( he's there a short time after the fact, musette bag slung over one shoulder. gene ain't ever nervous an' rarely ever tense, so he seems perfectly at ease as he comes in through a side entrance an' works his way through the thronging crowd.
he can hear the sound of a fight far off, an' since he doubts jason would'a contacted him to ask for his help in a heist or anythin' of that nature, he's assumin' he's here for his medical skills an' works his way towards the ruckus. )
( it's definitely rowdy. full of the rougher sort, downing drinks and any illicit drug they can get their hands on. there's a ring near the center where two big guys rough it out, one of them obviously--upgraded with some metal bits. no jason in sight.
gene may wander for a bit, but it isn't too long before there's a scruffy teenager reaching out to tap on his shoulder with a gruff "this way" before leading gene off to a sequestered room towards the back. he doesn't stick around.
where jason sits facing away from the door, shirt off and bruises splattered over his back along with a few scrapes and a deeper, bleeding wound in his side that he's busy trying to stitch up one-handedly.)
( he trails after the teen with a nod, an' the moment he sees jason he's already slingin' his bag off his shoulder. aren't you glad he's too much a medic not to pack a kit everywhere he goes, jaybird?
gene comes over to where jay's sitting and quite pointedly knocks his hand outta the way (mindful not to do it in such a manner that'll disturb the wound) )
Your stitchwork's too shallow on the distal side, they'll tear out. An' if this is your idea of a hot date, you owe a fella a steak an' a bouquet of roses.
( he flips the flap on his bag up, an' then starts takin' out supplies. saline, dressings an' the like. he washes his hands methodically in a nearby sink an', while he's dryin' 'em: )
If I ask you if you want a shot of painkiller, are you gonna get all tough guy on me an' say somethin' like 'just whiskey'?
( that last bit's said with a surprisingly accurate rendition of jason's accent, so different from his own. gene's always had a head for languages an' dialects. )
( look he has basic supplies, he didn't need a medpack but he's not going to complain about gene coming prepared. gene swats at him and jason moves his hands up and out of the way, gives him a shiteating grin as he gets to work.)
I could ask Isaac to grab you a nice drink and some bar snacks, if you'd prefer being wined and dined.
( he could have just fixed himself up too, but pulling gene out seemed more fun. his own accent does thicken a bit in response, )
Where I come from we bite down on a towel an' suck it up.
After. Ain't about to eat peanuts while I work. ( an' he ain't never needed a drink to calm his nerves. that was always the one definin' thing all his boys knew about him — steadiest hands in the 505th. ) Lucky man, havin' a whole towel to the job.
( plenty of boys who'd wave off the morphine. it was always in short supply — shorter towards the end, an' they all knew it. the old breed, the ones who'd been in it since gela (an' there'd been so precious few'a them left —) could take a bullet an' keep on fightin' they were so numb to it all.
gene don't like layin' hands on someone who's hurtin' without tryin' to ease it, it's just his nature. but he ain't gonna tell the guy to pop an opiate neither. it's each man's duty to make peace with his own pain. he lifts one shoulder in a shrug. )
You want me to use gloves?
( he doesn't care about the empathy bond, don't harm none by his metric. but it ain't for everyone, an' while it's easier barehanded to stitch up wounds he won't complain if it ain't the man's choice. )
( it's painful, definitely. jason's been stabbed, burned, bruised, broken--and it always hurts. but his tolerance for it is relatively high, and despite the fact he's bleeding from what was definitely a blade slicing through a good chunk of skin, there's no obvious stress lines on his face nor does he seem that bothered by it. it won't even bleed too much discomfort through an empathy bond. not for something this small. )
Medic's choice. ( because while he doesn't appreciate it out of nowhere, jason's anticipating it now. and gene doesn't bother him. not yet at least. jason's--angry, but he's always fucking angry at something. getting in the ring helped burned some of that excess frustration off, so he's feeling better now than he had been several days ago.
enough that he doesn't give a shit about someone feeling up his emotions. he's never been great at hiding his temper anyway. )
Should I go find you a nice towel, just in case you need it later? Wouldn't want you to go without. I'd offer a good leather belt, but the future just ain't what it used to be.
