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Cal Chandler ([personal profile] americas_son) wrote2011-02-18 12:48 pm

Sunnydale AU: careful of the curse

Tina is finally asleep. Richard has been and gone, leaving a mild sedative so she can sleep between transformations. Cal closes the guestroom door quietly behind him, trying to think through his own physical and emotional exhaustion (and low blood sugar, and nicotine withdrawal) to decide exactly where Sherlock will be.

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-18 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Cal holds on to him, thinking of how Sherlock held him as he finally cried for his father.

(He hasn't cried over it since.

He doesn't know if he'd be able to stop.)

He's nowhere near tears this time, though; he breathes carefully for a moment, composing himself, then says,

"The furniture's not gonna move itself."
if_inconvenient: (== ultimately inconsequential)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
"All right."

Sherlock lets go and steps back.

"Can you manage the desk if I take the chair?"

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Cal eyes it.

"Let's find out."

It turn out that he can, more or less, pushing it toward the door. It's lighter than he would have expected.
if_inconvenient: (== very conscientiously)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
"It'll fit in nicely at the end of the hall, I think. I'll relocate the chair and then come back to give you a hand."

He does exactly that. The vaguely office-like room at the end of the hall is small, but sparsely furnished; the desk will indeed fit just fine.

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
When they get the desk into the little room, Cal leans against it to get his breath back.

He doesn't really get a lot of sustained exercise.
if_inconvenient: (<= I know it sounds absurd)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Sherlock waits politely for him.

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
"The bed next?"

They are, he realizes, going to have to take it apart to get it through the door.

Well. It'll be easier to carry.
if_inconvenient: (!= that was Victorian)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
"That may present a little more difficulty, but yes."

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
"We'll need . . ." He gestures vaguely.

Tools of some kind. Probably.
if_inconvenient: (== very conscientiously)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't believe so, actually. Not for this one. Shall we find out?"
if_inconvenient: (== ultimately inconsequential)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
He leads the way back down the hall.

As it turns out, once they have extracted the mattress, the frame comes apart quite tidily.

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Cal appreciates this, as it makes the whole process go a bit faster. And he doesn't have to deal with trying to use tools.
if_inconvenient: (== come all the same)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
In the end, the mattress stays. Tina may as well be comfortable before her transformation, and no one else in this house will ever be particularly keen to sleep on that thing.

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
There isn't much else in the room to worry about - a couple random paintings on the walls, which are easy to move, and a rug.

Eventually, they end up in their living room. Cal has a fresh soda and is pretending that project didn't take as much out of him as it did.
if_inconvenient: (>= with his dignity on maximum)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Sherlock is pretending to believe him.



Not, mind you, pretending very hard.

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
He's pretending more for his own benefit than Sherlock's, anyway. If he lets himself feel how tired he is now, he won't be awake for Tina.

He'll sleep while she's transformed, if he can.
if_inconvenient: (<= I know it sounds absurd)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
What a sensible idea.

[identity profile] take-youaway.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Tina wakes up after a long and restful sleep. She didn't dream, she doesn't feel drugged - whatever that sedative was did the trick. She almost feels normal. Then she remembers why she's here in a strange guestroom. She closes her eyes tightly against the tears.

She gets out of bed and puts her jeans back on. She's really, really hungry. When she opens the door of the guest room, she smells lingering scents of cooked food, and her stomach growls.

She also detects Cal's scent, and Sherlock's, too. They aren't far away. If it weren't horrific and embarrassing, it would be kind of neat the way she can find people now. She wipes the sleep from her eyes as she pads down the hall in her bare feet.

"Hey."

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Cal looks up at the sound of her voice and smiles.

"Hey."

He gets up and goes over to her.

"How you feeling?"

[identity profile] take-youaway.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Better would be a lie, as would okay.

"Rested. I needed that sleep. And, um, hungry? May I make a sandwich or something, if that's okay?"
if_inconvenient: (== come all the same)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course. And if you would like anything more complicated, I and my kitchen are at your service."

[identity profile] take-youaway.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd, um, if it's okay, maybe something hot?"

She'd like steak. Or hamburger meat. Or... oh, god.

At least she wasn't a vegetarian or anything. Before.

"But not if it's a trouble. I've been enough trouble."
if_inconvenient: (!= that was Victorian)

[personal profile] if_inconvenient 2011-02-19 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
He smiles. "It's fine. I like to cook. Shall we?"

[identity profile] americas-son.livejournal.com 2011-02-19 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Cal reaches over to take Tina's hand.

"Let's."

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