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After the rescue....
After getting back home to Earth, things were touch and go fro Avalon. For the first week or so he had trouble sleeping - he was afraid to sleep, and would often end up crawling into bed with Josh or Henry in the middle of the night. Only then would he sleep, if at all. There were other signs of trauma that were hard to see with the naked eye - small enclosed spaces like the bathroom or even a car would cause him anxiety. He took to showering when no one else was about so that he could leave the door open. He also seemed quite unwilling to let his wings out, and actually had to be convinced it was okay to bring them out of the pocket realm he kept them in. Only Henry and Josh were allowed to see or touch them, and even then he was anxious and twitchy.
As June passed into July though, things have started to slow down, and Avalon seems to be adjusting better. About a week or so ago, he started flying again, although he wouldn't admit that he was afraid to before. Not because he didn't trust Josh's healing abilities, but because he was just that frightened of.. something he couldn't name. All of the fear and anxiety though were weathered through with a certain grimness that neither boy has seen in Avalon before. It's probably been easy for them to imagine that this is who Avalon was, long ago, when he was leading armies. He's been serious to a fault and quiet and observant. It's only at night when forced to be alone that his anxiety has come out. There have been few tears, few fits of worry. Just grim quiet that is in some ways harder to see the usually gregarious alien exhibit.
Now that July is in it's second week though, things seem.. almost normal. Avalon's trauma is all but gone, and he's actually taken to letting his wings out for short amounts of time. hes' very protective of them, and seems to almost obsessively groom the feathers, plucking any that are anything but perfect out in an old habit that comes from war. He's still on edge most of the time, but at least he's started to smile more and sleep better. He's not ended up in someone else's bed every night of the week, and he's managed to go flying almost every day for a short amount of time. He's getting better and that's the important thing.
It's Friday, and the boys have had a lazy day to themselves - Hal is off saving the universe again, leaving them to be alone and to not worry about appearances. Avalon actually sits in the middle of Henry's bed, a picture book of Earthling animals in his lap as he suns himself through one of the last afternoon sunbeams coming in Henry's window. he even has his wings out, the silvery feathers carefully arraigned around himself.
Tags: avalon, henry jordan, josh casey
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