011 ☣ sleepover!

[fridgetothefire]

Private text to Ben, later at night after this post:

hy can i crash at your plcae tonite

i dont wanna go back to mine



[Private to Alex, the next morning]

i have a gigantic hangover

bring me breakfast u owe me

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[warisart]

[It doesn't take him long, and he's certain he hasn't been followed; that's what took the longest. He slips back through the door on cat-silent feet, shutting the door with a quiet click just in case she's actually fallen asleep.

She hasn't, he can see when he cranes his neck to look, so he sets the pack of bottled water he took from her room as well down on the floor next to the bed, and extends the folded cape.]

No one saw me.

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[fridgetothefire]

[She gives him a smile, wan but genuine, and wraps the cape tight around her shoulders before drinking most of a water bottle in one go.]

You're a hero.

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[warisart]

No. [Ben tilts his head quizzically, already stepping back.] I'm....

[He doesn't know anymore; not a soldier, not not a soldier, not...

She's tired. She's safe. The rest can wait.]

If you need anything else, I will be in my warden's cabin. I will have my communicator at all times.

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[fridgetothefire]

[She just kind of shakes her head, fond and languid.]

I'll remember. Thank you.