#( c. alcide ft. isabelle )

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❛ can you please pretend to be my boyfriend for a moment so my ex will leave me alone ? ❜ (Alcide & Isabelle Lightwood ) @seccndchances

"Sure thing, darlin." Alcide offers out his hand with a warm smile, hoping it would aide in their appearance of them being something more than just aquantinces. "I'd offer to knock their teeth in, but I reckon you don't want that." He briefly scans their surroundings, satisfied that he couldn't sense any imminent danger. "Need me to walk you someplace?"

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"Suppose you're right." Alcide sighed, feeling conflicted himself, and it wasn't even his burden to bear. "I don't even think I could imagine that. Sounds like hell." He wondered what he would do if he didn't remember Sookie, what kind of turmoil that would cause her. The thought alone made him feel sick. "Maybe your friends will figure out a way to sort things, since y'all come from the same place and all." He rubs the back of his neck, all out of ideas on what he could even say. "I ain't too sure 'bout that. I'm sorta conflicted if I should be mad or not." He paused for a second, wondering if he should say what happened to him. "I...I died back home. Now I'm here, breathing and all."

"They are, but it doesn't alleviate my guilt any." Izzy admitted, "Imagine if people who claimed to love you were standing in front of you and you felt nothing, not the kind of nothing rooted in pain or loss but just nothing. They aren't anyone to you." Izzy felt like she was betraying people by simply existing. "I know they'll forgive me, that they still love me, but if I was in their shoes. I would be hurt and that kind of hurt isn't something I can just make go away." Izzy wondered if she had always been someone who shouldered other people's pain like it was her responsibility. At his comment, she chuckled slightly. "It really does, but I can't help but wonder why this place gave us different lives. What's the point besides causing pain."

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"Still, shouldn't they be understandin' there ain't nothin' you can do about it?" He wasn't quite sure how he would feel in the same situation. Life was complicated as is. Now, everyone had a whole lot more dropped onto their shoulders. He hadn't met too many others from his world, yet. He wondered if he should be grateful for that. He pulled himself out of his pondering quick enough to smile for the photo she took, hoping the sombre look in his eyes didn't show through. "What's that sayin', misery loves company and all that? Sounds pretty accurate, don't it?"

"Hearts don't always think rationally though. Intent or not, I'm putting some good people through a lot and we don't even know if I'll ever regain them." It was honestly the plot to a bad hallmark movie at this point. She was half expecting to find someone who claimed to be a lover or ex and it would just be the icing on the metaphorical cake of her life at this point. "My brother here, he's been encouraging me to meet them and give them a chance." She took her phone back and pulled up her camera and pointed it at the other and quickly snapped a picture to save as his contact photo. "It's strange to be pulled in so many different directions, it's nice to know that it's a more universal feeling. Even if its kind of a shitty feeling to share."

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"Ah, guilt," Alcide sighs sympathetically. "It'll eat ya alive if ya let it." He struggled with it and he still wasn't sure the right way in dealing with it. "But it's not like ya hurt them on purpose. You can't control what's happening with our memories, ain't no one can." He offers reassuringly. "I had no choice in mine comin' back, the situation we're in is somethin' else." He shrugs his shoulders, a small laugh of disbelief in his voice. "Nah, my sister Janice ain't here. Not that I know of, at least." He shakes his head. "But my sister here, Cordelia, it still feels...real. It's real confusin." Alcide takes hold of her phone, quickly typing in his number and saving it. "That's real sweet of ya." He smiles as he hands back her phone. "You call on me any time you like."

"I think the guilt is the worst part." Izzy admitted, "I think I may have broken all their hearts and I just don't know how to fix it." She will never forget the looks of pain in all of their faces. No matter how hard they tried to hide it. She didn't blame them, who knew how she'd react in their shoes. "Do you have any siblings from back home here?" When he offered her his number, she produced her phone from her pocket and held it out to him. "Feel free to add it in, you definitely seem like someone worth knowing."

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"I'm in the same boat, got siblings here, I didn't have back where I'm from." He smiled sympathetically, understanding how confusing it must be. "I've had people pop up here that I knew back home, so you're not alone, at least." He knew it didn't help much, but he was trying to provide any comfort he could. "I ain't smart enough to know how or what to do, but I'll ask around." He had someone in mind, but he didn't trust them. "I can give you my number, so you can holler if you need anything."

"As far as I am aware. I grew up here with my half brother." Izzy explained, "It wasn't until he revealed to me the truth, did I even realize something was wrong." Izzy sighed. "Then people started popping up that claimed to know me and it became extremely hard to deny." Izzy just wanted to know, but it seemed she was the cursed one of her group. "You are too sweet, I just don't know where to begin to jog my memory.. It's like trying to run before even knowing what walking is."

