Room 413 [morning]

[remember5th]

When Evey woke, she wasn't immediately aware of anything but the nice, cozy bed she was in, and the nice, warm boy she was snuggled up against.

She was really almost getting used to this.

Of course, when she cracked her eyelid, thoughts of pink wigs and tiny...fringey bras and -- oh god, she really had danced provocatively like that for a whole

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[vkandis_son]

Karal hadn't actually meant to be snuggling her, but his sleeping self had obviously had other ideas. He was too used to having her with him while he slept, now.

Or at least, having who she was without the gremlin bite.

He shot back away from her so fast he whacked into the wall, staring wide-eyed at the noisy lump. "Evey?" he said cautiously, hopefully, reaching out to try and lift the edge of the blanket so he could see her. "Please tell me it is you?"

[remember5th]

"I'm going to live in your bed from now on," she said, peeking out from under the covers. "Maybe under it. Then no one will remember that I...did...that."

[vkandis_son]

"You are yourself again!" He moved back almost as quickly, reaching out to wrap his arms around her in near-giddy relief. Everything else paled in comparison to that.

[remember5th]

"I'm me," she promised, relaxing a fraction. "I'm me and I can never leave this room."

[vkandis_son]

"I am so glad it is you," he breathed. "And you can stay here for as long as you want to." Karal flushed bright red as he remembered the things he'd said to her, and pulled back. "But I may go and hide in the closet."

[remember5th]

"Why on Earth would you do that?" Evey asked, and then remembered a bit more of the night before.

She blushed. "Or I could. I am so sorry. So, so, so unbelievably sorry."

[vkandis_son]

"Because of the things I said." He went redder as he remembered them in some detail. "But no apologising," he said firmly. "What happened was in no way your fault." He caught her hand, holding it between both of his. "Am I right in thinking you were bitten by a gremlin?"

[remember5th]

Evey slid her leg out from under the cover to show the bite on her calf. "Something bit me, and Jaina and Inara. And then we did...that. I don't know where the pink wig came from."

[vkandis_son]

Karal winced and ran very gentle fingers around the bite. It hadn't quite registered that she wasn't actually wearing pants. "The same place that our hats and jackets came from when we thought we were a barbershop quartet," he ventured. "I'm just grateful gremlin-bit you listened to me. My next step was going to involve putting you over my shoulder and carrying you up here to lock you in the bathroom!"

[remember5th]

"I'd've been grateful," she promised, smiling very slightly. "I'm so sorry. You know I wouldn't -- you know, have been like that if I'd been me. I don't even understand how it happened."

[vkandis_son]

"I know. It's all right, Evey. I know you wouldn't," he said soothingly. "I just wanted to make sure you didn't do anything else you'd regret this morning." Karal smoothed her hair back behind her ear. "I think gremlins are venomous and magical, which is why they make you believe you are someone else entirely.'

[remember5th]

She sighed. "I can never go out again. I wore almost nothing and I 'danced'," she held her fingers up in little air-quotes, because that so was not really dancing, "and -- oh, god, I -- the way I was with you."

[vkandis_son]

Karal went scarlet at the memory and buried his face in the blanket. "At least you picked me?" It came out muffled. So did, "And you hit me with your garter."

[remember5th]

"Well, you're the cutest," she said, as though that was the only logical explanation, and blushed dark red. "And -- oh dear god, I pinched you."

[vkandis_son]

Karal blushed more at that, not that it could be seen, because he was hiding his face. And because he was hiding his face, he could say, "I wouldn't have minded if it had been you! She was just frightening."

[remember5th]

"That's not really my style," she replied, and blushed harder. "She was...very, um, demonstrative."