Kwik Stop, Wednesday Morning

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Contrary to what was often the case, Alec was not oblivious to the recent weirdness that had been affecting the island. There were inept mundanes carrying guns. You'd better believe he was paying attention

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[myownface]

Okay, so Sparkle had a plan of attack, here. He was going to make his way to the Kwik Stop for provisions, as quickly as possible, so that he could hole himself up in his room. On the way back to the dorms, he'd duck by the junkyard and give them the stupid-assed gun that he didn't even want, let it be their problem, and hop into the sporting goods store to pick up a nice, sturdy baseball bat or hockey stick or something. He was way more comfortable with something like that in hand, after all.

And he would've managed it, too, if not for...

"Alec."

There were some faces he'd hoped to be able to avoid while making this trek, yes. Here was face number one.

[not_trivial]

Ask anyone from Idris and they'd tell you: Shadowhunters didn't really do deer-in-the-headlights looks.

Except that on this one remarkable occasion, Alec did. Shut up about it.

"Sparkle." He froze for a second, then caught himself and straightened his posture. With his back straight and the bow strap across his shoulder, he almost looked like someone who'd been coping well with their breakup. "Hello."

[myownface]

Yeah, Alec. Nice cover-up. Sparkle almost didn't notice it. Except for how he had been staring straight at you, and all.

"Decide to top up on Doritos today?"

The end of the world was always a good time for Doritos, shut up.

[not_trivial]

Alec hardly thought there was any sign that the world was ending. It was just a bunch of mundanes getting spooked by change, and that happened all the time. Things might get nasty (in fact, he was sure of it) but not apocalyptic.

Alec licked his lips -- his mouth was kind of dry. "Water, actually." He held up a bottle of water as proof. "Uh. What about you?"