( that's murmured absently, easy-going play as he gets into the (ha) meat of the matter. he'll work without gloves, then, dousin' a pad of gauze with saline so's he can clean the wound. once that's done, he threads one of his curved needles an' starts in.
his touch is like the steady, easy calm of a summer's day. he don't bat an eye at that anger — it ain't any worse than al's. maybe there's a little sorrow in there somewhere. soft an' wistful like rainclouds on the horizon, but it ain't about their present situation. sorrow's just part of who he is, like the alabama accent an' bein' a doctorin' sort. he genuinely ain't pleased that jason's hurt, but he's glad the fella called him. trusted him enough with it. there's honest affection there too, because gene's always loved easy an' he ain't never felt like care's a thing he ought to hide. surety — in his work an' what he's doin', an' pride at doin' it well.
his stitches are neat an' even an' the whole thing is over in a matter of minutes, an' then he's smearin' ointment on it an' pressin' a dressin' up against it, sealin' the whole thing off with cloth-backed tape. an' then it's over, an' he eases on back. )
You bust these open after my fine stitchwork, fella, an' I'll thump you one.
Don't think anyone's ever called me sweetheart before. ( definitely not a nickname he'd ever think to associate with.. himself. considering jason is fairly close to the opposite of one. but that being gene's go-to pet name is cute, thank you, he'll keep it.
he watches while gene stitches him up, makes note of those steady hands. it's a useful skill jason could probably take advantage of later. this? this is only the minor, for funsies shit he gets into. but there's several newer scars that are healed up a lot more messy than the neat stitches gene provided, mangled lines over his chest and burns jason left on their own to heal instead of bothering taking care of them.
the marks don't bother him. the inconvenient annoyance of stitches tearing open and getting blood everywhere does.
gene finishes and jason offers him a snarky smile, slouches over a bit to lean in close. )
These nice ones? Think putting some duct take over 'em will keep them from ripping open? I've got a roll 'round here somewhere.
( he puts his index finger right in jason's face and with all the hellfire and brimstone of a combat medic he growls out: )
You put duck tape anywhere near it an' I'll do worse than thump'ya.
( it's all play, of course. jay's bound to know he's foolin'. also... 'duck' tape... surely his accent makes it too subtle to be obvious. but despite the words that hearken to some manner of soldierly camaraderie, his expression stays faintly concerned — a furrowed brow an' a downturn at one corner of his mouth. lotta these injuries, healed up as they are, should'a seen a better quality of care.
it puts all the things he knows about jason into a slightly different perspective, somethin' just gently askew. hell, they're close to the same age, ain't they? these ain't the scars of a soldier. they're the scars of a man that walks routinely into a meatgrinder for the fuckin' hell of it. an' that's somethin' that's born of a rough, hard beginnin' to a life that ain't never been easy.
pity ain't a thing what lives in him. but honest sympathy's a dog of a different coat. )
I'll heal it some, too. Just hold still a spell, ain't done this all that much.
( he smooths his hand across the bandages an' concentrates briefly, head bowed. the blue glow flares up an' fades a few moments after. the injury ought to feel fever-hot for a second an' then it'll fade an' settle some. the pain ebbs back)
( wiggling his eyebrows. was it meant to sound suggestive? probably not. but jason will take it as a cue meant to be anyway. gene finishes up and jason reaches over to the side to grab hold of his shirt, shoving it over his head with a hand before pushing arms in and lowering it back down.
he can't exactly leave this room without covering his face, but he can sit here and keep the draft from hitting him in the meantime. grins at gene after, all snark. )
You know where to find me if you ever get in the thumping kinda mood. I'm always ready to play. ( does he really mean it? probably not. but it's less about the follow through and more about dicking around than anything else anyways. gene gets it, he's sure. ) Thanks for the patch job, too. Appreciate it.
( what he really wanted was to see what the hell his mini me meant by "healing" which. jason did get that too, thank you. it's weak, but that doesn't mean it's not useful. a field medic's better than any weird ass glowy magic power anyway. )
( an' gene, who grew up roughhousin' with three younger brothers, gives jason a brotherly smack to his calf. )
You stow that shit, son, I ain't about to put up with you battin' your eyes at me when I've got your blood all over my hands.
