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Pam Swynford De Beaufort ([personal profile] lazy_but_loyal) wrote2014-10-15 10:23 am

OOM - Pam's room

Pam would've objected to being carried.

But, ah, what the hell. She'd earned it.

And she wouldn't have been able to do anything about it anyway, because the moment Eric wrapped his arms around her, her body just gave out. It didn't want to be upright anymore. It didn't want to move on its own. It didn't want to lift a thing.

Besides, Eric is comfortable.

She didn't care where he was carrying her, just as long as it was away.

And then, even though Pam's eyes were closed and her senses were nearly shutting down from sheer exhaustion, she knew that they'd stepped into Milliways. Somewhere at the back of her foggy mind, she thought, Perfect. She'd never wanted to be here more than right now.


She smells Jemma, and she hears her voice. She would say hello, but, meh, too tired.


They arrive in her room.
protect_and_survey: (Hard day of almost dying)

[personal profile] protect_and_survey 2014-10-16 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
She frowns, vaguely, but it's hard to work up much consternation over being licked when she's just too tired.

"That's..." She blinks slowly, sighing and nearly losing track of her train of thought.

The correct answer is probably 'a bad idea', or 'something I'll do when I get home', but instead she nods. "That's probably a good thought."
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[personal profile] protect_and_survey 2014-10-16 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
She ought not. She really ought not. But the bed is so soft, and really, she just needs a catnap.

"Just a moment or two, that's all..." She agrees, curling into the empty space at Pam's side like a drowsy kitten.
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[personal profile] onceaviking 2014-10-16 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Eric gets off the bed, holding his hands out and giving Pam a look in return.
What?
He was just being practical.

That's all.

He goes into the bathroom and returns with a glass of water for Jemma.
He's also wiped his face clean.

His in-control exterior is beginning to wear a little thin.

He'll have to go back. Sit in the car with the two of them, the Queen and the King.
Smile at Edginton. When all he wants to do is kill him.

"I'm sorry it took so long," he says to Pam.
Eric never apologizes.
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[personal profile] onceaviking 2014-10-16 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Edgington had me kill Sophie-Ann's guards," he says in reply, tangling his fingers with hers.
"And I fed on Sookie's cousin. She's Sophie-Ann's pet."

What a tiny world they live in.

"I did try though."
Resting his face against the top of her head. Breathing in the scent of her hair.
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[personal profile] onceaviking 2014-10-16 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can stay a little while here," he says. Kissing her hair.
"But I have to go back to Mississippi with Edgington. Just for a couple of nights."

And he doesn't know what to do. He can't kill a 3,000 year old vampire in a fight. And he has to. He has to kill him.

And he can't tell her.

"Now the revenue from Fangtasia will end up in his accounts I doubt he'll want to keep me away for too long."

Unless the sly looks mean something.
In which case, -
No.

He will do whatever it takes to get his revenge. Now that Pam is free.
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[personal profile] onceaviking 2014-10-16 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
He feels that pang.
And rubs her back. Soothingly. One large hand moving slowly from the back of her skull and down to the curve of her ass.

"We'll have him mopped up and if The Authorithy shows up, we give them Edgington."

This is a lie. He wants his death for himself.

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[personal profile] onceaviking 2014-10-16 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
He pretends not to notice.

And then she is poking him and he says, "Like what?" All out upon innocence.
As if he has ever done anything untoward to a sleeping woman.

Well, he hasn't done it recently. Or frequently.

"You should keep wine here, you know," he says, settling down on the bed. "It often comes in very handy." He would know.
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[personal profile] onceaviking 2014-10-16 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Eric sits back, resting against the headboard with his legs stretched out in front of him.
He keeps his shoes on. It's not like Pam can see him.

He looks down at Jemma lying beside him. Curled up and pale.
And for the briefest of moments, she is a bleeding child, torn apart and crushed - and he blinks and shakes his head and she is Jemma again.

Edgington will suffer for this.

He pushes a stray lock of hair out of Jemma's face.
He owes her for this.
She's a brave little thing.

And stupid.

Sookie Humans often are.

