so much of the living
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Oscar studies him clearly from mussed hair to scuffed boot, focusing in on the strange half-second in which he felt his way along the pew in order to move closer. Time had not been kind to either of them, leaving its obvious marks in various places. Instead of pointing out new scars, the wrinkled state of his jacket, how the knot of his tie was not quite tight enough, he simply drinks him all in to the best of his impartial ability. It is not easy.
“You’re still thin,” he admonishes kindly. “That always worried me, you know?”
Carefully he lifts his remaining hand to Arthur’s face, palm cupping one side of his jawline as if feeling along the bone there. Automatically Arthur closes his eyes, sinking into the touch. Just as soon as he leans against the fleeting shiver of heat, it’s gone.
Arthur and John return to what they left behind, hoping for a fresh start.
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- Part 1 of so much of the living
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Four months after Arthur leaves in the dead of the night with a wound in his memory, he finally feels like the fragments of himself might be coming back together again. A steady gig, a city he can remain perfectly anonymous in, and a tenuous new agreement with the voice in his head are all coalescing into something like a life. He's fine managing his days, happy, even - as long as he doesn't think too hard about the static at the edges of his mind. Unfortunately for what he's trying to build, John doesn't know how to be less persistent in convincing him you can't create a home on the foundations of something you're trying to outrun.
Across New York, two unlikely partners work tirelessly to hunt down a man skilled in disappearing. Once found, both of them realize getting the person back they once knew might be more difficult than they thought. Aside from being seemingly unable to, Arthur Lester doesn't want to remember what he's forgotten - even if it's the unknowing that might undo him.
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- Part 2 of so much of the living