[log] justin! he's punching all my blood out! [closed]

[bywolves]

Characters: Royce Melborn and Alfie Solomons
Location: House 12
Date: Day 351ish
Summary: We'll see if they both last the night, honestly.
Warnings: violence, extra stuff will be cw'd in the subject lines.

BUILDING 12: This bizarre house, while fully intact, only consists of one very large empty room and a hatch that leads to the maintenance tunnels.

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[devoutish]

Gwen and Hadrian helped, surely.

[bywolves]

Sometimes.

[devoutish]

[Alfie's jaw works. He goes quiet for a moment, thinking.

It's difficult to fix something like that. It goes deep.]

[bywolves]

[ It's manageable, usually. In places not like this, he isn't overwhelmed by it, but here... it creeps up his spine and sticks. Royce doesn't say anything else, but he does absently hold at Alfie's shirt and rub the fabric of it between his fingers. Almost like a safety blanket. ]

[devoutish]

I do love you, Royce.

[He says after a moment, eyes closed. Royce's past self could stab him a million times, and he still would.]

[bywolves]

I know. [ Royce mumbles, sleepily. ] I love you too.

[devoutish]

[Alfie drops off pretty quickly after that. He'll sleep soundly for a good few hours, despite it being daytime and despite having slept through the previous night, but after a bit he'll get restless, twitching and kicking.]

[bywolves]

[ Royce passes out, too - but he sobers up, at least. When Alfie starts to kick, it wakes Royce up halfway, and he mumbles something unintelligible as he scoots up, wrapping his arms around Alfie and hugging him close.

He tucks Alfie's head under his chin and sighs out a quiet shhh, absently petting at his hair the way Alfie does for him sometimes. ]

[devoutish]

[Alfie murmurs something equally unintelligible in a questioning tone of voice. His lips twitch, and he burrows in closer still, seeking warmth.]

[bywolves]

[ Royce repeats the soft shhh, pulling the blankets closer to them. He's still mostly asleep, but he's insistent on making sure Alfie can settle down. He pets whatever he can reach, soothing. ]

[devoutish]

Shouldn't sleep all day.

[He rumbles, waking just enough to say that before immediately drifting off again. They shouldn't, but they probably will.]

[bywolves]

[ Royce probably will, though. He's recovering from being drunk, and from having not slept for a few days - he's warm, and Alfie is warm, and he just... sleeps.

For a while, anyway. He needs to change Alfie's bandages and check on the wound at some point, which he'll remember later. ]