the roof | mid afternoon | monday | august 3

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Alex couldn't really stand the thought of spending time in his room today just because he'd spent three days sleeping on the floor. He needed to be out and moving so he went instead of low and found himself leaning against the edge of roof and sucking on a cigarette.

Three days without one for a guy with a fierce nicotine addiction was almost another version of hell on earth for him. And while the cigarette was nice, the quiet meant his thoughts skittered to unpleasant places again and he really couldn't stop them.

At least he didn't have to worry about getting his ass killed anymore. Well, not by vampires, at least.

[roof is open!]

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[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Some things didn't change and finding Alex on the roof just cemented one of those things.

"You were going to be up here if it rained or not, huh," Rose teased, seeing him over by the wall.

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"It could've been fucking snowing and I was coming up here," he said, glancing over his shoulder at her briefly. "I needed out of my room."

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"I wouldn't have argued with snow," she admitted. It would have seriously damaged her laying out plans though. "The sun though - I like the sun." She wandered over to lean against the wall too, consciously not looking at that bit where Merlin had been yesterday. "So general stir-crazy or did you end up in your room the whole time?"

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"Passed out on the floor for three days," he said and shook his head. "Griff--"

He stopped there and shook his head at some errant memory. "--woke up first and then I woke up. We were both on the floor of our room."

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Some bit of tension went out of her shoulders at the mention of Griff, and now everyone really was back and all right.

"Awww, was there cuddling?"

Because apparently snark won out even when you were freaking happy to see a friend there and himself.

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He gave her a look. It was a long look, fogged by cigarette smoke and the flicker of relief in his eyes but still a look.

"He drooled on himself."

And some snark.

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"Now there's a picture," Rose said. "You only drooled on the floor then?"

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"I don't drool," he said pointedly, shaking his head. "I sleep neatly. Never drooled on you, did I?"

[OH GLORIOUS DAY!!!]

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"You've never slept on me for three days at once," Rose shot back, way too amused. "Things could change."

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"Hi... Rose, right? We were in the same cabin last time," Claire said. "Want a muffin?"

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"Galaxy Quest girls represent," Rose said with a smile. "Hey Claire. What kind of muffin?"

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"handwavy cause Kate's player didn't say," Claire said. "She said they are Muffins of Triumph to celebrate that everyone is awake."

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"Muffins of Triumph?" she repeated as she took one. "Thanks. They're - I never pictured muffins as, um, triumphant."

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"Me either," she said with a smirk. "But, hey, we have good reason to celebrate so it works."

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Rose nodded, thoughtful for a moment then gave Claire a smile back. "True that. Somehow it all worked."

Which didn't mean it didn't suck.

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Claire nodded. "I wasn't there, but I gather it was pretty unpleasant for those of you who were."

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"It wasn't the best vacation spot," Rose agreed, breaking off a piece of her muffin and playing with it. "But, um, you know, it doesn't seem like anyone from here died so that's a plus."

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Claire had some of the Muffins (of Triumph) from the third floor common room. And she knew that the roof was a popular spot for people to emo think.

"Hi, I come bearing muffins," she said.

Oh, look, two former cabinmates that she hardly knew.

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Even if he'd eaten pasta, Alex still wasn't all too prepared for food, lack of vampire or not. He'd seen what they did and that was enough.

"I'm living off cigarettes," he said, eyeing her a little more closely than he would most people. "For the moment, at least. No muffins for me."

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"Oh, okay," Claire said with a shrug. "Kate and I thought people might enjoy them. How come you're living off cigarettes?"

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"I haven't had any in three days," he explained and figured she'd get it from there. "And I had food last night. Think I'm still full."

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Yeah, she got it and frowned. "Ah, that makes sense. You okay?"

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"Fine." Except not. He just wasn't in an overly sharing mood right now. Still, he squinted at her briefly before shaking his head. Memories were overlapping. "We'll see how long it takes me to actually get some real sleep."

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Claire noticed the odd looks and wondered what that was all about. "Yeah, my roommate barely slept last night. We mostly watched chick flicks and ate ice cream."

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"She get hit with that sleeping sickness too?" He assumed so but the island was fucked so maybe there'd been a multitude of things.