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martin blackwood || the magnus archives ([personal profile] corkscrewed) wrote in [community profile] bemorelovely 2018-02-16 09:23 pm (UTC)

Martin has no idea if he's being compelled or if he's just too exhausted to turn his filter on. "Of course I do. Sasha was-- she was replaced, you and Tim were eaten by worms, now you're injured so badly that I'm honestly- afraid to touch you, and - everyone treats me like a child, and I'm the only one who's come out of all of this unscathed, you know? Tim only survived the first worm attack because I stashed those canisters there, and we got the worms out of you with my corkscrew, and when I kept Prentiss out, I did it without any help from anyone else." He takes a shuddering breath, but he doesn't stop. "I'm the only one who's held work together, too, Tim acts like I'm too daft to understand whatever he might be going through, Melanie hates my guts, you think I need to be protected, you and Tim both are just- disappearing on me, and you know what? It'd be easier, I think, if you- if I thought that you two even thought about me. But that's the worst part, isn't it? You were both so absorbed in your own - whatever that I didn't even occur to you. It's like everyone's forgotten all about me again, except this time I'm trapped in the Institute with Elias instead of my flat by worms."

He's a little out of breath when he finishes, and he feels-- deflated.

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