INCAPACITATION

“She’s blonde,” Peter said softly, eyes closed as he tried to block out the pain of the last night with Elle, trying to see Claire on the inside of his eyelids.

Adam laughed softly, and there was a clunk as Adam sat heavily down on his bed.

“Yes, she is. What an acute observation. And how long have you and Elle been playing together?”

Peter wished Adam could see the horrified look on his face. “No, not Elle. My…”

“Your Yaeko?”

Peter frowned. “Yaeko?”

“Mine.”

“Oh, yeah. Well, I guess. My Yaeko; she’s blonde, too.”

“Oh?”

“Yeah. And her eyes are blue.”

“Makes you think of Elle, then?”

Peter barely reined in his fury in time, measuredly walking towards the crack. “No. Elle reminds me of her.”

Adam laughed, leaning against the wall by the crack, too. “Fine, then. So where is she now?”

“Alive,” Peter said indignantly, then laughed at himself. “She can do what you can, so of course she’s alive.”

“Really?” Adamn barely restrained his surprise - he had clearly thought he was the only one.

“Really.” There was silence for a moment as Peter struggled to make his brain come to terms with what he was about to say, and Adam patiently, trustingly waited.

“Only one problem,” Peter started hoarsely.

“Yeah?” Adam cut him off. “Can’t be much worse then falling in love with a girl, only be told she loves you too and she’s going to be your ‘princess’ but - surprise! - she’s actually fallen for someone else in my mask.”

Peter arched an eyebrow but shook his head, slightly frustrated. “Yeah, it is worse. She’s my long-lost, illegitimate, thought-she-was-dead, seventeen year old neice.”

For a moment, there was silence; depressed on Peter’s side, but more surprised as for Adam.

“Okay, okay,” Adam finally responded, the laughter in his voice once again. “Fine, you win.”

--Cayenne

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