Getting to Know You (Ilya)

[dolemeck]

Dolemeck had just met Ilya, and they bonded quite quickly. The two just seemed to work well with one and other. Each complimenting the other, and making up for the other's faults when it came to their powers and control. It was strangely natural, and appeared to make Dolemeck less anxious, and Ilya more calm.

Today, Dolemeck asked Ilya to join him on a picnic. He wanted to talk more with him, hold hands, and just spend some time with him. A picnic was a good way to do that, and the two cold share more about their lives privately.

Using his powers, he set up a checked print cloth on the grass of the mansion grounds. He had picked a spot in which they could see the lake, and yet have some privacy. He managed to get out of his chair and sit on the cloth. the picnic basket by this side. This was going to be a wonderful day.

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[kid_from_chukotka]

"It's okay. You look... well, cute, when you're flustered." What a dumb thing to say, but it's the truth. Ilya smiles at him, shrugging slightly. "I knew what you meant, anyway. You're easier for me to understand than other people."

[dolemeck]

"I am still a bit shocked at that. I happen to be the most awkward person at the school!" He went back to chuckling. Already, he could see the mansion coming back into view. "I now wish the day could last just a bit longer. Just a little bit... so we could have more time without school or training. Just... us time."

[kid_from_chukotka]

"To me, you're the nicest person in the school," Ilya told him without pause, not needing to think about it. He sighed, looking at the mansion. "So do I. I really like being with you. I feel like I could be with you all the time and never get tired of you. But if we can get to be room mates, then we won't have this problem. Um, if you're still okay with that idea, I mean."

[dolemeck]

"Why would I have a problem with that? It is not like we are going to do anything that will get us into trouble, right?"

That's right, because they are good students. Good students who follow the rules! Hell, Dolemeck has never been late for class since he started attending, and often handed in assignments earlier than expected. They would not let something like raging hormones and a budding romance ruin all of that, right?

"Aye! No problem there!"

[kid_from_chukotka]

"It's not that, it's just... you know. The nightmares, flashbacks, things like that. I won't be a perfect person to live with, you know? And I won't know as much as a different room mate might about the world."

Please, in order for anything inappropriate to happen they'd need a good twenty hours scheduled in just for all the time Ilya would spend asking if this was really happening and if every single action was okay. And that would assume he could work up the courage to start anything more serious than cuddling up to Dolemeck. (On purpose. On accident... nothing is certain.)

"Sometimes I have these nightmares I'm trapped in the gulag but it's this big maze of tunnels, and I can't get out. Or that I'm in some kind of room made of ice and these horrible sounds are echoing everywhere. It's not all the time, but it happens."

[dolemeck]

"If I have nightmares, it is always of a car coming at me, and I have nowhere to go. Not as bad as your own, but I understand how bad they can be." He pointed out. "Besides, the majority of the time, I am unconscious from my pain medication. It puts me in a deep sleep... enough that Bobbi now has an art collection consisting of drawings of me asleep."

He laughed at the last part, trying to help ease Ilya up on being so serious.

"Stop being so negative! You would get to see the small work space I made in me room for my sewing machine... and the bedsheets I made for me-self..."

[kid_from_chukotka]

"I think yours is worse, actually. I came out of everything physically fine. What happened to you is much more permanent and a lot less fair." He wonders if pain medication is supposed to do that, but he's not an expert on medicine that isn't herb based and Siberia at that, so he'll trust the doctors know what they're doing. "I'm not being negative, I just don't want to bring anyone down. It's been on my mind ever since I realized I was going to get a room mate."

[dolemeck]

"You will not bring anyone down." He reached over to pat Ilya's hand. "If you need to, speak with one of the doctors in the school about your concerns, or even Headmistress Ramsey. We have counseling, you know? It might help to start attending."

After-all, Dolemeck attended up to three group sessions a week. It was helping him out greatly. Perhaps it would help Ilya as well.

"Or you can speak to me, and we will work our way through it together. Granted, I may not have a doctorate... but I am always willing to listen."

[kid_from_chukotka]

"I'm not sure about counseling. SHIELD counselors didn't give me a good impression of that profession. But... maybe it'll be different here. I'll think about it."

He took Dolemeck's hand and squeezed it gently. He loves how Dolemeck gives him options and choices. Even at SHIELD there was this constant feeling of being pushed and directed at all times. There's just a respect Dolemeck inherently gives him that can't be put into words but means everything. "Thanks. I know I can talk to you, and I just hope you know you can do the same, Dolemeck."