[Will Graham]: I looked up at the night sky there. Orion above the horizon and, near it, Jupiter. I wondered if you could see it, too. I wondered if our stars were the same.
[Hannibal]: I believe some of our stars will always be the same. You ent...
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warnings: mentions of sa and abuse
JJ Maybank invaded Bridger's thoughts like the plague. He drank so that the buzz would make him grow dizzy and he smoked so the horrible taste of smoke would replace the need he felt to feel JJ's lips on his. The thought was so vile that it made Bridger feel sick. How could he think these things when he had a girlfriend? He wasn't a cheater. He despised cheaters. Thinking about the Pogue made him feel vile and unworthy. He wanted to smoke till his lung's collapsed.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Asked Inez.
The two of them sitting in his backyard, rocking back and forth on the swing. Bridger's left eye was visibly purple and he had a few cuts on his face. "Yeah, I'm okay." He nodded. "A shiner isn't gonna stop me."
She gave a small smile. "I mean are you okay okay?"
He looked at her oddly. "What do you mean?"
"Well, you've been acting different since what happened at the movie."
Bridger chuckled. "Different how?"
"Distant. Like you don't want to be around any of us," she stated.
"I didn't want that fight to happen, Nez. It went way too far. Of course I'm going to feel a little on edge,"
Inez nodded. "I know, but, I don't know. . ."
She looked down at her hands and he sighed. He tightened his arm around her shoulder. "Hey, I'm fine, okay? I just hate fights. Everything's okay." He lied again.
Her expression read that she was unconvinced but she nodded anyway. She laid her head on his shoulder. Bridger's face fell slightly and he looked ahead of him, chewing on his inner cheek.
When Bridger got a call from Pope telling him that JJ had been arrested, he sped all the way to the Kildare Police Department. Pope told him they were going to arrest him for sinking Topper's boat but JJ took the fault for him. What got him was when Pope said that JJ wanted him to come. "Fucking stupid," Bridger muttered to himself angrily and he squeezed his fists around the steering wheel.
He didn't know exactly what pulled him there, but Bridger had a feeling something bad was going to happen. He felt it in his gut. When he got to the police station, he argued with the cops to let him pay the bail.
"This is so stupid!" He nearly shouted. He saw Sheriff Peterkin come out of her office and he immediately ran up to her. "Sheriff Peterkin, I'm here to pay for JJ's bail." He stated in a quick breath.
Peterkin sighed. "You know I can't let you do that, Bridger."
"Come on, you know I have the money. Just let me get it over with," he laughed to conceal his anger.
