Re: FILL: the fine print (3a/?)
anonymous
June 22 2011, 16:16:54 UTC
Charles remembered wondering how his mother could stay married to a man who so blatantly beat her son. "You make me happy," he said, firmly. "The whole, mad lot of you. Nothing else will ever come first."
Raven settled, a little guilty and a lot more reassured; as her breathing was beginning to slow and her legs were twitching with the tell tale signs of imminant sleep, Charles sighed.
"You're not going back to your room, are you?"
Raven mumbled her dissent, and Charles shifted her into a more comfortable position, switching off the light before settling back onto the bed himself, and closing his eyes.
(He awoke once, when the biting cold of just-after dawn was pressing against the glass and the room was filled with almost-light resting thick and glutenous against his skin to find that Raven had drooled all over his shoulder. He considered, briefly, rolling her onto her back, but decided that he preferred the damp patch to her snores.)
three - in which erik gives advice and sean has a date"So," said Erik, taking a deep breath of
( ... )
Raven settled, a little guilty and a lot more reassured; as her breathing was beginning to slow and her legs were twitching with the tell tale signs of imminant sleep, Charles sighed.
"You're not going back to your room, are you?"
Raven mumbled her dissent, and Charles shifted her into a more comfortable position, switching off the light before settling back onto the bed himself, and closing his eyes.
(He awoke once, when the biting cold of just-after dawn was pressing against the glass and the room was filled with almost-light resting thick and glutenous against his skin to find that Raven had drooled all over his shoulder. He considered, briefly, rolling her onto her back, but decided that he preferred the damp patch to her snores.)
three - in which erik gives advice and sean has a date"So," said Erik, taking a deep breath of ( ... )
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