OOM: Visiting Family

[geeky_agent]

She almost wishes Caiti would be there.

It would mean more questions and more problems, yes. They'd still have to explain Caiti having met Jack already in Morocco two years prior and she just knew that wouldn't go over well.

Still, she can't help but wonder if maybe it would be better to get everything out in the open now. (Not everything.) Caiti had always been good at dealing with problems between her sister and brother and it sounded like she and Jack had gotten along pretty well and she hadn't seen her in months...

This had probably been a bad idea but it was too late to back out now.

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Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversation

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"I don't think she wanted to keep it from you," Jack says, quietly, "This just... isn't the kind of thing you want to talk about over the phone."

Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversation

[theredshirts.livejournal.com]

"There's worse news to hear over a phone." He answers in the same quiet way. "So she's really doing better?"

Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversation

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes, when you're not sure how people are going to react, though, you want to be able to say it in person," Jack says, looking over at Ryan again. "And yeah, she is. It hasn't been an easy few months, but things are getting better."

Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversation

[theredshirts.livejournal.com]

"How bad were things?" He can't believe he's asking his sister's boyfriend about her mental state.

Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversation

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack lets out a quiet sigh after a moment to try and think of how to phrase things. "There's a lot of stuff I can't tell you about either, Ryan, but it did get pretty bad. One thing I can tell you is that a friend of ours--not working at CTU--died a couple months ago. Chris was the one who kept it together for everyone else, though she had it rough herself. She's doing better."

It's likely not much comfort, but he can't downplay what happened; with how much Ryan and Jeannie had been worried--with all the reasons Chris had given them to worry--trying to make things sound like less of a crisis than they had been wouldn't have worked anyway. Ryan wouldn't have believed him, and would just have been more worried; or more frustrated, more suspicious, for that matter.

But neither could Jack tell him exactly what had happened, and he didn't want to worry them any more than they already were. His explanation just had to lie somewhere in the middle, just had to be vague, though he knows Ryan isn't going to like it.

Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversation

[theredshirts.livejournal.com]

Ryan's silent, trying to react without giving away how he feels. He's not good at opening up in general and especially not with someone he's only known for a very short period of time.

"She didn't tell us about any of that, thank you for letting me know," he takes a breath. Chris, why couldn't you let me be there for you?

Re: Jack-Ryan Jr. Conversation

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome," Jack says, nodding, hoping he hasn't said too much.


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