[closed] You left a bloodstain on the floor

[bechdelpls]

who: Sarah, Caleb, and Chase
what: OVERJOYED REUNIONS
when: Shortly after the animal roundup
where: Communal Floor Number 2
warnings: UHHH none yet but there's a teenage sociopath and magic involved so things could get adventurous!!



Sarah sits down on her assigned bed, pulling the cuffs of her sweater over her hands. Displaced. That word feels like a failure, somehow. It's the reason they took her. It's her own fault. She's glad the place is empty, at least for the moment. She's barely been here half a day, and she's already overwhelmed. She was overwhelmed the moment she staggered into the grip of the perimeter guard, if she's being honest, but in the moment at least she could distract herself with learning about where she'd found herself. She could pretend this was normal and wait to cry until she was by herself.

Except now that she's by herself, she can't seem to manage it. She just feels strange and numb. One stupid thought keeps circling in her head, and it's that her parents would be proud that their daughter got a full ride scholarship to college. Except it's a college in another universe, on a moon. She doesn't even know what kind of scholastic achievements the place has. Or how she would compare those scholastic achievements to anything she's familiar with. It's not like there are a lot of moon school options, or at least it doesn't seem like there are.

"Oh my God," Sarah says, and kicks her boots off to draw her legs up onto the bed, flop over, and press her face into her pillow.

That's about when she hears a noise in the hall. Specifically, people arguing in the hall, and coming closer. She groans into the pillow and slowly sits up, wiping her face.

--Is that a dog barking? Are there dogs on the moon?

Comments

[bastardofipswich]

Suddenly, this is a lot less funny, because if Caleb's going to expect him to just roll over for Sarah every time she decides she wants to hit him, he's going to fling the both of them right out the window. As far as Chase is concerned, this is his chance at a life that's a hell of a lot more promising than the one he left behind in Ipswich. He's got no reason to stick with the two of them, and he's not going to let them drag him back down because they can't get over a little bit of attempted murder.

It's not like he succeeded, after all.

Chase gets up, dusting himself off, and shoots the lovebirds an ugly glare. "Well, isn't this a touching reunion," he spits out, all venom in his voice now. Might as well leave them to it. The dog stays behind in the communal room-- he's confident they wouldn't do anything stupid to Cujo-- as Chase storms out.

[wiccecraft]

DId Chase really just leave his dog to go pout about...something? Not having a significant other? What?

Caleb frowns at his retreating back and then glances at Sarah, and then at the dog. And then at the cat, who immediately attempts to ride the dog like a tiny pony, causing Cujo to erupt into a series of whines and barks. Caleb puts a stop to that by clicking his tongue at the cat, who instead jumps down and tries to wind herself between his and Sarah's feet.

"I'm sorry," he says, because he is and because Chase should be but isn't. He's sorry that she's trapped here instead of back home, sorry that he dragged her into this however unwittingly. He has to admit though, some small part of him is glad she's here. Glad he isn't completely alone (though with Chase around, is he really?).

[bechdelpls]

"You don't have to be sorry." She half-turns so she can hug him properly and rest her cheek against his chest. "I wonder if these people even thought about who they were putting in a room together. Like--I don't know, I guess there's no way they could have checked something like this."

She lets go of Caleb, mostly so she can pay proper attention to Cujo. "Hello, cutie. Who's a good boy? Who's a much much better boy than Chase?"