♟ drizella tremaine | once upon a time

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	✔ Cʀᴏssᴏᴠᴇʀs/AU ✔ Aᴄᴛɪᴏɴsᴘᴀᴍ ✔ Pʀᴏsᴇ	✔ Pɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛs ✔ Oᴛʜᴇʀᴡᴏʀᴅʟʏ ✔ Sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀs	♥ F/M, F/F ⏰ Uᴘ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ

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HI it took a year, but I arrived. <33

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[Every inch of Fitz feels broken, shattered by guilt and the suddenness of of being snapped back into his own psyche like a rubber band left too taut for too long. He's in the wrong. He's the bad guy of this story. And he owes everyone an apology.

He starts with Drizella. His knock on her door is so soft as to be timid, his head drooping and shoulders bunching up closer to his ears as though a smaller posture might help the floor swallow him into it.

She must have suffered greatly after he'd trapped her into doing his dirty work for him. Klaus had mentioned something extreme in passing. He'll understand if she doesn't want to see him. He doesn't want to see himself either, honestly.]

<333

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[Honestly, Drizella doesn't really know what to expect with this new Fitz. She knew by the way that Freya and Klaus were talking that there's going to be a drastic difference. She doesn't know if that's going to be good or bad for her or their friendship, but she knows that they're going to have to deal with this all the same.

So when the door opens, she's both glad he's here, and not really sure what to say, all at the same time.]

Hi.

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[He carries himself differently now. His shoulders are hunched, posture slouching in a way that his drooping head only emphasizes. He seems to take up less space than the doctor did, eager to vanish into the crevices. He doesn't make eye contact when she speaks to him.]

Hi. I... don't think we've been properly introduced. I. Hope it's not a bad time...?

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[She shakes her head, because it's not like she has had a lot of pressing social engagements in Wonderland.

... Or ever, really.

Instead she steps back to let him in.]

Not at all. Can I get you something to drink?

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That's all right.

[He shrinks farther at the possibility of imposition, then enters her space. He knows it, but it's strange to see it again. He shouldn't know it, and yet he does. None of this is right.]

I've treated you terribly. I want you to know that it won't be like that anymore.

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[It's both an apology and not, an while part of Drizella wants to scoff at the phrasing, the other part of her is just surprised. This is more than she's ever gotten from anyone who has ever used her, so maybe it is a step in the right direction.]

Does that mean being less of a dick about magic or ... just general behavior?

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Both. Hopefully.

[He lets out a heavy breath and digs his palms into his eyes.]

Has. Anyone explained to you what happened?

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[She nods once.]

They said you were brainwashed, or something?

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N-no... Not that. Not exactly. It's...

I did those things. All of them. It wasn't programming from anyone else. I believed some things about my life that weren't true, but it was always still me. I made poor choices. And I'm willing to face the consequences of those choices.

[If she can even stand to look at him, as he rambles with eyes steadily fixing on the floor rather than face her.]

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[It's so disorienting, honestly. She imagined once that guilt wasn't an emotion she could ever think of Fitz wearing, but here it is, right in front of her.]

And you think I'm going to dole those out?

[Because she is really not qualified.]

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No. Not unless you want to.

[She shouldn't have to do anything she doesn't want to do.]

But. I thought. It felt like...

[Deep breath.]

I considered you a friend. Your opinion meant the world to me. And I want to make up for the times I wronged you. If. If I can.

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[It's not often that people show up to apologize to Drizella. In fact, she can count a grand total of zero times. The fact that Fitz is here to do just that throws her for a loop, but she knows the value of an accepted apology so she straightens a bit in her seat.]

I'm listening.