openish } but nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight

[choosetruth]

Who: the After the End Times crew and maybe YOU??
Where: ASGARD! Sort of.
When: Throughout the event
Rating: PG-13 for violence and swear words probably
Summary: Shaun makes poor sartorial choices that lead to his demise. Georgia does not handle it well. Thank fuck Mahir and Maggie are here to be the adults they need.
The Story:

[Starters in the comments!]

Comments

[adaptiveimmunities]

No shit. [He makes a disgusted noise at the back of his throat.] I didn't even know anything was wrong. How the hell didn't I know that something was wrong?

[You were acting like yourself. The was you used to act.]

[Shaun glances over and sees the other George leaning against a wall, arms folded over her chest.]

[You should have known.]

I should have known.

[choosetruth]

I should have known.

[Normally she knows Shaun almost better than he knows himself. Why didn't she see how dumb he was being? Why didn't she listen to Mahir?

But what was she supposed to do, not trust Shaun to know his limits? He always had before.

She squeezes his hand, more tightly than can possibly be comfortable.]

Please don't leave me again.

[adaptiveimmunities]

[The fact that it's not all that comfortable doesn't mean he's going to take his hand away. He needs this as much as she does.]

Not if I can help it. I'm so sorry, George.

[choosetruth]

[She presses a kiss to his knuckles and leans against him again.]

Maggie will have told Mahir you're back by now. [She goes slightly pink.] It's good we decided we don't give a fuck who knows about us anymore. I don't know if I could have stopped myself.

[adaptiveimmunities]

I think Maggie guessed anyway. [Some of the conversations they'd had before Wonderland had leaned in that direction, and Maggie's not a stupid person.] Maybe Mahir, too, but we haven't really talked about it.

[choosetruth]

I wouldn't be surprised. He's always been smart. [There's a reason she hired him.] They certainly know now.