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Four Bells: [Voice] Somewhat Unwell

Feb 07, 2011 19:01

Doctor McCoy?

[It's Kennedy, and he sounds awful. It's been a couple of days since he's left his room or contacted anyone over the journals.]

Are you in the clinic at the moment? Fever and aches aren't as much to my liking as I'd first thought. If I die before I make it there, please make sure Captain Jack stays out of my things until I return.

buffy summers, sick liek whoa, dr mccoy, jilly coppercorn, jack sparrow, voice, dawn summers

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[ voice ] tothelibrary February 8 2011, 12:49:50 UTC

If you die?

[ this is not how we go about not worrying people, archie. ]

[ action ] tothelibrary February 9 2011, 01:03:04 UTC

[ dawn nods at the doctor and hightails it back to the bedroom, backpack clutched firmly, mind already counting down the minutes until buffy hears about this and teases her forever. ]

Hey, Archie.

[ ...totally worth it. ]

[ action ] noprevaricating February 9 2011, 01:20:39 UTC

[He quickly dog-ears the book and closes it, smiling as she comes in and speaking in a teasing tone.] Dawn! What a pleasant surprise! [And yes, he does notice that she looks very pretty. Something about her lips? He slides a little further upward in bed, suddenly very conscious of the fact that he must look awful.]

[ action ] tothelibrary February 9 2011, 01:28:29 UTC

You're shocked, right? I'm completely unexpected. [ she sets her backback on the floor, teasing right back. even with the massive crush, there's something about archie that makes her more comfortable with him than not. ] I brought you some genuine surprises.

[ action ] noprevaricating February 9 2011, 01:34:45 UTC

Did you?

[ action ] tothelibrary February 9 2011, 01:53:44 UTC

[ kneeling down to unzip her bag, dawn nods. ] It's not, like, a pony or anything exciting but I brought some extra books and tea.

[ action ] noprevaricating February 9 2011, 02:06:24 UTC

Tea! That would be wonderful. [He settles into his pillow, watching her work.] Eventually you'll see me when I am neither drunk nor ill.

[ action ] tothelibrary February 9 2011, 02:20:47 UTC

[ she pulls out a thermos, and then a small tin after it. ] I made some before I left, and then I brought more in case you didn't have any stashed yet. You want the books to be a surprise, or should I show them to you now?

[ action ] noprevaricating February 9 2011, 02:35:41 UTC

Show me now. [It's spoken in a slightly petulant tone, but with a spark of excitement in his eyes. He's not used to beautiful women bringing him tea and books in his illness, and this is the second one today (although Jilly is only a friend, and Dawn...may not be.)]

[ action ] tothelibrary February 9 2011, 02:42:15 UTC

You're going to get totally spoiled. [ notice the lack of censure in her voice. ] Okay, so. I thought maybe I'd stick to stuff from after your time, get into crazy modern lit without getting too crazy.

[ she pulls out... quite a few books, then blushes a little. ] I might have gotten slightly carried away, but I couldn't narrow it down.

[ action ] noprevaricating February 9 2011, 02:48:11 UTC

[He gives a huge grin as she talks of spoiling.] That's all right.

[ action ] tothelibrary February 9 2011, 02:58:11 UTC

[ she catches the smile out of the corner of her eye and can't help grinning back. ] You deserve some.

[ and then as a hasty tag on because holy embarrassing, batman. ] Sick people are supposed to be king or queen of the house for as long as they're sick, it's the tradeoff for feeling gross. Therefore, spoiling.

[ action ] noprevaricating February 9 2011, 03:01:52 UTC

I like that approach. [His eyes flicker to the books.] What did you bring me today, beautiful Dawn?

[ action ] tothelibrary February 9 2011, 03:12:07 UTC

Good, because it's a Summers tradition and if I get sick, I fully expect you to make cheesecake runs.

[ give her a second, archie, you just fried something in her brain. ] Um. [ she clears her throat and looks down at the books and spreads them out to give herself something to do until she can talk without sounding like an idiot. ] Mostly basic big name stuff to start. Faulkner, some Hemingway... and then Gatsby and Grapes of Wrath because those are both can't misses.

[ action ] noprevaricating February 9 2011, 03:28:35 UTC

[He notices she's acting a little awkward, and worries about how many different bad ways she could have taken his sudden departure the other night. Or he might be completely off the mark, but her tense flustering is making him worry. He wants to ask her what's wrong, so he begins with her name.] Dawn.

[That's when it occurs to him--of all his new female friends, he probably knows the least about her, and has told her the least about himself. There's been pressure to court her, but he is closer to Buffy or Jilly, neither of whom are potential romances. This superfluous mutual interest in books can't be all there is.]

[ action ] tothelibrary February 9 2011, 03:51:57 UTC

Archie?

[ dawn looks up, and while she's still a little red the 'oh god he called me beautiful' flailing is largely under wraps, now, and she just looks inquisitive. ]

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