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A PHONE CALL WITH AN OLD FLAME

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How many times had he listened to that stupid fucking message? Too many to count. Like a fucking dumbass.[break][break]

Why? Why had it gotten under his skin like this? Three FUCKING years, Frank. FUCK. Showing up out of the blue like nothing happened. Fucking asshole.[break][break]

DAMIEN RUSSO picks up his phone. Checks the call logs. Presses the callback button... then immediately hits END.[break][break]

Fuck. Fuck this stupid fucking goddamn—[break][break]

He breathes. Tries again. A few rings echo out on the other end... before it connects.[break][break]

There's a long pause. He fidgets, picks at his fingers, pulls his legs to his chest. [break][break]

When Damien finally speaks, it's only to say one word:[break][break]

"... Slateport."

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POSTED ON May 2, 2023 12:24:34 GMT

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Only a couple of days had passed since Frank had left Black City Correctional Facility, since he had regained his remaining possessions and called Damien. He was drinking coffee and eating a sandwich at a diner near his childhood home when his phone rang.[break][break]

Damien's name popped up on the screen.[break][break]

The surge of elation that filled him felt almost foreign. Prison had denied him this kind of happiness. Immediately, Frank answered.[break][break]

"Hey! Damien! How are you? You got my message?"[break][break]

He was met with a long, tense, moody silence. Then a single word reached his ear.[break][break]

Frank's brow furrowed. "Slateport? Like in Hoenn? The fuck're you doing in Hoenn?"

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Hearing Frank's voice after so long was like a punch to the gut. To Damien, it felt like the air was being knocked out of him. Something roared in his ears, beat at his ribcage from the inside like a prisoner begging to be let loose — anger? Indignation? Something softer?[break][break]

No, definitely anger.[break][break]

"...Work." The word was terse. The exact opposite of Frank's elation.[break][break]

"I had to move a few years back." [break][break]

Unspoken, but clawing at his mind: when you left me, you fucking asshole.

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Work made sense. Frank understood the need for work, especially considering Damien's situation at home. He was practically the guardian of his siblings.[break][break]

"Wait, is that way I never had a visit from you?" Frank asked as the realization hit him in the gut. The taste of it soured the sandwich he was halfway done chewing.[break][break]

Something like a sullen fury started to brew in his chest.[break][break]

"You could've at least called me, Damien. I missed you."

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"..." [break][break]

Silence. Again. And barely contained rage.[break][break]

Maybe Frank could sense it in the way Damien drew a sharp breath at 'I missed you.'[break][break]

Maybe Frank knew to expect the anger anyway. He'd known Damien for so long now, it seemed like forever. Before... everything went down, Frank practically knew him inside and out. Or it least it felt that way back then.[break][break]

But now? Had that changed?[break][break]

"I was busy, Frank. You know I can't fucking—"[break][break]

He cut himself off. There was another intake of breath, this one slower. A deep inhale, a prolonged exhale.[break][break]

"What do you want?"

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Frank knew he'd touched a nerve. Both of them were emotionally raw, gnawing on bitterness and spite that had built up over three years. He hated prison, hated being so far away from Damien, hated not even hearing the other man's voice until that exact moment.[break][break]

"I want to see you."[break][break]

Frank could have said anything else in that moment. I want to restart my life or I want to make it up to you. But the simple truth came out without any way to misunderstand him.[break][break]

"I'll take a look at flights. I just have to pack a few things, settle some stuff on my end, then I'll be over."

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I want to see you too.[break][break]

The thought popped into Damien's mind before he could even really process what Frank had just said. [break][break]

"What? No, fuck—" This was all happening so fast.[break][break]

Damien's cuticles bled where he'd picked them raw during the course of their conversation.[break][break]

"You should stay in Black City... your kids need you." [break][break]

I need you...

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Frank could not keep the bitterness out of his tone anymore. "Jackie doesn't think so. I told you in my voicemail — she won't let me see them. I can't even talk to them on the phone."[break][break]

Jackie might as well have told him they weren't his kids. And in typical Frank fashion, he was going to run away from his reality like a petulant child.[break][break]

Washing away the bitterness with his coffee, Frank turned to pleading, bargaining.[break][break]

"There's nothing for me here anymore, Damien. Even you're not here. If I'm going to be a nobody again, let me at least be with you."

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A nobody. [break][break]

The sentiment riled Damien up all over again.[break][break]

A nobody. Just like he was. They'd come up in the same neighborhood, hung around the same crowds. But Frank always had so much damn ambition. Nothing was ever good enough. Even the people that had practically raised him.[break][break]

"Fuck that, Frank. What do you expect me to do with that, huh?" [break][break]

He nearly spat the question through the phone. Three fucking years.[break][break]

Damien was livid. Ready to fight, to let out years worth of pent-up frustrations. He almost did, too.[break][break]

But realized there wasn't a point. Frank always got what Frank wanted, anyway.[break][break]

"Man, whatever. Do what you want." [break][break]

Like you always do.

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If Frank heard the venom in Damien's voice, he didn't react to it. He merely smiled, because he would do exactly as Damien expected: whatever he damn well pleased.[break][break]

"Great. Listen, I'm gonna go, but I'll text you when I get details about my flight. Can you meet me at the airport in Slateport?"[break][break]

He didn't wait for a response in the affirmative.[break][break]

"It's going to be like old times, you know? I can't wait to see you. Bye!"[break][break]

And with that, he hung up.

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"Wait—"[break][break]

Click. A dial tone was all that was left of Frank Caffey.[break][break]

Damien let his phone fall from his ear. It got tangled in his comforter as he curled up in his twin bed.[break][break]

The twin bed in his shitty Slateport apartment. The shitty Slateport apartment that Frank might be visiting soon.[break][break]

Fuck you, Frank. Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck YOU.[break][break]

Damien squeezed his eyes shut, willing his anger to engulf the stupid, awful, goddamn excitement he was also feeling.[break][break]

Old times, huh? [break][break]

Maybe for him. But time hadn't frozen for Damien the way that it had for Frank. [break][break]

Three years was a long time to wait.

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