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Post by Ashley Godfrey on Jan 21, 2014 17:44:30 GMT
Ashley narrowed her eyes as she watched Tiffany leave then turned her attention to Broderick "now was that really a good idea? Do you not want to see your girlfriend at all for the next few weeks?"
Broderick sighed and frowned not even thinking of that "she probably won't even come back and if she does Charlotte would probably find it funny.." He commented hopefully "I was doing her a favor it's best to get it over with and whot not"
Ashley sighed deeply and shook her head then went back to tending to thorfinn frowning in concern
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A few more days had passed where Ashley had been over and taking care of Thorfinn everyday before and after her classes, he was awake and actually coherent when she arrived at Broderick's that day after school smiling at him sweetly she brought him some soup and set it on the table to give him after she applied his solution to stop the Itching.
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Tiffany Lestrange
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jan 21, 2014 18:45:23 GMT
Coherent as Rowle might have been, it wasn't necessarily an improvement. Being able to speak just made him more able to complain. Being able to move made it easier to try to dodge helping hands.
"Wait." he put a hand up softly before she could help him, stifling a yawn before squirming back a little & pulling the blankets up a little tighter. "That stuff makes me all .. sticky." He was in the middle of his complaint when the front door being knocked on interupted him. He paused, glancing at his bedroom door, open, then sunk deeper into the covers. Broderick would get it, obviously.
Tiffany hadn't been in classes for the last few days - it wasn't too rare for her, some times she would get caught up in work & find more important things to do than go to the castle. This was different, though, as she'd been in the dorm, instead. She kept her curtains tightly locked around her bed & refused to let anyone pass them, the only sign of life being when she'd reach one arm out to her nightstand to switch out the text book that she was currently poring over.
When the front door of the Bode residence swung open, it became apparent why.
Her usual dark appearance was still there, as always, but a red blush was creeping up the sides of her neck & jaw to her face, leaving her skin looking flushed, overheated, feverish. Her arms & legs were entirely masked by clothing - where she normally wore a skirt or dress, she now had on long black slacks, covering every inch of herself carefully. Her school attire normally didn't consist of the boots she wore to work in, but she wore them now, leaving the tops of her feet entirely covered.
"Do you want to know what happened to my brother when he got the chicken pox?" she asked, instead of going inside.
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Post by Ashley Godfrey on Jan 25, 2014 20:23:24 GMT
Ashley smiled at thorfinn sweetly "I know but you need to put it on, it's going to help you" she pulled back the blankets once again and poured some solution onto her hand and began applying it to the red spots on the older man.
Broderick swung the door open after he heard the abrupt knock and cocked an eyebrow at Tiffany before side stepping to invite her in "I can take a guess he wasn't coddled and had warm soup made for him constantly"
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jan 25, 2014 22:50:54 GMT
Thorfinn weakly tried to protest, but his strength clearly wasn't there. Whining pathetically, he squirmed back a little under her hands & winced. "S'cold." he mumbled, reaching over & pulling a pillow up to cover his chest, wrapping his arms protectively around himself.
Tiffany stared up at him, not entering yet, her voice cracking hoarsely when she spoke next. "My mother heat-sealed his door closed & our elf slid his meals under it. She & my father started drinking together with every meal, then they'd send me and Esma to play outside while they fucked, in case they needed to replace Soleus. They'd sound-proof his room when he would cry for them. He was four."
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jan 29, 2014 5:40:05 GMT
Broderick stared at Tiffany clearly appalled "stay with me" he insisted and extended a hand out to her to pull her inside his eyes soft and concerned "please"
Ashley smiled at thorfinn sweetly and without warning curled up next to him her finger nails gently tracing down his back through his black wife beater relieving some of the itching slightly "I can warm you up" she mumbled softly into his shoulder snuggling him affectionately.
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jan 29, 2014 5:43:52 GMT
"Are you hitting on me?" he mumbled, lifting his head a bit & nuzzling into her hair sleepily, only half aware of his actions. They'd never taken things so 'far' before - they were always on the fence of will-they-won't-they & when they'd kissed, it was never properly explained or discussed afterward. They hadn't really had a chance, actually, since he'd come down with his current ailment so soon afterward.
"Brent's already sick." she said softly, her voice cracking again - it sounded distinctly like the sound of a voice seconds away from crying. "And now Rowle. And now me. I just -" she stumbled forward pathetically, into the threshold, reaching for his outstretched hand & grabbing his forearm for balance, dipping her head down for a moment to regain her composure.
