[ he's staying at alison's. not because he wants to. if it were up to him he'd be as far from the ppdc as he can get. but he has to wait for his discharge to finish being processed before he can technically leave, and alison doesn't live at the icebox. technically, he should probably still be in the barracks. but pentecost's actually a pretty good guy and turns a blind eye to the fact that one of his rangers isn't where he should be.
alison has a kindly old woman named mrs. fox for a neighbor. she's mostly blind, but she still gets around well enough and feeds ali's cat when she's got a long day at work and can't get home in time to. she also, apparently, decides it's okay to let someone into alison's house when he says he's the father of that nice boy ali's got as a house guest.
for a moment, raleigh just stares at his father. barely even hears him explain how he managed to find out where his son is staying. for one blissful moment, there's no pain from the arm still in a sling. he doesn't have a headache from the lack of sleep and dark circles under his eyes. there's no feeling of emptiness left behind from yancy being ripped out of the drift.
but then it all comes crashing back down onto him. and raleigh--raleigh gets angry. who the fuck does richard think he is? ( he hasn't thought of him as dad since he left. ) he abandoned his family, didn't show up to mom's funeral, didn't say anything when his sons ended up on tv because they were jaeger pilots, and--what? he thinks he can just walk into raleigh's life again?
he doesn't realize he's moved until he's got his dad pressed back into a wall, raleigh's good hand curled into the fabric of his shirt. ] You asshole. [ he's shaking. his vision's going a little blurry which is funny. he thought he was all cried out over his dad and over yancy. ] Why the fuck are you here?
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alison has a kindly old woman named mrs. fox for a neighbor. she's mostly blind, but she still gets around well enough and feeds ali's cat when she's got a long day at work and can't get home in time to. she also, apparently, decides it's okay to let someone into alison's house when he says he's the father of that nice boy ali's got as a house guest.
for a moment, raleigh just stares at his father. barely even hears him explain how he managed to find out where his son is staying. for one blissful moment, there's no pain from the arm still in a sling. he doesn't have a headache from the lack of sleep and dark circles under his eyes. there's no feeling of emptiness left behind from yancy being ripped out of the drift.
but then it all comes crashing back down onto him. and raleigh--raleigh gets angry. who the fuck does richard think he is? ( he hasn't thought of him as dad since he left. ) he abandoned his family, didn't show up to mom's funeral, didn't say anything when his sons ended up on tv because they were jaeger pilots, and--what? he thinks he can just walk into raleigh's life again?
he doesn't realize he's moved until he's got his dad pressed back into a wall, raleigh's good hand curled into the fabric of his shirt. ] You asshole. [ he's shaking. his vision's going a little blurry which is funny. he thought he was all cried out over his dad and over yancy. ] Why the fuck are you here?