Stress relief for the Powers That Be

[archangelet]

Tay has a headache.

A rather bad headache, all things considered. She's positive it's because El has a headache. She doesn't know why, but right now, she doesn't want to deal with his demony stuff, so she's going to ignore it and hope it goes away soon

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[wineandvenom]

Eric's up and about, and has been walking the grounds of the Main Gauche, surveying the damage. Over a month later, and the place still isn't what it should be.

It's mildly distressing.

And it's hard not to notice the waves of depression coming from what used to be the fountain. He makes his way over, registering that it's Tay... And, given all that happened, he's not terribly surprised by that.

"If you're going to pick a spot to be depressed," he says, still just a bit hoarse, "I suppose this is one of the better ones." He moves to sit at the edge of the fountain a couple of feet away, just soaking up the emotions for the time being. "The scenery's fitting, anyway."

[archangelet]

Tay's head snaps up when she hears Eric's voice, and just stares at him for a moment. Eric. Eric awake and sitting here.

She thinks, for a moment, that she might be dreaming. But that doesn't make any sense, as she doesn't dream in vivid color, and even if she did... it doesn't feel right for a dream.

So she stares, all shock and disbelief. And then, in a very uncharacteristic move, she lunges at him, throwing her arms around his neck and burying her face in his shoulder.

"You're awake," she gasps.

[wineandvenom]

Eric blinks. As of the last time he checked, Tay might have been warming up to him, but he knows he didn't do quite a good enough job to win her over that much.

Still, he's hardly one to complain.

He hugs her back, ready to let go as soon as she does.

"You can thank El for that," he murmurs. "Though I think that makes the headache you're probably getting from him indirectly my fault. Sorry."

[archangelet]

"I was wondering about that," she says with a shaky laugh. And then she seems to realize that she's hugging him, and lets go, scooting back a few inches. There's still a strong sense of relief coming off her, though.

"Well, that's good, I guess."

Oh, she's trying to play cool and like it's a "whatever" sort of situation, but this is... the best thing that's happened to her since the whole battle. Things are starting to go back to normal. Finally.