[action] Convalescing

[the_ex_watcher]

[Tag: Fred, open to Buffy, Angel, and other house members/guests]

[Angel and Buffy dragged Wes' bed into Fred's room, arguing that it would make it easier for guard and nurse duty, but Wes doesn't give a damn about the bed. He's scrunched in the desk chair, which he pulled up to Fred's bedside, lined eyes fixed on her sleeping form despite the thick

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[wallwritten]

[While he's sitting there being complicated, she's... asleep. Or passed out. This early on, it's hard to tell.

...But for the sake of interaction and not being a vegetable on poor Wesley, she's gonna be shifting a little and opening one eye a crack, squinting against the light.]

[the_ex_watcher]

[Wesley sits up slowly as Fred shifts, eyes sharp and wide.]

[very, very softly and gently] Fred? How are you feeling?

[wallwritten]

[She's looking at you a second, as if something's out of place and she can't quite figure out what. Then, realization hits her.] Wesley, you're supposed to be in bed! [She'd be a lot more scold-y if her voice had any kind of strength behind it, but points for trying?]

[the_ex_watcher]

[Wesley's answering soft laugh is half from the humor of her sickbed scolding and half out of pure unadulterated relief that she's getting better.]

I'm fine. How are you? Does anything hurt?

[slaying]

[Buffy knocks quietly on the frame of the door. She comes with a plate of sandwiches--resilient even after Doctor McCoy's adamant refusal of her time-honoured nursemaid tradition.]

Wesley? [And then, more quietly:] Or...or Fred?

[the_ex_watcher]

[Wesley sits up slowly from where he's been hunched over, calling softly as so not to disturb Fred]

Buffy?

[slaying]

Got it in one. [She smiles quietly and sets the plate down. It's easy to deduce that these are peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the crusts cut off. Buffy waves dismissively towards them.] An old Summers' remedy. Good for alleviating hunger and the been-beat-up-blues.

[the_ex_watcher]

[Wesley's thin answering smile doesn't quiet reach his eyes, and he doesn't move toward the sandwiches.] Thank you. I don't think Fred should try any solid food anytime soon, however.