(no subject)

[catslash_rp]

"You can't just -"

John stops short as he takes in his new surroundings: this is not his flat. What the hell is -



Oh.

Oh god.



He closes the Door, slowly, and leans back against it, eyes closed as almost a year's worth of impossible memories flood into his head.

Oh god.

Comments

[finaldiscussion.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure I was."

[mm-catslash.livejournal.com]

There's an entire philosophical debate in that short sentence, one that's been had no doubt countless times by men far more qualified than John.

Although having briefly been dead and experienced two separate timelines also probably makes him a bit more qualified than most.

"Fair enough."

[finaldiscussion.livejournal.com]

"I may still be," he adds, "and then again I may not. In some senses I am the same person, but I have not used that name in a long, long time."

[mm-catslash.livejournal.com]

John nods slowly.

"There was something else you were calling yourself," he says. "Sorry, it's sort of slipped my mind."

It has, after all, been a couple of years and an entire timeline for him since that conversation.

[finaldiscussion.livejournal.com]

"Strat. And don't worry about it. It's certainly understandable."

[mm-catslash.livejournal.com]

"Right." He remembers now.

"Short for - Stratocaster, was it?"

[finaldiscussion.livejournal.com]

"Yes, yes it was."

[mm-catslash.livejournal.com]

He smiles a bit as he connects the dots on the reference.

"Nice."

[finaldiscussion.livejournal.com]

"I thought it was a bit much, but the bloody thing stuck."