captainhornblower | Fourteenth Dispatch - [written]

Fourteenth Dispatch - [written]

[He's been here a year now.

An entire year.

And it doesn't feel any more like home than it did the day he arrived. If anything, his obligations feel even sharper than they did then. Because he has been away from them. Even if no one would know he'd been gone, he knew.]

Person or thing, either way--

What would you most like to see here?

Hornblower

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I am.

[And he is...

And also scared to death.

He wants to take care of his family, but that doesn't matter in terms of making him feel he can.

Especially since he knows he can't even do that much here.]

That's...very endearing, Captain.

Endearing, Miss Buffy?

Looking forward to it. Starting a family.

If I were you, I'd be running in the opposite direction.

No you wouldn't.

...No one deserves a Vampire Slayer for a mother, Horatio.

Maybe not.

But I know you. Only a coward runs away from a family they've started. You're not a coward.

I wish I could say that I've never run away...

[ not the point, though. still -- she thinks on the children jack has invented for them; dreamed for them; tried to erase for them. ] Are you hoping for a boy or a girl?

A healthy child and a healthy mother to care for it.

...Fair enough.

I can only hope for that.

From what Archie's told me, you'll have plenty of stories to share with him or her. Growing up.

I'm not much of a story-teller, I'm afraid.

You're gonna have to learn, Captain Dad. Or else settle for doing the voices while reading stories from a book.

I'm afraid I won't be around much.

...What a shame. Sorry to read that.

Perhaps it will be a shorter war than I am anticipating.

...Have you checked the history books?

I haven't yet.

[And he's not sure he wants to.]

Just...[ tap tap tap.

should she even say it? ] I hope you get to be there for him or her. Someday. It's -- important. Dads are important.

[That answer does not bode well.]

I hope so, too.

If not, I hope my son or daughter is at least able to understand why I do what I must.

I guess your reason's better than -- oh, I don't know -- having an affair with a secretary and running when wife and kids need you most.

I want this world to be better for them.

...It's a pretty brave way of thinking.

Or a good sounding excuse.

[Because he's poor at taking a compliment. Plus, he's not sure even he believes what he said.]

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