He's got a bit of a buzz going on, and he's only wearing about half the clothes that he arrived in, but he feels incredible. He's offered to walk Alexis home once but, somehow, they're going back to the compound, instead, on the pretense of finding some juice or something to drink before bed. He could probably do with some water ( Read more... )

If you asked him, Cooper honestly couldn't tell you what this movie is about. he's been lying watching it, sure, but he's been intensely aware of Alexis' body against his, her head on his shoulder. His fingers are twisted in her long red hair. The credits roll and he clears his throat, craning his neck to look down at her, clearing his throat. ( Read more... )

He's actually on the verge of heading home when he sees her; he's been on the beach since late afternoon and it's full dark now, the beach lit by moon and the lamps on the boardwalk. It's the fire that catches his eye, the small flickering fire that she's got going, and he finds himself wandering towards it, bare heels digging into the sand, ( Read more... )

Three days later, his head's still hurting. He keeps trying to read but his vision swims a little bit. He's had a concussion once before, falling out of a tree as a kid, catching his temple against a knot of root. This si a similar sort of pain. There's an impressive bruise on the side of his face where he must have caught the tree trunk. The ( Read more... )

He's settling in pretty well. He hasn't really ventured out of the compound that much, and he sees Nicki a lot, because she kind of reminds him of her mom, even though she's too young. He sleeps a lot, and he's sporting a faint sunburn across the bridge of his nose. The fucking clothes box hasn't been giving him anything but Club Vandersexxxx t- ( Read more... )

His head is killing him. He woke up in, like, a camp-bed or something, and he knows that Bratislava was a weird fucking place but he's pretty sure that he's not in Bratislava anymore. His head just keeps throbbing and he groans softly and cradles it in his hands ( Read more... )