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[forthedog]

It's not uncommon for him to come home covered in blood. But this is a lot of blood.

It's not as bad as it might have been. He's cleaned off what he can, washed his hands, and the rain has taken care of some of the rest. He could have gone to the asylum, where he keeps a change of clothing for exactly this reason, but now that the adrenaline has left him completely he's tired and a little drained.

In ways that have nothing to do with the wound on his throat.

Now that sanity has reasserted itself, he's sort of wondering how that's going to be taken.

But there's nothing to do about it. He pulls the bike into the garage and heads in through the kitchen, shrugging off his jacket. The wet clothes are something else he wants to shed.

He's still not sure what tonight even means. He supposes he'll figure it out eventually.

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[likeaplanet]

It's late and the girls are asleep. Not that it's really a surprise, having him come in after bedtime, but I still wait up for him, listening to the rain hit the roof with the TV volume turned down low.

When he walks in, finally, I sit up, rubbing at tired eyes, watching the shape of him move around in the shadows of the kitchen.

"Hey, how'd it go?"