He sighs and rubs his hands over his face.
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[personal profile] protect_and_survey 2014-10-16 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Jemma knew she was right - this bed is dangerous. It's the sort of bed that can make an entire weekend disappear because it is just that comfortable, and part of her is disinclined to ever move again.

The rest is reminding her that falling asleep around a pair of vampires, no matter how favorably inclined, wasn't her brightest move. It's something she's going to neglect to mention to... well. Much of anyone.

"Mrph. I'm up, I'm up." She mutters, entirely unconvincingly, given how she fails to suit action to words.
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[personal profile] onceaviking 2014-10-16 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
And without even thinking much about it, he shushes her, stroking her hair a couple of times.
He likes hair.

For a dangerous predator, Eric has surprisingly calming hands. They're also quite cold of course.
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[personal profile] protect_and_survey 2014-10-16 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
She should... get up. And...

And that feels nice.

She'll just... gather her strength, for a moment. Make a mental list of the things she needs to get done before going back to the lab.

...

She gets through two things (Item 1: Get new notepads. Item 2: Write a note to Fitz about the spiderbot she saw up in the rafters.) before she's drowsing again.
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[personal profile] onceaviking 2014-10-17 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Eric hadn't realized that he was paying attention to the sounds. From the bathroom.
Not until he felt himself relax, just a little, at the sound of the blowdryer.

She was okay.

He didn't really notice he was still stroking Jemma's hair,p. soothingly.
And not really for her benefit.

The talons of the fear of losing Pam were slow to let go.

The deepest sorrow, to loose a child.

To loose a child.

He found himself nodding. Yes. That would be where he would start. Russell Edgington would feel that sorrow and pain. To loose a child.

All he had to do was make sure he was alone with soft, pretty, preening Talbot. Just long enough.
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[personal profile] protect_and_survey 2014-10-17 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
She fell asleep being petted, and wakes up to the same - a large steady hand, steady and soothing.

...

Combined with the fuzzy-headedness of bloodloss, it's giving her a distinct feeling of being lost in Wonderland at the moment, unable to quite get her bearings.

Bed.

Right. Dratted ridiculously comfortable bed that will be her downfall and possibly swallow her whole. That one.

...

She should get up. Or. Uppish. Make an effort, as it were.

The petting's nice.

Up, Simmons.

"This thing should come with a warning label." Jemma mutters as she works on the whole 'sitting up' thing. It's a process, where the distinct woozy feeling is not helping things one tiny bit.
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[personal profile] protect_and_survey 2014-10-17 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
It takes some stubbornness, but eventually Jemma is sitting upright, and is feeling rather proud of herself for her accomplishment. She really hopes she doesn't run into Hill in the hallway. Or Fitz. ... Actually, anyone who knows her, that'd be grand.

"I didn't ask." She notes, after some owl-eyed observation of Eric and his graphically-decorated attire. "Are you alright?"
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[personal profile] onceaviking 2014-10-17 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
"What?" Eric says, and then "I'm fine."

He's not. And the lie may not be as smooth as it normally is.
Then he looks at the bathroom door and says, softly, "She's alright," and the emotion in his voice is no lie at all.

He gets up from the bed.

"I'll have some food sent up for you. You should eat, "he says to Jemma.

He'll need to look into getting a will drawn up. When he gets back from the King's.

'And Jemma?"

He does not like to be beholden. But he acknowledges when he is.

"Thank you. "

He raises his voice. Even though he doesn't have to.
"I'm going downstairs, Pam. I'll be back later."

Not leaving her before he's said goodbye.

But he needs space. And blood.

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[personal profile] protect_and_survey 2014-10-17 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
He's gone before she can do much more than babble a half-coherent 'you're welcome' (that doesn't come out nearly so concise), so she gives it up as a bad job and settles back to take stock of her situation.

She doesn't get very far (this is becoming a somewhat tiresome theme) before there's a tiny rattattat on the door.

Jemma's just fine with ignoring it, but it gets repeated before too long.

"Um. Pam?" But evidently someone gave the waitrats door keys, because the door swings open to admit two hard-working rats. They trundle past with the heavily laden tray, and after setting it up to their satisfaction, take themselves away again.

"... I'm not sure if I would be more or less reassured if that was a hallucination."

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