Room 323 [Wednesday, Afternoon]

[pastmewrong]

Yeah, even if class hadn't been canceled the last couple days, there was no fucking way that Effy was going out there. The last time things had gone this haywire and it'd hit her was still far too fresh in her mind, and even looking out the window at the changing island was making her feel beyond twitchy

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[fratboybitch]

Alex was supposed to have a shift at Caritas tonight but he had no idea if he was going to go. And since he hadn't seen her in awhile, he checked in on Effy before making that decision since he did care.

It hadn't been broadcast that she'd been kidnapped but he still wanted to check. So, he was knocking at the door and waiting.

[pastmewrong]

But she made the effort to slide off the bed and to the door to open it and lean against it with what she hoped was her normal aura of calm when she saw him there. Not as together as she could be, but not completely losing it, and determined to prove it.

"... Hey." It had been a while, hadn't it?

[fratboybitch]

"Hey," he returned, arms crossed. "Good to see you haven't disappeared. I wasn't sure for awhile. You've been a hermit."

[pastmewrong]

Considering what she could see from her window, not leaving the dorms felt like a pretty fucking wise move. "Not... quite feeling the bog thing." Or the random disappearance thing.

A moment later, she took a slight step back, in case he decided he actually wanted to come in.

[fratboybitch]

"Is anyone?" Alex asked, giving her a look before he stepped inside. "Been having your own fun in your room?"

[pastmewrong]

"More than I'd be having out there, I bet." Not that she thought that took much. Thought of trying to get anywhere far made her feel twitchier than she already was.

"Haven't had a visit from you for a while," she noted, leaning back on the door as she closed it. That was a little unusual for them.

[fratboybitch]

"I've been around," he said, shrugging a shoulder and making himself at home on the edge of her bed. "You just haven't seen me and there's been stuff. Stupid shit I've had to take care of back home and all."

He shrugged.

"You haven't come to see me either."

[pastmewrong]

"Wasn't accusing or anything." Effy hesitated a moment longer against the door before she moved his way. "Just..." she shrugged back at him. Just saying. Something like that.

"What shit?" Not that she couldn't imagine, but-- Shouldn't assume, right?

[fratboybitch]

"Just shit," he said and shook his head, not really wanting to get into it. "You know how it goes. It's just shit. That's my life for the most part. Shit."

[pastmewrong]

"Ever the optimist." Effy could hardly talk, but that wouldn't stop her from dryly teasing as she stopped in front of him, and idly reached to stroke the back of her finger down his neck. Anyone else might've given a slightly more overt show of comfort.

"Think the good parts are in hiding." Like she was this week, actually.

[fratboybitch]

"Maybe," he sighed, shutting his eyes and leaning back some. "Why've you been keeping yourself in hiding? Shit?"

[pastmewrong]

Effy shifted her shoulders in half of another shrug, and said nothing. Which was as close to saying 'yes' as she felt like going.

"Rather not lose myself out there." That explained away the last few days, everything before that was just... her. "Been there, done that." Still got the mental scars.

[fratboybitch]

"Smart," Alex said because it was. "What about before all this shit? You've been a hermit for longer than this shit's been going on."

[pastmewrong]

"Just... one of those weeks," she answered vaguely "Needed some quiet, so I got it." Yep. That easy.

"Still been around. I'm not quite a complete hermit."

[fratboybitch]

"Oh yeah?" Alex asked, not quite believing that 'not a complete hermit' bit. "Done anything worth telling me about?"

[pastmewrong]

"Went to some gig. In Kentucky." So what it was a class. It was still the opposite of hermit-y.