Thomas Kyle (cantkeepmeout) wrote,
@ 2012-02-06 21:50:00

Thomas and Sarah- Meme- Angst- Seperation (AU)
She'd been gone for months without a word and with no way to trace her. Just vanished into thin air. Had it been anyone else he'd be mad that they could even pull that off without him finding them. But with her...well he'd admit he was more hurt than anything. If she was going to up and leave he'd expected...well at least a goodbye, or some note or something. Not just an empty place and no leads to follow.

Which is why she's the last person he expects to see when he drops by a supermarket in one of the smaller neighbourhoods on his way home. There's an initial moment of shock and then it hits him what she's buying and her...condition. He probably scares a few of the other customers by the way he stands there, eyebrow twitching in anger, and glaring daggers at the young woman innocently making her purchases.

He never makes it home. Instead he follows her, recklessly still in his civilian ID, as far as he can without alerting her to his presence to where she's staying. Still blinded by anger, he doesn't wait till it's completely dark and changes to Robin gear to sneak into her living room ahead of her.

A tall shadow looms behind Sarah's couch, eyebrow still twitching, as she enters.

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outfoxing
2012-02-12 01:17 am UTC (link)

"You're tired too," she points out while rubbing his hand with her thumb thoughtfully. She was trying to not draw attention to them right now.

"You could lay down with me for a while. It won't kill you," she offers keeping her voice low as she makes sure they aren't being watched too closely. She is aware they probably won't draw much attention as they really do look normal.

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cantkeepmeout
2012-02-12 01:30 am UTC (link)

He's been keeping an eye out and so far there's been nothing suspicious, which he's very glad for. But drawing attention was not good for them right now

"Not that tired," he says while trying to stifle yet another yawn. They always popped up at the most inconvenient times for him.

"I doubt that's how I'll go out," he chuckles. Lucky for him, before he can try to find a reason not to go along with her suggestion their paint is done and he's saved by the interuption. Still with her hand in his, he leads her through the crowds to the cashier.

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outfoxing
2012-02-12 01:45 am UTC (link)

"Uh-huh," she gives him a disbelieving look. And given how short she is compared to him it possibly looks funny.

She follows him happy that they'll be out of here shortly. Once they make it through the line which is made shorter by someone who offers to go after them Sarah lines up the brushes and other paint supplies so Thomas has room to set the paint cans down.

She gives him a look wondering who should pay for the paint. She doesn't want to assume that she'll pay for everything or that he won't try paying for things outside of food.

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cantkeepmeout
2012-02-12 01:54 am UTC (link)

He sets down their paint and pointedly ignores her look. She paid for the furniture when he wasn't there, not that he was pleased about that, and he wasn't having her pay anything else. He had enough cash on him, some from the emergency stash in his belt and some that he carried around anyway. In Gotham, especially at night, it was useful.

He pays for the paint, brushes and supplies, ignoring any looks she gives him. No, he's not budging on this.

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	outfoxing 2012-02-12 01:59 am UTC (link)
	Well fine be that way. She'll just slip him a few bills when he isn't looking. That is the very obvious solution to her little problem with him and his pushy ways. So Thomas will get a very innocent smile from her. Everything is fine. She won't argue here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-12 02:02 am UTC (link)
	When they get everything loaded and are back in the car Thomas turns and gives her a smug look as pulls out the bills she slipped him and hands them back, "Nice try Foxy." She wasn't going to get him that easily. Although he sensed this might turn into another game of theirs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-12 02:06 am UTC (link)
	"I'll just have to try harder," she says simply looking entertained. Now she yawns and blinks blearily. "I think I need yo get home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-12 02:11 am UTC (link)
	"Not going to get you far," he shoots back. "And that was our next stop. It's been a long enough day." It's not too long a drive back to her place, where he helps her out of the car and goes to get the paint cans and supplies to bring up to her place. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

outfoxing
2012-02-12 02:16 am UTC (link)

"See, now you're turning it into a challenge," she points out. "And here I wondered what I'd do while 'on leave'."

