Closed Breakdown

[Avaria Lockwood]

Ava had done her best to hold herself together on the way home, but she couldn't seem to keep it together once she was home. She had managed to get back to her room before the reality of it hit her. Elsie was gone. She wasn't ever coming back. And Ava had chosen this year to stay home, to not only be without any of her friends as she struggled to process this news, but to have left Zephyr. She knew Rowan was probably distraught, too distraught to look after Zephyr, who would spend all of his time looking out for Rowan, because that was who Zephyr was. Ava would never forgive herself for this.

She made her way back downstairs, arms wrapped tightly around her torso, when she spotter her father on the couch. Her lip trembled, and tears started to fall. "Daddy," She started to sob, moving into the room and crawling onto the couch, curling up against him. "Els... Elsie... She... she... she died," Ava managed to sob, burying her face in Avarian's side.

 

[Alexis Kramer]

Dang it

 

[Avarian Lockwood]

Avarian had just got in from the office. With Ainslee still on maternity leave, he was responsible for running the department. Thankfully, they had one more addition which made things bearable. Avaria was home for a year and he promised his daughter some free time from his own schedule. Bidding Eros goodbye, he had left the office for home. Now, he was slouching in the couch since Kami just sent him a text that they were at Karissa's with the twins. He had an hour left before he would pick them up. Thinking he had the house to himself as Ava was out, the man was actually surprised when the girl made her way down. His eyes widened as he took in her crying state. Soon enough, he realized. Wrapping his arms around her shaking figure, he hushed her soothingly. "Oh, honey.... How did it happen? You know, talking helps. And I'm here to listen." He rubbed her back, waiting until she calmed down enough to speak.​

 

[Avaria Lockwood]

Ava stayed pressed against her fathers side, unsure of how long she cried. Eventually, the hiccups slowed down enough that she could manage to speak, slowly. "It was a car accident," She managed. "I left Zephyr alone," she cried. "Rowan is probably- probably devastated, and he's gunna- gunna be so busy taking care of her, he won't-" She started crying harder again, clinging to her dad as she struggled to accept that Elsie would never be coming back. "I used to crawl into her bed in the middle of the night," She couldn't help the way her voice cracked. "We would cuddle and sometimes we would spend hours talking about everything, and nothing at all." She whimpered, burying her head in Ian's chest as her sobbing renewed.

 

[Avarian Lockwood]

Avarian continued to be the listener to Ava as she slowed down to a sniffle although he knew that when she started talking, she would bawl out again. He was not wrong. She did. He tightened his embrace around her, making soothing voices for her to calm down to. "Honey... Zephyr is not alone... Rowan...She is distraught but they have each other... and they can grieve together... And you can write them every time, if you want to..." He murmured, not knowing what else to say.​

 

[Avaria Lockwood]

Ava wasn't sure how long she cried, but eventually she managed to calm down again, hiccuping a bit. "I'm s-sorry," She managed softly. "I know staying home with you is- is the right thing to do," She wiped at the tears on her cheek. "I just... I miss my friends, and I'm worried about Vader, he finally came out as gay and he's always so busy and I know if I'm not pestering him he'll forget to eat and live off of coffee and if I don't cuddle him he won't sleep properly," She bit her lip. "And I think Alice is really mad at me for leaving, and I'm worried about Zephyr," she sniffled, her lip trembling a little. "Not to mention Sapphire and Kira, they lost Onyx," She sat up, wiping at her eyes again. "Daddy, can we go visit Onyx soon? I wanna see how he's doing. And his Uncle could probably use some adult conversation, Sapphire was worried about him, too." She asked softly.