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thecapitol2015-07-25 07:56 pm
capitolprivilege) wrote in thecapitol2015-07-25 07:56 pm
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a last hurrah [OPEN]
Who| Stephen Reagan and anyone in D6
What| Stephen's been keeping food in the D6 rooms. It doesn't look like he's doing it on purpose -- it looks like leftovers he just forgot about -- but it's deliberate.
Where| Six's rooms
When| The weeks between the freezing of Tribute credit lines and Altair's attack just before the 4th wall event
Warnings/Notes| None yet!
Food just keeps showing up.
The Tributes of Six haven't seen their Escort nearly as often as they're used to. Cyrus Reagan can be thanked for that -- when Stephen is around, it's in pressed suits with understated, tasteful amounts of shine and sparkle, suits too fancy to wear every day around Six. Unless there's an event he's supposed to take one of his Tributes to, he's been rushing out or stumbling in -- not because he's drunk, but because he's tired.
But boxes with labels from Capitol restaurants keep appearing in the D6 fridge. The food in there looks anywhere from half eaten to barely touched, never messy, never gross. It's usually healthy, almost never just dessert. He never seems to notice if it disappears. After all, the roommate code clearly states that if it's not got someone's name on it, it's fair game, right? Stephen's probably just forgetting that he has it. That's perfectly normal.
About one or two nights a week, food is delivered to Six. Those evenings, Stephen is around at least for a little while to poke at what he ordered, before he invariably decides to abandon it in favor of sleep. For purposes of the log, he's still sitting at the table, looking thoughtfully at the hearty meal in front of him that's too big for one person to finish.
It smells amazing.
What| Stephen's been keeping food in the D6 rooms. It doesn't look like he's doing it on purpose -- it looks like leftovers he just forgot about -- but it's deliberate.
Where| Six's rooms
When| The weeks between the freezing of Tribute credit lines and Altair's attack just before the 4th wall event
Warnings/Notes| None yet!
Food just keeps showing up.
The Tributes of Six haven't seen their Escort nearly as often as they're used to. Cyrus Reagan can be thanked for that -- when Stephen is around, it's in pressed suits with understated, tasteful amounts of shine and sparkle, suits too fancy to wear every day around Six. Unless there's an event he's supposed to take one of his Tributes to, he's been rushing out or stumbling in -- not because he's drunk, but because he's tired.
But boxes with labels from Capitol restaurants keep appearing in the D6 fridge. The food in there looks anywhere from half eaten to barely touched, never messy, never gross. It's usually healthy, almost never just dessert. He never seems to notice if it disappears. After all, the roommate code clearly states that if it's not got someone's name on it, it's fair game, right? Stephen's probably just forgetting that he has it. That's perfectly normal.
About one or two nights a week, food is delivered to Six. Those evenings, Stephen is around at least for a little while to poke at what he ordered, before he invariably decides to abandon it in favor of sleep. For purposes of the log, he's still sitting at the table, looking thoughtfully at the hearty meal in front of him that's too big for one person to finish.
It smells amazing.
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Though there's one moment in the Arena that made it all worth it and yet cut him deeper than any stab or gun shot. The moment Gray saw it on a replay, he realized just how deeply entrenched living in Panem has been.
"I have you to thank though...thanks for being here."
call it closed here-ish?
It touches him. That kind of appreciation is something Stephen has come to understand that he cannot expect from his tributes -- indeed, that he should not expect it at all. It happens only rarely, and when it does, it cuts him to his heart. It tells Stephen that what he's doing here is making a difference, and though that difference might be small as far as Panem is concerned, it is enough to make this person in front of him now want to thank him.
The smile he gives PG is warm. His words are light and casual, but the tone he says them in carries more.
"I've said it before. I couldn't stand being anywhere else."
Yep!
"You know, it's fellas like you that make this place like home."
It's not the excesses of the Capitol life that make it comfortable, it's having a human connection willing to talk to their Tributes and help them along. Because as small as the District 6 Tributes are, they respect Stephen for his work.
"See ya on the flipside, all right?"
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Wasn't he supposed to be the one making the Tributes feel better? Why is it the other way around today?
Stephen cares a great deal about having a good relationship with the people around him, and maintaining a good relationship with someone when he is an Escort and they are a Tribute is a difficult thing indeed. It is incredibly gratifying, he feels, when he manages to form a real friendship anyway.