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darker_london2013-08-14 03:38 pm
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Coffeeeeee (Joss, Teagan) [backdated August]
"'m not sure I can drive today," Joss said, clutching his coffee like an exhausted man clutching coffee. His head throbbed his brain throbbed and his eyes were burning dry. They were supposed to be heading up to Aberdeen today but all of Joss's sleep deprivation had caught up with him at once. He was seeing crawling things out of the corner of his eye and he wanted to punch them all.
They'd checked out of camp and were sitting in a cafe after a trip to the supermarket. He'd been fine up till now, till he stopped moving. (Okay, fine might have been an overstatement there...)
Teagan thought about trying to drive again. She and Kenzie were more in sync than they had been at the beginning; it might have even worked. But she wasn't feeling much better; her insides still hurt, and her energy was low. She reached across the table and pulled the coffee cup from his hands. "Stop. Drinking. Coffee."
Joss looked betrayed.
"Go to sleep," Teagan insisted. "Just... go lie down in the van and pull the sleeping bag over your head and listen to it rain until you black out. Go nap. Go try."
"Coffee," muttered Joss, reaching his hand across the table toward Teagan. His body followed till he was half lying on the table, but he wasn't moving quickly and Teagan was perfectly capable of keeping the cup out of his reach. Joss groaned and dropped his head onto the table too. Teagan patted his messy hair. Joss felt like crying.
"We could go park in front of the library and you can sleep and I can read?" Teagan suggested, swapping Joss's coffee with her hot blackcurrent juice. "I wouldn't mind a day of staying still." So long as Joss was nearby, in case there were ghosts.
Of course, if there were ghosts, Kenzie was a better ally - or at least, a more practical one - but Teagan didn't get the same comfort from Kenzie that she got from Joss. She needed them both around. The ghost of the bog man had really freaked her out, and she thought... she worried he'd followed her. There was a weird smell she kept picking up on, and a feeling... just a bad feeling.
"Coffee," muttered Joss into the table, and Teagan came to peace with the realisation that she was going to be making all the decisions today.
~
"Did you know," Joss said, giggling to himself as Teagan opened the back doors of the van and guided him in. "That we don't have any kidney banks in England?"
"What?" said Teagan.
"It's okay," Joss lay face down on the mattress. "We have a Liverpool instead."
Teagan hit him with a pillow.
Joss continued laughing to himself as Teagan slammed the door of the van closed. His face hurt.
They'd checked out of camp and were sitting in a cafe after a trip to the supermarket. He'd been fine up till now, till he stopped moving. (Okay, fine might have been an overstatement there...)
Teagan thought about trying to drive again. She and Kenzie were more in sync than they had been at the beginning; it might have even worked. But she wasn't feeling much better; her insides still hurt, and her energy was low. She reached across the table and pulled the coffee cup from his hands. "Stop. Drinking. Coffee."
Joss looked betrayed.
"Go to sleep," Teagan insisted. "Just... go lie down in the van and pull the sleeping bag over your head and listen to it rain until you black out. Go nap. Go try."
"Coffee," muttered Joss, reaching his hand across the table toward Teagan. His body followed till he was half lying on the table, but he wasn't moving quickly and Teagan was perfectly capable of keeping the cup out of his reach. Joss groaned and dropped his head onto the table too. Teagan patted his messy hair. Joss felt like crying.
"We could go park in front of the library and you can sleep and I can read?" Teagan suggested, swapping Joss's coffee with her hot blackcurrent juice. "I wouldn't mind a day of staying still." So long as Joss was nearby, in case there were ghosts.
Of course, if there were ghosts, Kenzie was a better ally - or at least, a more practical one - but Teagan didn't get the same comfort from Kenzie that she got from Joss. She needed them both around. The ghost of the bog man had really freaked her out, and she thought... she worried he'd followed her. There was a weird smell she kept picking up on, and a feeling... just a bad feeling.
"Coffee," muttered Joss into the table, and Teagan came to peace with the realisation that she was going to be making all the decisions today.
~
"Did you know," Joss said, giggling to himself as Teagan opened the back doors of the van and guided him in. "That we don't have any kidney banks in England?"
"What?" said Teagan.
"It's okay," Joss lay face down on the mattress. "We have a Liverpool instead."
Teagan hit him with a pillow.
Joss continued laughing to himself as Teagan slammed the door of the van closed. His face hurt.