MHA #13 - Monday after classes

[itsananomaly]

After class had finished for the day Cutter had returned to his and Connor’s flat and decided to have a shower. He was planning on heading back to his old flat to do some work on setting up the anomaly prediction model Fandom version and he was still getting used to the idea of showering with sharing a flat with someone, since it had been a very long time since Helen and even Stephen, he hadn’t thought to completely cover up and had only wrapped a towel around him, which meant a lot of those still very red H’s that had been imprinted in his skin were completely visible.

He went back to the bedroom to change, still oblivious to the idea that Connor could walk in and see those scars.

[for Connor, up early for timezones and sp and that Cutter and Connor talked is fine for broadcast but what they discussed is NFB please! CW for discussion of torture and death in the comments]

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[anomaly_research_nerd]

"I'm not going to leave you Nick" Connor said as he looked at Cutter. "I promise, I won't leave. I'm right here, always will be. I am going to keep you safe this time."

[itsananomaly]

Cutter felt a lump form in his throat at that and he found himself blinking back tears, "thank you Connor," he managed to whisper, "I'm not going to leave either, I'm not going to let Helen control my life anymore, I'm going to stop her," he said softly, wishing he felt a lot more confident than he felt.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor sighed as he nodded, the exhaustion hitting as he still hiccupped a little. "Thank... thank you Nick. I... I won't let her take you from me."

For a while Connor sat there on the couch beside Cutter, head leaning against his shoulder. He didn't know what was going to happen but he knew that now that everything was out in the open, it was going to be ok.

"I love you Nick" he said softly as he held him tightly, eyes closed as he tried to calm down.

[itsananomaly]

"I love you too Connor," Cutter said softly as he leaned against Connor, trying to process everything that Connor had told him and how he was going to prepare himself with this information to fight back against Helen, "I love you so very much,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

Connor closed his eyes as he relaxed slowly, just taking a moment to enjoy being with Cutter, having him there. "We've already changed a lot of things" he said softly. "Maybe Helen won't ever even show up again now. Enough might have changed between you being here in Fandom and us being together to change our timeline here..."

[itsananomaly]

Cutter nodded at that, "that might be enough," he said, hoping that was the case, he reached over to take Connor's hand in his, "maybe my version of Helen will cut her losses and go back to the past?" he considered.

Even though as he said it he realised the idea of Helen being let loose in the past was really not that good of an idea.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Maybe we'll be lucky. At least... at least now we have a heads up in this case" Connor reasoned though the thought of Helen being around in any time- past, present, or future- was still a terrifying thought indeed. "If we let Lester and the team know, maybe we can come up with a plan together?" Because att his point and screwing with the time line was already done and whatever changes they brought about would have to be dealt with. Connor was determined to not let Helen take Nick away from him twice.

[itsananomaly]

Cutter took a deep breath, he had to focus on what he could change and not all the 'what if' scenarios that were running around in his head right then, "that might work, James might have an idea on how we can handle this situation moving forward, it might not be a bad idea to talk to him about it, or at the least give him the heads up that something could happen at the least,"

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"We can talk to Lester when we call for our next check in" Connor said as he gave Cutter's hand a squeeze. "Maybe we can get with him and Danny and Becker and figure out something. At least to have some sort of plan in place, in case... in case she shows up at the ARC or something?"

[itsananomaly]

Cutter took a deep breath and nodded, "that doesn't sound too bad, at least ... at least we could have a chance of stopping Helen if we put measures in place, get the jump on her before she gets the jump on us?" he said softly.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"Aye" Connor said softly. He shifted on the couch and pulled Cutte closer as he wrapped his arms around him tightly. The last thing he wanted to do just then was let him go.

[itsananomaly]

Which was definitely fine with Cutter, he didn't want to be anywhere other than with Connor right then, "I love you so much Connor," he said as he leaned into Connor's arms.

[anomaly_research_nerd]

"I love you Nick. More than anyone or anything" Connor said as he started to relax a little in his arms. "We'll figure this out..." he knew they didn't really have much choice, they had to figure out what to do if Helem ever did come back.