Keeping a Promise (closed to Erica and John)

[the_better_man]

Puck probably looked liked some demented thief, sneaking into his own room and hoping none of the other occupants would notice he was there. He'd done a damn good job of avoiding them all week. And that wasn't easy considering John didn't do 'avoid', at least Puck figured he would have figured it out by now and was keeping his distance because he

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[5thcolumnfed]

Erica has to get up to pee approximately 20 times a night, so she's up when she hears something. Walking to the living room, she flips on the light and blinks.

"Puck?

[the_better_man]

"Hey Erica," He winced at the light, he'd just started to get used to the dark.

[5thcolumnfed]

"What are you doing?" she asks quietly, frowning because he's skulking around with no lights on.

[the_better_man]

"I.. uh.. leaving a gift for Angel?" He said sheepishly, not quite looking at Erica straight on. "I promised and its the last night so..."

[yippiekiyaymf]

There's a wall in his way. A living, breathing wall named John McClane.

"Hey, kid." The voice isn't angry, it's just there.

[the_better_man]

He'd made it through sweets with Erica, so he wasn't surprised to find himself face to face with John.

"Hey." He didn't quite look at him. "I sent your wife back to bed."

[yippiekiyaymf]

"Okay." John doesn't say anything else, just wraps Puck up in a big, tight hug, then lets him go, and resumes his wall impersonation. Hug -- totally didn't happen.

"You been staying with Veronica?"

[the_better_man]

"Yeah, it was.. Easier. I didn't want to scare Angel if she got in my head." And he'd been angry, was still angry. And he didn't want to talk about it.