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Sunnydale AU: falling off the rope
Oct. 22nd, 2010 03:42 pmAs promised, Cal takes his new car out for a real drive the next day. He thinks about not going back, just driving and driving and leaving Sunnydale and his family far behind, but he knows it wouldn't work.
And not just because of the tracking device Peter will have installed by now, or the guard who caught up with him sometime in the first hour.
It's the same reason why he's going back home, instead of back to the Starks'. He knows he'd be welcome there as long as he needed to stay, but - he came out of his room in the first place because he couldn't hide forever, and that's what staying with Sherlock and Tony would be. Hiding. He can't do that, and he can't run, either.
(He also can't face up to what he knows he has to do. Not yet. Knowing he has to go back doesn't mean he can face the reason why.)
He gets home half an hour or so after nightfall, and hesitates in the foyer, unsure of where to go next.
And not just because of the tracking device Peter will have installed by now, or the guard who caught up with him sometime in the first hour.
It's the same reason why he's going back home, instead of back to the Starks'. He knows he'd be welcome there as long as he needed to stay, but - he came out of his room in the first place because he couldn't hide forever, and that's what staying with Sherlock and Tony would be. Hiding. He can't do that, and he can't run, either.
(He also can't face up to what he knows he has to do. Not yet. Knowing he has to go back doesn't mean he can face the reason why.)
He gets home half an hour or so after nightfall, and hesitates in the foyer, unsure of where to go next.
