Quentin Donovan

❝ You're hilarious. ❞ She found a smile when she heard him laugh. She missed hearing that laugh with the sadness that went around. It was a bad time to have a child but it was also a gift. ❝ See, you have to say that if you want to stay in my good books. ❞

“I’m saving all my dad jokes for when Sammy’s older,” although he had been known to throw out one or two now.

Slowly nodding her head, Hope understood exactly what it was like. ❝ Yeah, I get it. You think that he's still there, that you'll get a reply but you know that it's impossible. That hearing their voice in person again beside you isn't going to happen. ❞ She stated as she looked down at his name again. ❝ I can do my best to try and figure out how to bring him back. ❞

Quentin didn't say it out loud but Hope was lucky she got to have her parents back. Although he knew that they shared the same pain. His was just fresher like a wound that was still bleeding. "I don't know if he'd want that," as much as he would like to have his father back. "My dad loved his friends and this town but some times he felt a certain way about magic." Vampires and magic didn't really spell happiness for the Donovans.

❝ What?! You mean to tell me you have short hair? Where have I been? ❞ Athena fake questioned with a half laugh as she smiled at the feeling of his fingers brushing her hair behind her ear. ❝ We can try and see if that works. Maybe I should just cut my hair shorter. ❞

"Admiring your own hair?" Quentin laughed as he leaned into Athena. Everything didn't feel so overwhelming when he was close to the two of them. "I think you'd look good with any length hair."

The only person that Alaska could actually show some type of emotion with was her brother. ❝ If only things were that easy for us. ❞ She stated with a whisper. ❝ Feel like drinking with me? ❞

Getting things the easy way wasn't really in the cards for anyone with the name Donovan. At least that's how it felt some times. "Yes," he said in an almost exasperated tone. It was clearly not at Alaska but at feeling he really needed a drink right now too.

❝ No.. no it's okay. ❞ Realizing that it was Quentin, Caroline demeanour changed to a more soft and gentle tone. ❝ Did you want to come inside for a bit? We can talk, or not talk. ❞

"I was going to ask if you needed help with those boxes," Quentin said as he continued to walk up to Caroline. He knew that she had vampire strength and didn't actually need help moving boxes but that wasn't going to stop him from offering. "You're not in a hurry to get these boxes somewhere?"

Even though Quentin had his own family going on, his own life now, seeing him sit next to her tot calm her down a bit. She was on edge and ready to slap someone across the face. She settled with resting her head onto his shoulder. ❝ Day by day Quen. ❞

Quentin let out a sigh as he felt Alaska's head on his shoulder. His breath felt heavy in his chest. "I wish we could skip to the easier part," he said in a soft tone. He hated to think it but he could get why vampires turned off their emotions. If he had the choice he would turn his off right now.

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Quentin had been walking up when Caroline had been moving boxes. "Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you," he said as he stopped in his tracks. He was going to say more but the words didn't come out. He had always been on the quiet side and it took everything to keep himself from closing off.

Right now was a hard time for Quentin and Athena knew that. They had just had their daughter and to have his father die around the same time was never ideal because it meant a day of sadness and celebration. It was a smile on her lips never-the-less as she looked to her husband. ❝ It's alright, Sammy is just in this phase of playing with my hair. ❞ She told him as she brushed her hair away so she couldn't anymore.

"Too bad my hair's not long enough to help with that," Quentin said as he reached to tuck Athena's hair behind her ear. "But I can take one of the toys of her car seat bar for her to hold onto." She wasn't really playing with anything yet but she had a handle on grasping things and not letting go.

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With good reason Quentin wasn't looking like his old self as he seen around town. That was until he saw Athena with Sam. A smile came on his face as he walked over to them. "What are we doing today?" he asked as he had only caught the last part of what she said. His carefree smile on his face as he looked down at their daughter. "Whatever it is, I can do it if you're not up to it."

Her eyes perked toward the male. One of Matt's kids which she nodded her head. ❝ I did. I was just remembering his memory. I can leave you to be alone if you wanted to. ❞ She just knew that when it came to things like this she liked to isolate herself.

Quentin finally stepped to where he was next to the bench. "You don't have to leave," he said as he looked down at his father's name. He may have liked to be alone but for some reason he didn't want to be right now. "It's weird, you know. I keep thinking about texting him and then I remember." He looked back up at Hope as he stuffed his hands in his pockets.

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Quentin started to open his mouth to say something but found there was nothing he wanted to say. Not only to her but to anyone. He didn't even have it in him to put on a kind smile. Just moved to be next to her and quietly looked out to everything else.

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Quentin was walking over to the bench when he noticed Hope looking at it. He had hoped that he could have some time alone but he wasn't going to tell her that. "Came home for the funeral?" he asked as he finally walked up to her.