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[geeky_agent]

Chris leans her head against Jack's shoulder as he carries her into his room. She has managed to stop giggling.

Somewhat.

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[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Coming upstairs from the bar, Jack somehow manages to open two doors and get them into his--or recently, more like their--bedroom.

He places her on the bed, leaning over her and kissing her for a moment.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris kisses back enthusiastically, arms still wrapped around his neck.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He kisses her for a moment more, then pulls back; he can't do this at the moment. He rests his forehead against hers, instead. "You should drink some water or you're going to have one hell of a hangover tomorrow."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

She nods slightly, which means she rubs her forehead before pulling away and plopping her head on his shoulder.

"Water'sgood," she mumbles.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He gives her a quick kiss on the cheek before heading to the bathroom and getting her an glass of water.

"Drink up and just hope you keep it down," he says, walking back into the bedroom.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"Thanks."

Obediently, she drinks, even though her arms feel more like jello than solid and she is ready to sleep.

When most of it is gone she puts the glass on the night table and gives Jack a playful, albeit sleepy, smile. "I need help gettin' undressed."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Which would be flirty, if he didn't know that undressing a drunk person is anything but sexy. It's more of a pain in the ass, considering they usually have the coordination of a two-year-old.

"Yeah, I thought you might," he says softly, pulling her shoes off.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris has the coordination of a clumsy five year-old, thank you very much! Besides the almost nekkidness is part of the flirting.

Shoes off, she unbuttons her skirt and starts wriggling out of it. After this it's only her stocking and her bra but she might leave the later on - too difficult to get off now.

Or knowing her she'll take it off in the middle of the night, while half-asleep.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack helps her pull her stockings off, then folds her clothes over the back of one of the chairs. Changing for bed himself, he manages to manouvre the covers out from under her and curls up next to her before pulling the covers over them.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

She's nearly asleep when her head hits the pillos. Chris snuggles into his arms and murmurs, "G'night."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Night sweetheart," he says, wrapping an arm around her, listening to her breathing as she falls asleep.

Sleep isn't as easy to come by for him though. He lies awake for a while, just holding Chris and wondering why it's so damned hard to break through the fog that he's been in the last couple days. Why his girlfriend can come on to him and he can't reach out and take what she's offering.

He closes his eyes for a moment and sighs. He's not going to get to sleep anytime soon, he can tell. Carefully he extricates himself from her arms and dresses again, before heading back down to the bar for a while.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

When Jack comes back up from the bar, he's still trembling all over. He hasn't had the shakes this badly since he was in rehab, but these... He hates the fact that he can't keep his hands steady, but somehow he feels...better. More focussed, less dazed, more aware of his surroundings. He still hurts a lot with every thought about the battle with the Other, but at least it was something of an improvement.

Damn. Maybe talking about stuff did help, to some extent.

At the moment, it's not helping him calm down though. He takes a seat on the couch in his living room for a moment, closing his eyes and taking deep breaths. He can't go back in the bedroom and curl up next to Chris when he's shaking like a leaf. He doesn't want to wake her.

Eventually the trembling subsides for the most part, leaving hiim feeling exhausted. For once he feels like he might sleep the night through.

Creeping into the bedroom, he changes back into his sleeping clothes then crawls into bed, curling up next to Chris. He's going to have to tell her about this sometime, he knows--even if she'd said he didn't have to. Those kind of secrets...they'd ruined every relationship he'd ever had. No matter how difficult it would be, he has to do it. Sometime.

For the moment, though, he's willing to just hold her as he sleeps.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris hadn't noticed him leave but she had felt his return, she had felt his arms wrapped around her as she slept.

She doesn't wake though, instead sleeping through the night. In the morning she stirs, feeling the sunlight on her face and it seems to bright, like facing the noonday sun. Chris pulls the blanket over her head.

This doesn't last long till she realizes she's also thirsty. She sits up to drink what's left of her water, then with a groan realizes she'll have to get up to get more.

Moving is difficult and she feels a little shaky when she first stands, her steps slow but after that it's ok.

All in all, it could have been worse.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He wakes from muddld dreams to hear her moving around. Slowly, he lifts his head off the pillow, peering in the direction of the noise through heavy-lidded eyes.

"Morning, honey. How're you feeling?"

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

She swallows the water she's drinking and falls back onto the bed, tired even though she's had plenty of sleep.

"Ugh."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He pulls the covers over her again and kisses her forehead lightly. "Need some aspirin? I can get some from the medicine cabinet if you want."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris curls closer to him. "No," she says softly, reaching up to touch his cheek. "But thank you." A small, chaste kiss. "I hope I wasn't a nuisance."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He gives her a very small smile, and this time he can actually feel that small surge of warmth. This time, the smile actually looks real.

"Not much of one. I've dealt with more annoying drunks."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"Oh those sweet nothings." She notices the smile though, it take a moment for the signifigance of it to register.

"How are you feeling?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"A bit better." He leands his forehead against hers, closing his eyes. "I couldn't sleep last night, so I went back downstairs for a while. I ended up talking to Malcolm Crowe."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

She strokes his face, the morning stubble rough against her fingers. The fact that he spoke to Malcolm has her hopeful but she's trying to remain neutral, easy to do when she's this tired. "How did that go?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He gives her a weak smile. "It was...rough, but it helped a bit, I think. I've been feeling kind of...detached and dazed lately. Like I've been sleepwalking, and I haven't been able to shake it. I don't really feel that way right now."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris nods, she knew this, it would be impossible not to notice the change in his behavior since his fight with the Other.

"Did you tell him about what happened?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He nods slowly, brushing an errant curl away from her face. "Yeah, I did. The worst part of it at least."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

She smiles slightly at this, relieved more than she can express, and touches his hand, holding it in hers. "I'm glad you spoke to someone about it."