#f2f: immy cortes

[sarahfabray]

Lockdown reflections

TAGGING ➝  Sarah Fabray, Immy Cortes @corimmy

LOCATION ➝ Locked down at Table and Ice.

TIME FRAME ➝ 10/13 afternoon.

WARNINGS ➝ None.

SUMMARY ➝ Sarah and Immy share stories

Sarah Fabray

Sarah picks herself off the floor and seeing Immy in her office walks over to the door. "So this is your office huh? Must be nice to have some familiarities whilst all this is happening?"

Immy Cortes

Immy turned to look at Sarah when she spoke, a small smile spreading on her face. "Yeah, it is. Makes me feel like I have a bit of control, too." She said, and then laughed "Not like, control over people, just over myself, or the situation, or...something."

Sarah Fabray

"No I get it." Sarah agreed, stepping further into the room. "Control gives us comfort. It's the things we cant control that give us the most axiety and this." Sarah gestures to the space outside. "This is completely out of our control." Taking a seat at the other side of the desk. Smiling at a memory in her mind. "You know when i lost everying. When it was all out of my control. It's was like the lowest point of my life. But you know what. It was after that that my life became the best it could ever have been." She picks up a paperweight from the table. Playing with it. "There's a lot of good that comes when we take time to learn from these moments." She covers Immy's hand for a second. "I know its not a lot and we are kinda forced in here but I just wanted to thank you for being so opening to everyone here. It's the little things that make a big difference. So thank you."

Immy Cortes

Immy was surprised to hear Sarah say all of that, she didn't think she was really doing anything that anyone wouldn't do, but it certainly made her feel good to know that something she was doing was at least making Sarah feel welcome here. "That's what they say, right? The great thing about rock bottom is that there's nowhere to go but up. What happened, can I ask? You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to, obviously, i'm just curious."

Sarah Fabray

Sarah paused for a second pondering Immy's question. It had been a while since she had thought back to her before days. "Hmm, thats very true." She thoguht for a second longer before sharing her story with Immy feeling safe and seen in this moment. "I was a top lawyer in New York, engaged to be married. I had the money, the reputation, and family and religous backing and then the next moment it was all gone." Sarah chucked at the memory of how different her life was now. "My work didnt want a discrased Fabray as partner, I realised I was much more sexually open than i realised. and with that came facing my religon and my family. I lost everything." Then Sarah looks stright at Immy in a wistful look. " But you know what my life is so much better now. I'm so much happier. But it took me going to rock bottom to find it. And hay i get to help people and own a kick ass business and have some amazing life experiences." Sarah gestures to immy " I mean look at you, youve built this whole empire right here too. You must have gone though a lot to get here?"

Immy Cortes

“Wow,” Immy said, her voice practically a whisper as she sat down at the desk. She was surprised that Sarah had shared so much with her. “All of that because they couldn’t accept your sexuality? That’s so gross of them.” Immy smiled looking around. “Yeah, I mean I had help, my brother always believed in me and helped every way he could. And when he passed away he left everything to me and my daughter. So I was able to invest and actually get this place going. But yeah, losing him sucked and definitely counts as going go through some things, I think.”

Sarah Fabray

"I know" she acknolegded with a sigh. " To be fair though i think a lot of it had to do with me accepting myself." Sarah felt comfortable here with immy. She loved seeing her appreciate what she had achieved. "Thats amazing" She said with a smile "Man i wish my family was just as supportive. But i have to say my found family is just that. Thats amazing that your brother had such faith in you. im sorry you lost him. Im so glad you were able to build something from that. It's a beautiful legacy to create from it all. When this is all over I hope your able to reopen quickly. if you need a hand at all let me know."

Immy Cortes

"It's hard to accept yourself sometimes. I get that." She reached out to give Sarah's hand a tight squeeze. "I'm sorry your family isn't supportive, but found family is so important, and it's amazing that you've got one to be your community." Immy looked around, shrugging a shoulder. "I don't think it should be too bad. I mean, everything will need to be cleaned up, and we'll have to replace all of the food, but at least there was no damage."