( he sits back on his haunches, an' a mad cravin' for a cigarette surges up to the forefront of his mind. christ o'lordy, but he could use one of them. this place is just a step outta hell for all it don't have. )
You good? Nothin' else lurkin' away behind whatever you're callin' a fashion sense?
( it gets a barked laugh out of jason, at least. loud, definitely obnoxious. easy in a way he doesn't usually laugh in front of (most) people. gene swats at him and he starts. literally batting his eyelashes at him. leans in a little closer but not quite to the point of uncomfortably close. )
Just a couple of bruises, Mister Hicks. You're welcome to inspect them if you really wanna.
( he's fine. really didn't need gene to come all this way just for the cut he had but the company is nice. )
You want a ride back to town? I can get my bike out.
( 'mister'. good lord. gene rolls his eyes, the perfectly put-upon attitude of an older brother takin' sass. )
Just call me Doc Hicks if you really get an urge to be formal.
( he is a doctor of veterinarian medicine, an' all medics were unilaterally known as doc in the war regardless of actual training or status. their training courses were four weeks on top of their regular paratrooper pt an' lord almighty, he learned more from takin' pillboxes at gela than he ever did in fort bragg. )
An' sure, why not. So long's you promise not to go too fast for my ol' bones an' all.
( this man jumped out of airplanes for a living, he fears no motorcycle. )
( but he stands up. reaches over for his hood (red, opaque) and hooks two fingers under the opening to hold onto it. doesn't slide it on over his head but raises it to wave it towards eugene himself. )
We'll have to take the back door. Don't want you spotted hanging 'round with a degenerate like me.
On account'a you bein' a rude little shit, ain't that right?
( but it's said, somehow, with affection. an' then the fella holds out a helmet an' gene just sort of raises his eyebrows in a 'what do you want me to do with this?' manner of look. seatbelts weren't invented in his day an' age, much less the thought of wearin' a helmet for a motorcycle crash. he ain't exactly safety avoidant, but the standards in his day were a lot lower, an' his tolerance for danger is conversely maybe a little higher than it should be. actually, probably a lot higher. )
Much as you're a soft touch, carin' about my southern belle reputation an' all, I don't rightly give one whit about none of that. C'mon, fella.
( an' then he just hooks his arm through jason's fit to drag him. nevermind that jason's a handspan taller an' easy has fifty pounds'a solid muscle on him, gene's got that alabama farmboy strength belied by his lithe frame. come on, you. )
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@jason.todd late night
Date: 2020-04-12 05:49 am (UTC)got anything going on?
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Date: 2020-04-12 06:33 am (UTC)( 'hot date' no that is entirely a lie, thank you. )
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Date: 2020-04-12 06:34 am (UTC)anyone i know?
they hot?
( no it's fine, he likes this game. )
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Date: 2020-04-12 06:50 am (UTC)What can I do for you?
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Date: 2020-04-12 07:03 am (UTC)if you're not on a hot date, care to join me for one?
i'm at the hottest joint in town, could use a hand
( he's dicking around at fight club and wants to dick around with gene's skillset while he's at it. )
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Date: 2020-04-13 08:22 pm (UTC)Just name the time and place.
( he's like, 98 percent certain he's about to roll up on a club with something illegal going on in the backrooms, but. )
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Date: 2020-04-13 11:37 pm (UTC)definitely shady. )
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Date: 2020-04-13 11:44 pm (UTC)he can hear the sound of a fight far off, an' since he doubts jason would'a contacted him to ask for his help in a heist or anythin' of that nature, he's assumin' he's here for his medical skills an' works his way towards the ruckus. )
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Date: 2020-04-14 12:22 am (UTC)gene may wander for a bit, but it isn't too long before there's a scruffy teenager reaching out to tap on his shoulder with a gruff "this way" before leading gene off to a sequestered room towards the back. he doesn't stick around.
where jason sits facing away from the door, shirt off and bruises splattered over his back along with a few scrapes and a deeper, bleeding wound in his side that he's busy trying to stitch up one-handedly.)
Yo.
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Date: 2020-04-14 01:05 am (UTC)gene comes over to where jay's sitting and quite pointedly knocks his hand outta the way (mindful not to do it in such a manner that'll disturb the wound) )
Your stitchwork's too shallow on the distal side, they'll tear out. An' if this is your idea of a hot date, you owe a fella a steak an' a bouquet of roses.