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"Oh, you ain't got your memories yet?" Alcide asks with a slight frown. It was less of a question but rather to show his surprise at her statement. He hadn't met anyone without their memories yet. "I'm real sorry to hear that." He gently lays his hand over hers, hoping to give her some sort of comfort. "I can't say I'd be pleased to not have mine." He agreed with a small nod. "I hope you can find 'em one day. I'd offer help but..." Alcide shrugs his shoulders with a heavy sigh. "I don't know how, but if I can, I'd try my best to get them back to you."

Izzy sighed softly. "I don't know much about my home." she admitted, a bit of shame painting her words. "I've met people who claim to know me, claim to know what these markings are on my body... but I don't know them and it kills me." She knew there was something about it that felt nice to air out into the world. Like she was allowed to feel ashamed. "I would much rather remember, you know?"

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"I don't reckon that will happen any time soon." He laughed softly, shaking his head. His ears perk up at the mention of two lives. At the very least, it was good to know he wasn't alone in this. The more people he met in the same predicament, somehow the less unease he felt. Which was strange, he supposed. "Well, you can count me in on that list of people, too." He looks out ahead in front of them, a somewhat sad smile forming. "I ain't lookin' to go back home." He returns his gaze towards her. "How about you?"

"Oh if men only truly knew." Izzy chuckled slightly, she made mental note to perhaps seek out his sister. She could always use a new friend. Especially with the craziness of the world they are living in now. She could do for some good old fashion normal. "Though to be fair, I think we all have stories now. I've heard almost everyone here has lived two lives. One normalish on this isle and then something different back home."

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"Might as well just close your eyes at that point." Alcide teases lightly. "Oh, for sure, I can see y'all getting along like two peas in a pod." If Cordelia didn't take it as an opportunity to embarrass him, that is. "You pretty girls sure got a lot of campfire stories." Alcide had, hopefully, learned a lot of what not to do from his sister. "A knight seems too noble for an ol' dog like me, but I appreciate the kind words."

"Well, you know sometimes a frog can really pass for a prince if you squint hard enough." At the mention of his sister, she smiled genuinely "Sounds like your little sister and I would probably get along, we could swap war stories and such." She knew the curse of having a big heart and giving it to all the wrong people. "Guess that makes you a knight in shining armor then. Suits you."

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"We ain't the brightest tools, nothin' wrong with you." He agrees with a short nod. "Well, I hope I do good by that title." He finds himself chuckling at her next comment. "Maybe it's time you let those frogs hop along, they ain't ever turning into princes." It was nice, to be lighthearted like this. "You call me whenever you need, darlin'." He smiles warmly. "I got a little sister, got me chasing off toads since we were kids, I got plenty practice."

"I have that effect on the opposite sex." Izzy stated confidently. She never had issues appearing as she needed too. "I think anyone willing to fight for me deserves the title." She complimented. "I have a tendency to kiss frogs instead of a princes.. so I may just have to call you up if anymore toads decide to show their mugs." Izzy had a tendency to love too easily, but she found that as her own fault.

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"Really? You seem like a peach to me." He chuckles, shaking his head softly. Alcide liked to think he had a good read on people. "Oh, are we friends now?" He teases lightly, gently patting the hand that was looped with his arm. "Well, it's a pleasure to have a new friend, Izzy." He can't help but grin. "Huh, never thought of it like that." Perhaps he should be more optimistic, he liked it on her anyways. "I'm glad I could do that for ya." He smiles warmly. "Especially if I got to piss off a dirtbag in the process. I don't take kindly to folks like that."

"Well that's defintely one of the nicer ways people have described me." Izzy chuckled slightly, a slight blush painted across her cheeks as she walked alongside the male. "Isabelle. But you can call me Izzy. All my friends do." She added with a wink, "You know sometimes the most problematic situations, introduce you to the right kinds of people. After all you turned my rather shitty night into a pretty decent one."

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"You seem like you'd be worth the trouble." He smiles, hoping to reassure her. Once their arms were looped together, he took a brief scan behind his shoulder. He didn't know who he was looking for, but he hoped making his presence known was enough of a deterrent. "I'll know if he follows, don't you worry about that." Following a werewolf wasn't the smartest idea for anyone, really. Once they were out the door, he spoke up again. "I'm Alcide, a pleasure to meet ya, despite the circumstances."

"I mean I wouldn't want you to get into any unnecessary trouble." Izzy wasn't opposed to the idea, but she wasn't about to get someone else in legal trouble. Especially if her Ex proved to be even more of a vindictive dick then he was before. "But I'll kindly take you up on the offer for a walk home." Izzy looped her arm into his with a sweet smile as she shot daggers toward her ex and maneuvered them toward the door. "Just in case he get's the bright idea to follow."