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valmoraTitle: Memoriam
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Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Constantine, the movie
Pairing: past John/OMC, implied unrequited Chas/John
Disclaimer: Not mine. All except Thom Herrera to DC/Vertigo and the people to whom they licensed Hellblazer.
Notes: Companion fic to "Situation". I liked Thom, for no apparent reason.
John knows exactly why he won’t let Chas come with. The kid has no idea what he’d be getting into. In San Francisco, exorcisms are like those stupid candies that Chas likes so much, the ones that are so sweet they’re bitterly sour. They’re easy.
In Los Angeles, the demons fight harder, dirtier, bloodier. Chas hasn’t had to see a girl whose skin was ripped off when the demon was pulled out of her, or a boy who set fire to himself in an attempt to cleanse the demon away. What Chas saw was the nice ones. He’d never be able to keep down any meal, ever, if he had to see one of John’s exorcisms.
Chas thinks it’s because he doesn’t know that Chas was Thom’s apprentice in the full sense of the word. John knows. He’s painfully aware of it, and he knows that Thom would have been pressuring him by now – John, you stupid bastard. Let the kid at least know what goes on. John, you pathetic bastard, let him try. John, you fucking bastard, don’t you realize you’re doing more harm than good?
But the very reason that he won’t show anything to Chas is precisely because of Thom. Because Thom died helping him, leaving a half-trained, too-eager apprentice behind who has the itch to serve and save humanity.
Stupid Thom and his stupid morals rubbing off on the stupid kid.
So he’s gonna keep the kid safe and show him nothing and hope that Chas wakes up and realizes he’s never gonna learn anything from John and goes back home to high school and a pretty girl and a life that has nothing to do with John Constantine or Thomas Herrera.
Maybe if he keeps Chas locked away, frustrated, in the car with the books that tell him nothing, the kid will quit staring at him with the same light in his eyes that Thom had, all hope and faith and affection.
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valmoraRating: PG-13
Fandom: Constantine, the movie
Pairing: past John/OMC, implied unrequited Chas/John
Disclaimer: Not mine. All except Thom Herrera to DC/Vertigo and the people to whom they licensed Hellblazer.
Notes: Companion fic to "Situation". I liked Thom, for no apparent reason.
John knows exactly why he won’t let Chas come with. The kid has no idea what he’d be getting into. In San Francisco, exorcisms are like those stupid candies that Chas likes so much, the ones that are so sweet they’re bitterly sour. They’re easy.
In Los Angeles, the demons fight harder, dirtier, bloodier. Chas hasn’t had to see a girl whose skin was ripped off when the demon was pulled out of her, or a boy who set fire to himself in an attempt to cleanse the demon away. What Chas saw was the nice ones. He’d never be able to keep down any meal, ever, if he had to see one of John’s exorcisms.
Chas thinks it’s because he doesn’t know that Chas was Thom’s apprentice in the full sense of the word. John knows. He’s painfully aware of it, and he knows that Thom would have been pressuring him by now – John, you stupid bastard. Let the kid at least know what goes on. John, you pathetic bastard, let him try. John, you fucking bastard, don’t you realize you’re doing more harm than good?
But the very reason that he won’t show anything to Chas is precisely because of Thom. Because Thom died helping him, leaving a half-trained, too-eager apprentice behind who has the itch to serve and save humanity.
Stupid Thom and his stupid morals rubbing off on the stupid kid.
So he’s gonna keep the kid safe and show him nothing and hope that Chas wakes up and realizes he’s never gonna learn anything from John and goes back home to high school and a pretty girl and a life that has nothing to do with John Constantine or Thomas Herrera.
Maybe if he keeps Chas locked away, frustrated, in the car with the books that tell him nothing, the kid will quit staring at him with the same light in his eyes that Thom had, all hope and faith and affection.
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Date: 2005-06-06 02:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-06 02:20 pm (UTC)Um. That's really random, isn't it.
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Date: 2005-06-23 05:15 pm (UTC)'Chas thinks it’s because he doesn’t know that Chas was Thom’s apprentice in the full sense of the word.'
That line is a tad confusing.
Oh, I just noticed this is a companion fic. I'm going to try to find the other now.
Beautiful work.