Elisha Kagan (
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wickerpark2014-11-07 07:40 pm
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It wasn't like it was actually a rule, but somehow it'd become habit that when Elisha had the door to his studio closed. If he was honest with himself - which he was for most things, but avoided for a few others - it was probably because he had a tendency to snap when he was interrupted.
In any case, it had the often welcome consequence of uninterrupted quiet whenever he wanted, and he sighed a little as he started his coffee pot and wandered towards one of the unfinished canvas. Needless to say, the sharp knock at the door was a surprise.
"Yeah?" He said.
In any case, it had the often welcome consequence of uninterrupted quiet whenever he wanted, and he sighed a little as he started his coffee pot and wandered towards one of the unfinished canvas. Needless to say, the sharp knock at the door was a surprise.
"Yeah?" He said.
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"Well, then, it's a Kagan family holiday, isn't it?" He said. "We can't get through one without someone screaming at someone else."
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"Stop it!" Hadyn finally shouted over both of them. "For the love of God, do either of you hear yourselves?" He asked, looking from one to the other. "Tyler, your father just wants to feel like we're still a part of your life. We both do."
"Yeah well, part of my life is Oliver Byrd, and he doesn't seem to want to have anything to do with that." Ty snapped, glaring at Elisha.
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"No, no it's alright. Because as much as he says that, we all know he'd find it easier to just not deal with me at all. And he's felt that way a long time." Ty snapped back.
"No, that is not true..." Hadyn started, feeling as if the two of them were far too much alike for their own good.
"Dad, just...no. You two used to hide outside to talk, and you always thought no one could hear. But, heh, ironically, when you open the bath window you can hear it all. I seem to recall a few conversations about how much easier your lives would be if I weren't there."
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"But our lives would have been worse without you, too, Ty. We love you."
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"Just, don't. I just...I'm tired of doing this, okay. I'm tired of the guilt trips, and the arguing. And yeah, it would be nice if someone didn't act like Oliver kidnapped me and never let me go home."
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Nothing, at least, that wouldn't just keep spiraling them into worse.
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Hadyn just sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose before turning to look at Elisha. "There are times...I..." Just didn't know how to deal with Ty. Sarah, even at her worst, was not the hurricane that Tyler could be. Nor was Elisha- who just simmered and stewed until he broke a brush on a canvas.
"Are you okay?"
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"Maybe," Hadyn said as he moved closer to Elisha and sat next to him. "But...maybe we haven't done enough on our part either." It didn't seem fair to blame themselves for being left behind, but...they were parents. "He hasn't needed us for a long time, it was almost like he never...really needed us at all."
Which was the problem, he supposed. A parent just wanted to be important to his kid. "Do you remember when he was about ten, and....he was skateboarding, I think, and fell. Just...busted himself up pretty bad. Only, he didn't go home or even a friends. He walked, bleeding, down to the corner store and tried to buy all the bandages he'd need by himself. If Alan Goldstein hadn't called you, I don't think we'd ever have found out about it."
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He picked up his cold coffee. He sort of wished it was whiskey, but it was too early for that. "Especially not me, apparently."
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He took one of Elisha's hands in his, squeezing it gently. "If....you let him leave like this, you'll regret it. And I love both of you too much to watch that."
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"They make each other happy," he said after a moment, "maybe that is the only thing we can ask for. For better or worse, we're a family."
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"I'll try talking to Ty when he gets back," he said, standing up. "I can't guarantee he's going to bother listening to me."
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He smiled at Elisha, before leaning in and kissing the man he loved. "Just...remember that he loves you, darling. No matter what it might seem like."
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He didn't respond to the last part of Hadyn's statement, though, because he didn't doubt that Ty loved them both. He just doubted that he wanted them as anything other than figures on the edges of his real life.
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"Come on, then." He said as he stood. "Lets try to have some holiday cheer. We could go look at the lights tonight." Something.