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[Oct 6] [Beetlejuice] Taking the Chance
Title: Taking the Chance
Day/Theme: 6. Stubbornly believing in a cursed crystal ball
Series: Beetlejuice
Character/Pairing: BJ/Lydia
Rating: PG
She shouldn't trust him, but she did. The Maitlands, especially Barbara, despised him and assumed the worst at every turn. He obliged them by being despicable and taking even their low expectations to new depths. Her parents believed his presence was a fluke, that there was order in the universe and the afterlife and that he wasn't really allowed to manifest completely. They figured the worst he could do was be a minor nuisance. She hadn't told them that she could call him up or banish him at will, or that the one happened much more often than the other. Beetlejuice humored that too.
It wasn't that she was stupid. She knew better than to trust him. She was wary. She kept her eye out for potential traps, but still managed to enjoy his company. So, he was just dirty enough for her to catch him, just raunchy enough to satisfy her paranoia. She wondered sometimes if he was just giving everyone what they expected, that he was only untrustworthy because no one trusted him. Deep down, she knew better.
He was dangerous and the moment she forgot that, he could strike. People kept poisonous snakes and predatory cats as pets for years before they were turned on. As long as she remembered that anything he told her could be a lie, anywhere he led could be a trap, and anything he offered her could come with a very steep price. She stayed just an inch out of reach. She didn't want to give him up, even if it was only a matter of time before she was hurt.
But time was nothing to him, so maybe it would be a long time.
Day/Theme: 6. Stubbornly believing in a cursed crystal ball
Series: Beetlejuice
Character/Pairing: BJ/Lydia
Rating: PG
She shouldn't trust him, but she did. The Maitlands, especially Barbara, despised him and assumed the worst at every turn. He obliged them by being despicable and taking even their low expectations to new depths. Her parents believed his presence was a fluke, that there was order in the universe and the afterlife and that he wasn't really allowed to manifest completely. They figured the worst he could do was be a minor nuisance. She hadn't told them that she could call him up or banish him at will, or that the one happened much more often than the other. Beetlejuice humored that too.
It wasn't that she was stupid. She knew better than to trust him. She was wary. She kept her eye out for potential traps, but still managed to enjoy his company. So, he was just dirty enough for her to catch him, just raunchy enough to satisfy her paranoia. She wondered sometimes if he was just giving everyone what they expected, that he was only untrustworthy because no one trusted him. Deep down, she knew better.
He was dangerous and the moment she forgot that, he could strike. People kept poisonous snakes and predatory cats as pets for years before they were turned on. As long as she remembered that anything he told her could be a lie, anywhere he led could be a trap, and anything he offered her could come with a very steep price. She stayed just an inch out of reach. She didn't want to give him up, even if it was only a matter of time before she was hurt.
But time was nothing to him, so maybe it would be a long time.