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[ata_beckett]

It went without saying that it had been an extremely long day. Ever since the evacuation order had been given days ago, Carson hadn't gotten much sleep at all. Some of that had to do with clinic work, but most of that had to do with the fact that people had suddenly come up missing

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[pieta_md]

Waiting for him, sitting with her legs folding under her on his bed, was Catherine. She'd almost dozed off until she'd heard the footsteps, and then her eyes had snapped back open.

Whether the shirt she'd pulled on instead of her usual clothes was Carson's or his roommate's, she didn't know.

But really, the important part was that she was waiting, in just a men's shirt, on his bed, with a tiny smile. "Hi."

[ata_beckett]

Carson stopped in his tracks and for a moment, was unsure whether or not he'd actually heard the voice in his room. He parted his fingers and peeked through them.

"Um...hullo?" He said, eyes slightly wide in shock.

[pieta_md]

"Hi," answered Catherine again, leaning back on her hands a little bit. She wondered if he was going to do anything like faint. That would be unforeseen and unfortunate.

[ata_beckett]

"Hullo," Carson said again, before remembering that he'd already said that. He brought his hand away from his face and stared for a moment, words caught somewhere in his throat. He cleared it.

"What are y'doin' here?"