Room 238 [Tuesday Morning]

[whitedeathpod]

John is not ready to wake up yet. Nope, not at all. So, he fakes sleep and cuddles against Aeryn for warmth because, dude, it's cold outisde. Thank goodness they'd made it to the bed last night.

Since he's not awake, nope not at all, he takes a mental checklist of yesterday's events:

- Angel got a dog. Angel then turned into a puddle of goo

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[notstakedyet]

Sean was awake. Dad wasn't awake which was hard to tell, since Dad didn't breathe or have a heartbeat. But his eyes were closed and he wasn't petting Sean, so odds were good that Dad was sleeping.

Other Guy, however, had just moved. This required further investigation.

Sean leapt off Dad's bed, leapt onto Other Guy's bed, and began to lick Other Guy on the ear. A lot.

[whitedeathpod]

At the tongue attack, John opens his eyes and stares up into puppy eyes. He squirms at the ear licking but laughs anyway.

"So, you are awake, huh? You got a radar in there?" John reaches up and starts scratching between Sean's ears. "Sleep good?"

[notstakedyet]

Sean wuffed. He bent down on his two front paws, tail wagging, then leapt forward to lick John's face.

[whitedeathpod]

John laughs again and catches Sean so the bed doesn't jostle too much. He lets the dog lick his face because, well, he's just so cute.

Noticing the collar, he snags it between his hands and looks at it. "Hey! You got tags! Now you won't get lost."

[notstakedyet]

Sean was very proud of his tags. He was very proud of life in general, as so far he'd found nothing wrong with it.

Over on Angel's bed there was a light groan of a vampire waking up, then a muttered, "Mornin'."

Sean, upon hearing Dad, leapt off John's bed so quickly that he was a black blur of puppyness until he'd pounced on Angel and began to lick his face.

[whitedeathpod]

John laughs quietly and checks to make sure Aeryn's still asleep. Yep.

"Morning. I think your dog's a morning canine."

[notstakedyet]

"Maybe Phale's got a secret sadistic streak," Angel suggested, but he didn't really seem to mind this early dose of puppy love. He wrestled Sean into his arms and gave him a fierce cuddle.

[whitedeathpod]

John grins and flops back against his pillow.

"How'd the showing off of him go yesterday? Is he well loved now?"

[notstakedyet]

"Pretty much," Angel said. He moved his hand in a circle, encouraging Sean to chase it. "Did okay at the library. Got to play with Vladdie." There was a slight pause. "Logan too."

[whitedeathpod]

"Logan? 'THE' Logan?" John closes his eyes again but doesn't go back to sleep. "What's going on there? Are you and he...civil now?"

[notstakedyet]

"I'm not dust," Angel said, his tone making it clear even he didn't know if that was an answer. He consoled himself by scritching Sean's ears. "I inivited him the movies and pizza thing."

[whitedeathpod]

"Oh yeah?" John coughs and tucks his hands under Aeryn because, well, they were cold. "What'd he say?"

[notstakedyet]

"That he's going to Hawaii," Angel shrugged. "Told him he'd be welcome to stop by if his plane got snowed in. Hope that's okay."

[whitedeathpod]

"Cool with me," John says. "More the merrier. Oh, Angel. What if it snows? Puppy in the snow!"

[notstakedyet]

"He was loving the little patches he had to play in last night," Angel said. "Bet he'd get a kick out of falling snowflakes."

There was another pause. Then, as though this was a segue from the Sean/Logan conversation, Angel asked, "Do you think I should start dating?"

[whitedeathpod]

"Uh, dating?" John frowns. "Do you wanna start dating? I mean, it can be fun especially if you've got someone in mind."