: 2009-04-05 01:28 am (UTC)[And then Sullivan realizes that, for once, Mello isn't angry enough, which leaves him feeling even more uncomfortable.]
Guess he must be cleaning up after himself.
[He looks over at Mello and sees a flicker of something, gone too quickly for him to identify, and he remembers overhearing that conversation between him and Matt. Almost immediately he looks away, turning his attention back to the tv.]
The police say they didn't release any personal information. This is the first they're mentioning it.
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Date: 2009-04-05 02:51 am (UTC)[Mello tosses a look at Sullivan.]
Then Kira has other venues to get his information from. We'll all have to be more careful in the future.
[He heads over to the dresser, letting the implication hang there and not answering any unasked questions. He tugs one of the drawers open and begins to shuffle through the contents.]
For now we have to cut our losses, and regroup with what we have. That's all. You can go, by the way.
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Date: 2009-04-05 03:20 am (UTC)[But. Kira?]
Right... sorry for the interruption. Won't happen again.
[Sullivan pushes the thought out of his mind as he steps back out through the door, and hesitates just briefly, watching Mello's back for a few seconds before shutting the door behind him.]
[Some things were better not worrying about.]
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Date: 2009-04-05 04:03 am (UTC)[He looks at it for a moment, and then holds it out to Mello, silently.]
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