Dorian DeLoughrey
It was a good question - did Dorian ever say anything to stop the rumors? That was a time when he was stuck in his own head, ignoring everything and everyone around him to even pay attention to what people were saying. It was a time when his confusion and sadness turned into anger but he did, he did try to stop the rumors. Not as hard as he should’ve had but he did. It’s just hard to do that when everyone was already talking about endless possibilities to why Jessica disappeared. “Yes, there wasn’t much I could do,” Dorian hesitantly and quickly replied, letting the man think whatever he wanted, but that wasn’t a lie. He just didn’t have energy to argue with him when he knew it wouldn’t get him anywhere. What was supposed to happen? Daniel would just continue being his usual self and no matter what, everything Dorian learned in this few minutes he’s been stuck with Daniel and Andy only made him despise the man more so did he care? No.
“Yeah, sure,” hearing Dan’s story about the watch made him chuckle, covering up the fact that he didn’t know what to think or how to feel about it. At first he didn’t exactly believe him but Daniel wouldn’t joke about it. It was a great opportunity to call him out on being clueless, so… There wasn’t anything else Dorian said. He couldn’t check the engraving and he couldn’t ask Jessica. At least not now when he was stuck in the room but as soon as he gets out that’s what he was going to… and maybe b!tch about Daniel but that wasn’t important. He continued laughing lightly after Andy’s statements but once again not adding anything. It was true and Dorian’s comment wasn’t needed, Dan will have to live knowing he was the one who caused Jessica pain and she’ll never know about it, at least Dorian wouldn’t be the one to tell her. And it really was better having problems and biceps. Good try lightening up the mood a little bit but there was nothing that could do that.
Leaning against the door he couldn’t open, he watched as the two got some kind of bottles from a cabinet, immediately drinking from them. “Sorry, I was just trying to make this easier for us and hopefully get us out but I see you like it here,” staying quiet after, he just stood there with crossed arms before the door behind him started opening, making him stumble back. Rushing out, he closed the door behind him the same second, smiling at the guy in front of him - a worker from what he could guess. Sorry Andy, can’t have Daniel running after me now. “Thank you!” “Uhm… my… someone is in there and it’s kind of important so can you please leave them and maybe check in on them in 10 minutes? Yeah? Great!” Not waiting for a response, Dorian walked past him, knowing what he was going to do next but not where he was supposed to go. So he walked to the main deck where people were gathering, hoping to find his friend and steal her away for a moment but she was nowhere to be found, not even in the halls… until he got to the other side of the boat, spotting her at the edge.
“There you are. For a second I thought you missed the-” he started with a cheeky smile, slowly approaching her from behind. That was until he noticed she was… crying? His own heart immediately dropped as he rushed to her with a look of concern on his face, placing his hands on her waist to turn her towards him. “Hey… hey, look at me,” whispering, he gently cupped her cheeks and wiped away her tears, a small frown on his lips. “What happened?” But his arms quickly found their way around her body, pulling her in for a tight hug as he continued. “What’s wrong?”
@CerealKiller - Andy
@angelic - Mare
@benitz786 - Dan and Jess oh no