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jan 29, 2014 5:47:16 GMT
Ashley turned as red as thorfinn was and peeked up at him with a shy giggle shaking her head "nooooooooo I was trying to warm you up" pulling away from him bashfully she went to sit up feeling embarrassed.
Broderick softened and looked at her guiltily "I'm sorry tiff I thought if you got it over wth it would put you at less of a risk and I the long run be better for you"
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jan 29, 2014 5:50:45 GMT
Thorfinn clumsily reached up & tried to pull her closer. "No, no, it was working, come back." his fingers slipped & didn't gain purchase on her, instead just flopping to the bed beside him uselessly. He let out a loud whine & rolled onto his stomach, curling up a little. "No more lotion. Soup." he said into his pillow. Clearly a five year old in a grown man's body, when he got sick.
"This is not a good time for me to be sick." she said, her voice was sharp, like a hiss, but it was too ill & tired to hold any real venomous tone. She frowned, feeling a little lightheaded from her lack of sleep & food, on top of being sick, & momentarily leaned into his chest before 'waking herself up' & jolting back up, standing up straight & frowning as if trying to remember where she was & how she got there.
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jan 29, 2014 5:55:31 GMT
Ashley grinned at that and sighed deeply "fine" soup, pulling away the blankets enough so that she could help him sit up and rest against the headboard she leviated some soup over to him, covered him up again then snuggled into him her fingers comfortingly running through his hair.
Broderick sighed and pulled Tiffany into his arms and carried her bridal style into his guest room "well good time or not you are sick so let's deal with it"
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Tiffany Lestrange
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jan 29, 2014 5:58:44 GMT
Thorfinn hummed in approval & leaned into her hand, drinking some of the soup pitifully. The potions he'd been making himself weren't helping with the healing, but they kept him doped up enough to not feel so miserable all of the time. The anti-itching potions he'd made had been replaced with the lotion Ashley brought over, which had made him a little less drugged, & thus able to actually speak, but not much better.
She began to nod off again in his arms, forgetting where she was once again & snuggling sleepily into his chest, stifling a little yawn. This was likely the least-threatening she'd been around him since being stuck as a toddler.
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Post by Broderick Bode on Jan 29, 2014 6:08:16 GMT
Broderick sighed to himself and set Tiffany down in the spare bed then gently pulled the covers up over her.
Ashley smiled at him and peeked up at him in his sleepy daze biting on her lower lip "you are painfully adorable when you're sick"
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Tiffany Lestrange
i'm not a fool, i just love that you're dead inside, i'm not a fool, i'm just lifeless too.
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Post by Tiffany Lestrange on Jan 29, 2014 6:12:46 GMT
"Am not." Thorfinn huffed, pulling the soup away from his mouth to pout at her properly. His expression wasn't helping his argument, at all. He sat up properly at the sound in the hallway & leaned over Ashley a bit to try to look out the slightly ajar door of his bedroom. He didn't want to call out for Broderick & ask - that would count as talking to him, which he was still trying not to do, despite how difficult it was growing in his current situation. "Washappening?"
Tiffany squirmed sleepily & sat up a little as he pulled up the blankets, rubbing her eyes & then resting her back against the headboard, looking up at him uselessly for a moment. What was she supposed to do? Sleep? With all of the nightmares & hallucinations & unfamiliar house sounds? "Who else is here?" she asked him, alert once again, her tone suspicious & nervous.
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Post by Ashley Godfrey on Feb 1, 2014 6:38:46 GMT
Broderick pushed her back down again gently "thorfinn you know the man who lives here and Ashley"
Ashley glanced at the door then turned back to thorfinn "Tiffany is here I think...I just saw Broderick carrying her into the other guest room"
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Post by Thorfinn Rowle on Feb 1, 2014 6:42:47 GMT
"Don't." Tiff complained softly, sitting up a bit further once he laid her back, "I- I forgot he was here. Why is Ashley here?" Her breathing sped up, pupils dilating.
"Ew." Thorfinn mumbldd softly, cuddling up to Ashley's leg sleepily. "Keep her out, okay? And don't leave." He reached for his soup again pitifully.
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Post by Ashley Godfrey on Feb 1, 2014 6:46:18 GMT
Broderick frowned slightly "well he isn't talking to me or accepting any help from me right now so someone has to take care of him, Ashley volenteered" with a sigh he levitated some soup in a bowl from the kitchen "here this will help"
Ashley shook her head and sighed deeply then smiled and nodded "I won't leave I promise" she let her fingers brush through his hair and along his forehead as he slept sneakily kissing his temple once.
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