feral kou AUs for shutsdown

[miraculess]

AND AGAIN :')

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[miraculess]

Not that so much as you wouldn't be in this situation at all if you hadn't stepped in to help me to begin with. I knew those men.

[ she sure is not commenting on it at all. yet. she is, however, shoving his blanket at him as soon as she finds it.

that and giving him some laser-intent looks, but surely those could be written off for a number of reasons. ]

[shutsdown]

[those looks are... interesting, but not enough so that he'd analyze them in his current state.] How do you know them?

[miraculess]

I said I was trouble, didn't I? So are they, and we're all territorial.

[shutsdown]

So it's that kind of situation... [exactly as expected.]

[miraculess]

[ shrugs with another of those mechanical noises ]

I don't need anyone else drawing law enforcement's attention near where I'm staying.

[ translation: she beats the shit out of anyone she catches committing crimes in her vicinity. for her own safety, of course. ]

[shutsdown]

Aah. It's a good plan. [DON'T GET CAUGHT DON'T GET CAUGHT DON'T GET CAUGHT]

[miraculess]

[ makes a vague noise in agreement, giving him another one of those Looks before she shakes herself, gets to her feet ]

...You should rest.

[shutsdown]

[...tucks himself into the blanket properly, gingerly.] I will.

[miraculess]

[ seems satisfied by that, gently kicking the pillow she'd gotten him over in his direction as well on her way to the door ]

Don't jump out of any windows this time.

[ ... ]

I'll come by to check on you if I can do so without being followed.

[shutsdown]

[... ??? well okay] If you want.

[miraculess]

[ considers being honest, and saying it's what she'd wished for the multiple times she's been shot or otherwise wounded badly enough to make her miserable

nah. nodding and seeing herself out, already idly making a mental list of things she should make a priority of scrounging for him (and refusing to think about why) ]

[shutsdown]

[he'll actually be good and rest, still pretty stunned by guns, what the fuck ultimately he'll just be resting whenever she comes by again, glamour still down. it's not like there are mirrors in here.]

[miraculess]

[ it's... actually only a couple of hours before she drops by again, mostly because she'd noticed he didn't have water. she's not bothering to be quiet this time, at least; he can tell it's her by the whirring and creaking long before she gets to the door. ]

[shutsdown]

[He starts to get up when he hears her coming. It's an undertaking, since his healing has only just started to properly kick in, and it's not as accelerated as it could be, but he's pretty much upright by the time she makes it down the hall.]

[miraculess]

[ hears that and frowns. ...there's no way he's enough of an idiot to be moving, though, right...?

...he jumped out a window with broken ribs of course he is. a little tersely: ]

I'm back. May I come in?

[shutsdown]

[on the bright side his ribs are pretty much better by now?] Yeah, come in. [sitting with his back to the wall, when he was definitely out flat when she left.]

[miraculess]

[ hipchecks the door open. she's got a beaten-up old bag full of something-or-other that he can hear faint clinking and sloshing from. also a cup of instant kitsune oden that is still faintly steaming. ]

What happened to resting?

[shutsdown]

[cocks his head, the most exciting bit of expression he's done... basically since she met him. what are faces? what is body language?] I am resting. [he's not doing heavy lifting or anything so it's fine, obviously.]

[miraculess]

You're putting unnecessary stress on your shoulder, is what you're doing. ...At least it's good timing.

[ going to come over and hand him the udon ]

[shutsdown]

[carefully takes the udon, inhaling its scent but not visibly reacting otherwise.] It'll be fine...

[miraculess]

[ delicious shitty instant udon. it's got fried tofu and egg in it though, VERY IMPORTANT PROTEIN FOR FIXING THE BIG HOLE IN HIS SHOULDER

and it's warm. who knows how she managed that, but it is a hot meal. ]

...If you say so. However... one of us has been shot multiple times, and it isn't you.

[ unpacking waterbottles ]

[shutsdown]

That's true... Thank you, for the food. [tucking in with the air of a man half-starved]

[miraculess]

[ ...stops what she's doing for a moment to watch that, feeling oddly warmed

after a moment she remembers to respond ]

You're— you're welcome.