( he flips the flap on his bag up, an' then starts takin' out supplies. saline, dressings an' the like. he washes his hands methodically in a nearby sink an', while he's dryin' 'em: )
If I ask you if you want a shot of painkiller, are you gonna get all tough guy on me an' say somethin' like 'just whiskey'?
( that last bit's said with a surprisingly accurate rendition of jason's accent, so different from his own. gene's always had a head for languages an' dialects. )
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Date: 2020-04-14 01:51 am (UTC)I could ask Isaac to grab you a nice drink and some bar snacks, if you'd prefer being wined and dined.
( he could have just fixed himself up too, but pulling gene out seemed more fun. his own accent does thicken a bit in response, )
Where I come from we bite down on a towel an' suck it up.
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Date: 2020-04-14 07:49 am (UTC)( plenty of boys who'd wave off the morphine. it was always in short supply — shorter towards the end, an' they all knew it. the old breed, the ones who'd been in it since gela (an' there'd been so precious few'a them left —) could take a bullet an' keep on fightin' they were so numb to it all.
gene don't like layin' hands on someone who's hurtin' without tryin' to ease it, it's just his nature. but he ain't gonna tell the guy to pop an opiate neither. it's each man's duty to make peace with his own pain. he lifts one shoulder in a shrug. )
You want me to use gloves?
( he doesn't care about the empathy bond, don't harm none by his metric. but it ain't for everyone, an' while it's easier barehanded to stitch up wounds he won't complain if it ain't the man's choice. )
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Date: 2020-04-14 08:11 am (UTC)Medic's choice. ( because while he doesn't appreciate it out of nowhere, jason's anticipating it now. and gene doesn't bother him. not yet at least. jason's--angry, but he's always fucking angry at something. getting in the ring helped burned some of that excess frustration off, so he's feeling better now than he had been several days ago.
enough that he doesn't give a shit about someone feeling up his emotions. he's never been great at hiding his temper anyway. )
Should I go find you a nice towel, just in case you need it later? Wouldn't want you to go without. I'd offer a good leather belt, but the future just ain't what it used to be.
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Date: 2020-04-14 08:22 am (UTC)( that's murmured absently, easy-going play as he gets into the (ha) meat of the matter. he'll work without gloves, then, dousin' a pad of gauze with saline so's he can clean the wound. once that's done, he threads one of his curved needles an' starts in.
his touch is like the steady, easy calm of a summer's day. he don't bat an eye at that anger — it ain't any worse than al's. maybe there's a little sorrow in there somewhere. soft an' wistful like rainclouds on the horizon, but it ain't about their present situation. sorrow's just part of who he is, like the alabama accent an' bein' a doctorin' sort. he genuinely ain't pleased that jason's hurt, but he's glad the fella called him. trusted him enough with it. there's honest affection there too, because gene's always loved easy an' he ain't never felt like care's a thing he ought to hide. surety — in his work an' what he's doin', an' pride at doin' it well.
his stitches are neat an' even an' the whole thing is over in a matter of minutes, an' then he's smearin' ointment on it an' pressin' a dressin' up against it, sealin' the whole thing off with cloth-backed tape. an' then it's over, an' he eases on back. )
You bust these open after my fine stitchwork, fella, an' I'll thump you one.
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Date: 2020-04-15 07:04 am (UTC)he watches while gene stitches him up, makes note of those steady hands. it's a useful skill jason could probably take advantage of later. this? this is only the minor, for funsies shit he gets into. but there's several newer scars that are healed up a lot more messy than the neat stitches gene provided, mangled lines over his chest and burns jason left on their own to heal instead of bothering taking care of them.
the marks don't bother him. the inconvenient annoyance of stitches tearing open and getting blood everywhere does.
gene finishes and jason offers him a snarky smile, slouches over a bit to lean in close. )
These nice ones? Think putting some duct take over 'em will keep them from ripping open? I've got a roll 'round here somewhere.
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Date: 2020-04-16 12:19 am (UTC)You put duck tape anywhere near it an' I'll do worse than thump'ya.