At least they aren't stopped on their way to the elevator. She uses the electronic eye that lets them on it and gets them to her floor. At least the downstairs was pretty safe.

Once they were on her floor she led the way towards her door and let them into her place. She kicked her shoes off and wandered towards her couch just about ready to curl up right there.

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	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-12 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"Tease me clearly," he rolls his eyes. He goes to put the stuff they bought in the future nursery and goes back to her living room to stand over her and frown as she's about to curl up there. "You should nap on your bed Foxy. The couch isn't going to do your back or hip any good." Yes, even in his enraged state last night he'd noticed the hip was causing her pain. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-12 02:29 am UTC (link)
	She blinked up at him blearily. Not even for a few minutes? Drat. "My hip is okay today," she points out as she moves so she can stand. "Nice improvement over yesterday. But... you're right. I might mess my hip up if I sleep on the couch." Her hand ends up on his arm. "Are you sure I can't tempt you for a small nap?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-12 02:36 am UTC (link)
	Damn that was tempting. "...First let's get you to bed. Do I need to carry you or are you going to go willingly?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-12 02:38 am UTC (link)
	"Oh don't worry. I like naps. And I need one just like you do." And he's going to get pulled along with her. "Just take your socks and shoes off. And it doesn't need to be a long nap, for you. I just think you need it." She insists Thomas. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-12 02:42 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah well..." He can't think of a good excuse not to as she drags him to her room. Oh screw it, he'll do the bank thing tomorrow. "Alright, I give in," he sighs as he takes off his jacket and slips off his shoes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-12 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"You're so easy to presaude," she teases as she puts her jacket up then crawls onto what she thinks of as her side of the bed. She settles down and makes sure he'll have room to lay down. "Of course I did kind of drag you in here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-12 03:01 am UTC (link)
	He takes off his socks and curls up next to her, putting one arm around her as he lets his head sink into a pillow. "Only because it's hard to say no to you," he mumbles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-12 03:07 am UTC (link)
	That has her shift to settle against him. She couldn't help it since he was so easy to curl up against. "And you need this," she says sleepily. "Don't pretend that you don't either." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-12 03:15 am UTC (link)
	He nuzzles into the crook of her neck a little a sleepily mumbles, "I'm doing it because you asked Foxy. I can patrol like this..." He's drifting off fast. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-12 03:18 am UTC (link)
	"You need to rest so you'll be effective," she says firmly. "Don't want you hurt." She kisses his cheek. "Just rest." She'll fade pretty quickly too once she lays back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-12 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Thomas is already out like a light, his arm curled protectively around her as he dozes off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-12 03:33 am UTC (link)
	It's almost three in the afternoon when she realizes she has been sleeping all this time. She stirs and feels to see if he is still there. She wouldn't be surprised if he still was. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-12 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Thomas is still out, sleeping very soundly as her stirring usually would have woken him. But he's exhausted both mentally and physically, and if she wants to wake him up now he'll need some prodding. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-12 03:53 am UTC (link)
	That had her smile fondly at him. She kissed is forehead gently then slipped out of the bed to fo sneakily start painting while he's sleeping. Because she's a naughty girl. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-02-12 03:58 am UTC (link)

He stirs a little at the kiss but stays asleep.

It takes a bit of time to get all the supplies and set up the room for painting, so he has extra napping time while she's being naughty.

Later that afternoon the smell of paint finally gets into her room and causes him to stir again and roll onto the side of the bed where she should be. He sleepily opens his eyes to realize she's not there and...is that the smell of paint. Oh great that woman...

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outfoxing
2012-02-12 04:03 am UTC (link)

She's actually doing good. She was forced to take a break because her back hurt. The smell of paint also bugged her slightly. But mostly she couldn't quite reach some higher up spots so she had stuck to what she could reach.

And she had also accidently smeared some pant on her face while working so while she was taking her break she tried picking it off. But she really didn't expect Thomas to wake up.