Darker London-Uncover what is underneath...

Julian arrived home from his classes with a huge grin on his face. "I'm baaaaccckkk!" he announced, and he dropped his bag by the door before prancing into the living room. Joe was sitting there with Aislinn on his lap. The lack of further babies must have meant Ethan had already retrieved them. "My baby girl!" Julian scooped her into his arms and he kissed her all over her face before hugging her tight. "Was she good today?"

( Troopers )

Julian had watched his father's condition deteriorate over the past few weeks, until he had relegated himself to the sofa completely, and refused to move. Julian couldn't understand it, but not because he wasn't trying. Simply because he had no frame of reference. He hadn't lost the person who had been his companion for over twenty years. He hadn't even been alive for twenty years. He knew how he would feel if he lost Jane, but even Jane he wasn't in love with. He would be inconsolable and this...what his father was going through, it was beyond inconsolable. Julian didn't honestly know if there was anything anyone could ever do to make it better. Joe had lost his wife and child. Children, though Julian had very little emotion left over for his unborn sibling. He hadn't even known until afterwards that there was an unborn sibling. And Joe had stayed away from depression until no one actively needed him anymore. Then he had let it claim him.

( Steps )

Julian had been home for a while, but he had yet to receive a visit from Damon. By the time it actually happened, he had started to resign himself to the idea that Damon might really be gone. He was so convinced, that when Damon did show up at the door, Julian was stunned to speechlessness and Damon had to be the first one to speak; a very rare occurrence indeed.

( Amends )

Having his beloved parents attacked was not exactly conducive to study, Julian discovered. He had left his daughter in their care in London, and now he was terrified for her saftey as well as theirs. He was separated from them while his father was in hospital from a gunshot wound, with no option to go see them until the weekend. And he was supposed to be focusing on his exams.

Good luck.

( Yes....enjoy each other while you can, boys! )

Julian had put Aislinn to bed and then he had helped his mother put Jaida to bed as well. Then he made his way into the kitchen where Joe was fastidiously cleaning out the fridge because something in the back smelled slightly questionable. "Dad, can I talk to you?" Julian asked, climbing onto a stool at the high. He immediately began fiddling with a piece of fruit he plucked from the bowl and when he looked down he noticed it was a banana. Stupid phallic, distracting fruit. Quickly, he put it back.

( OMG YAY! )

Taking Aislinn to meet Alexa had not been something that Julian had taken lightly. He had thought about it over and over again, but Alexa was doing so well. In fact, she was due to get out of hospital and into a house with her sister in the next week. So if he wanted to introduce them while having the safety of the hospital around him, now was the best time...

( Mother... )