( it's all play, of course. jay's bound to know he's foolin'. also... 'duck' tape... surely his accent makes it too subtle to be obvious. but despite the words that hearken to some manner of soldierly camaraderie, his expression stays faintly concerned — a furrowed brow an' a downturn at one corner of his mouth. lotta these injuries, healed up as they are, should'a seen a better quality of care.
it puts all the things he knows about jason into a slightly different perspective, somethin' just gently askew. hell, they're close to the same age, ain't they? these ain't the scars of a soldier. they're the scars of a man that walks routinely into a meatgrinder for the fuckin' hell of it. an' that's somethin' that's born of a rough, hard beginnin' to a life that ain't never been easy.
pity ain't a thing what lives in him. but honest sympathy's a dog of a different coat. )
I'll heal it some, too. Just hold still a spell, ain't done this all that much.
( he smooths his hand across the bandages an' concentrates briefly, head bowed. the blue glow flares up an' fades a few moments after. the injury ought to feel fever-hot for a second an' then it'll fade an' settle some. the pain ebbs back)
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Date: 2020-04-19 04:38 am (UTC)( wiggling his eyebrows. was it meant to sound suggestive? probably not. but jason will take it as a cue meant to be anyway. gene finishes up and jason reaches over to the side to grab hold of his shirt, shoving it over his head with a hand before pushing arms in and lowering it back down.
he can't exactly leave this room without covering his face, but he can sit here and keep the draft from hitting him in the meantime. grins at gene after, all snark. )
You know where to find me if you ever get in the thumping kinda mood. I'm always ready to play. ( does he really mean it? probably not. but it's less about the follow through and more about dicking around than anything else anyways. gene gets it, he's sure. ) Thanks for the patch job, too. Appreciate it.
( what he really wanted was to see what the hell his mini me meant by "healing" which. jason did get that too, thank you. it's weak, but that doesn't mean it's not useful. a field medic's better than any weird ass glowy magic power anyway. )
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Date: 2020-05-11 09:16 pm (UTC)You stow that shit, son, I ain't about to put up with you battin' your eyes at me when I've got your blood all over my hands.
( he sits back on his haunches, an' a mad cravin' for a cigarette surges up to the forefront of his mind. christ o'lordy, but he could use one of them. this place is just a step outta hell for all it don't have. )
You good? Nothin' else lurkin' away behind whatever you're callin' a fashion sense?
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Date: 2020-05-12 06:39 am (UTC)Just a couple of bruises, Mister Hicks. You're welcome to inspect them if you really wanna.
( he's fine. really didn't need gene to come all this way just for the cut he had but the company is nice. )
You want a ride back to town? I can get my bike out.
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Date: 2020-05-14 11:39 pm (UTC)Just call me Doc Hicks if you really get an urge to be formal.
( he is a doctor of veterinarian medicine, an' all medics were unilaterally known as doc in the war regardless of actual training or status. their training courses were four weeks on top of their regular paratrooper pt an' lord almighty, he learned more from takin' pillboxes at gela than he ever did in fort bragg. )
An' sure, why not. So long's you promise not to go too fast for my ol' bones an' all.
( this man jumped out of airplanes for a living, he fears no motorcycle. )
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Date: 2020-05-15 10:48 pm (UTC)( but he stands up. reaches over for his hood (red, opaque) and hooks two fingers under the opening to hold onto it. doesn't slide it on over his head but raises it to wave it towards eugene himself. )
We'll have to take the back door. Don't want you spotted hanging 'round with a degenerate like me.
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Date: 2020-05-15 11:08 pm (UTC)( but it's said, somehow, with affection. an' then the fella holds out a helmet an' gene just sort of raises his eyebrows in a 'what do you want me to do with this?' manner of look. seatbelts weren't invented in his day an' age, much less the thought of wearin' a helmet for a motorcycle crash. he ain't exactly safety avoidant, but the standards in his day were a lot lower, an' his tolerance for danger is conversely maybe a little higher than it should be. actually, probably a lot higher. )
Much as you're a soft touch, carin' about my southern belle reputation an' all, I don't rightly give one whit about none of that. C'mon, fella.
( an' then he just hooks his arm through jason's fit to drag him. nevermind that jason's a handspan taller an' easy has fifty pounds'a solid muscle on him, gene's got that alabama farmboy strength belied by his lithe frame. come on, you. )