walkwithheroes: [Secret Dairy] (Only Just Begun)
walkwithheroes ([personal profile] walkwithheroes) wrote in [community profile] rainbowfic2012-08-05 02:57 pm

Addictions: Canvas, Brush, Mini Collection, Faded Blue

Name: Nichole
Story: Addictions
Piece Title: Peake
Colors: Faded Blue: 6. But don’t you change one hair for me
Supplies and Materials: canvas, brush (wiseacre), miniature collection
Word Count: 300
Rating: PG
Warnings: veiled drug use; if you notice other triggers - let me know
Summary: A look at Peake's relationships with Danny, Laurence, and Laura
Note: Comments are more than welcome.




I.

Peake was young, impulsive, and terribly addicted; three things that made being in the support group difficult. There were times when he showed up to Alexander’s Books less than straight, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t trying.


Unfortunately the others didn’t see it that way; especially Danny. Whenever Peake showed up to a meeting high, Danny would simply take Peake back to Peake’s apartment and handcuff the younger man to a chair. Usually, Danny would stuff the chair into Peake’s closet and leave the drug addict there for the evening.



Peake would always come sober (for a while) after that.



II.


They both smoked. Laurence said it was because addicts always found replacement addictions. Peake blamed it on Joe Camel. Whatever their reasons, they both smoked cigarettes before and after support group. It was, for lack of a better term, their bonding time.


Peake and Laurence would share cigarettes while discussing their latest adventures in trying to stay away from their addictions. Laurence would often tell Peake he should think about getting his GED; Peake would often tell Laurence he should think about fucking off. Laurence would respond with a wisecrack and Peake would bum another cigarette. It was their way.


III.


Laura fascinated Peake, if only because she never said anything about her addiction. Danny was the walking cliché of the alcoholic detective, Laurence was the gambling math teacher, and Phobia was just there. But Laura? There were way too many rumors (mostly made up by Peake) and way too few facts. Peake figured it was sex addiction, but he wasn’t sure.


After a while it turned into a bit of a game. Peake would randomly shout out an addiction, just to see if Laura reacted; she never did. She’d just smile and ruffle his hair.


Laura was winning the game.
bookblather: A picture of Yomiko Readman looking at books with the text "bookgasm." (Default)

[personal profile] bookblather 2012-08-07 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
I like the lines here, the throughline of Peake and the way the relationships shift around him.