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 2012-02-10 01:14 am UTC (link)
	"Well that and I don't like their idea of shelving," she admits. That actually helps. She gives him a tiny smile and starts to look around to see if she could spot something that looked right for a nursery. There was a lot of stuff aimed towards teenagers and kids. Nothing that jumped out and said 'baby' to her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-10 01:20 am UTC (link)
	He doesn't mention that the last shelves she had from Ikea had met an...unfortunate fate. She'll find him staring and frowning a bit at some children's shelves with little birds all over them. Some of which resemble robins awfully closely. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-10 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"They have Flash themed shelves," she says in surprise. That is just so weird. "Is that a Batman bunk bed?" Oh now she's fighting a smile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-10 01:34 am UTC (link)
	He's just staring in disbelief at that bunk bed. "And matching sheets..." Oh god where had she taken them? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-10 01:38 am UTC (link)
	"I think we need a different store," she decided with a soft sigh. "I refuse to give our son ideas on the kind of shenanigans we allow." Of course now there is a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. This was pretty funny. "I think there's a place across the street?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-02-10 01:42 am UTC (link)

"Yeah...let's get out of here," he says, already backing out of the store. Batman sheets. What was this world coming to?

"Oh? Like no jumping off tall buildings I suppose, even though that is tons of fun," he shoots her a small smile.

They leave as fast as possible, Thomas ignoring her giggling over more Batman-themed merchandise, and to the other store before she has a chance to see the bedroom display of an entirely Batman-themed toddler's room. No way was he allowing this place to give her ideas.

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	outfoxing 2012-02-10 01:51 am UTC (link)
	She had snuck a store catalog into her purse. She was going to tease him the first time she set a crib up. "Not until he's fifteen. Not.... solo anyways," she decides very firmly. Sorry Thomas but she won't budge on that. "Besides, I think that other place might have something more to our tastes," motioning to the displays in the front windows. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-10 02:04 am UTC (link)
	He raises an eyebrow at her, "You thought about that already? About crimefighting?" That honestly shocked him. It hadn't yet occured to him to even think about that. Well, he had just learnt about this kid recently so he couldn't be blamed. No Batman sheets in the display. He'd be cautiously optimistic about that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-10 02:08 am UTC (link)
	"Not seriously. Sometimes it feels like he's trying to back-flip or something. But I think that's just my body not adjusting easily to this." She decides to go in and right away decides she doesn't like most of these shelves. Too dark looking for her tastes and too dark for a child. For the most part. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-10 02:28 am UTC (link)
	"I thought you said you wanted something...bright?" Because nothing here was looking very bright. All things given he prefered dark colours but probably not for a kid's room. ...This might mean they were going back to the store with the abomination that was that Batman rooom. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-10 02:33 am UTC (link)
	"This isn't.....Yeah. Um. Let's go back?" She looks bothered by how dark the products in this shop are. "They're too grown up for a baby's room." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-10 02:37 am UTC (link)
	"Go...back? To the other store with the Batman bedsheets?!" The look on his face tells her he doesn't think it's a good idea. "But...yeah this isn't for a nursery." He takes her hand and pulls her out of the store, hoping she really isn't going to consider buying any bat merchandise. What if she liked Superman? He might die. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-10 02:40 am UTC (link)
	She can't help the small smile that appears on her face. Slowly she rubs his hand with her thumb as they head back to the other store. And it's okay Thomas, Sarah isn't a fan of primary colors like that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-10 02:49 am UTC (link)
	He'll be very happy about that. No Superman stuff for his kid, nope. Batman stuff he can deal with. But only a little bit. They're soon standing outside the previous store, he's still holding her hand, "You sure you want to go here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-10 02:53 am UTC (link)
	She paused as they were outside the store. She's suddenly hungry for something really odd. "I.... think I want bacon?" She looks really confused by that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-10 02:54 am UTC (link)
	That gets a lot of blinking, because he knows she hates bacon. "...You do?" Was it true? Could he finally eat bacon around her? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-10 02:57 am UTC (link)
	She has to think about this then nods. "Yeah I do. Not sure why though. Just.... want it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-02-10 03:01 am UTC (link)

"Okay, did you want one last look around the store? I need to run and grab something at one of the other ones but I'll be back in 15 to 20. Meet at the car and we'll go for lunch. Bacon for sure." No he will not be questioning this craving, especially since it's bacon. And she needs to learn to love bacon, he's not going to push his luck and mess this rare opportunity up.

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outfoxing
2012-02-10 03:09 am UTC (link)

She decides that's a good plan. She nods at him.

"I might be able to find something I like." She gives him a slight smile. She thought she saw something she liked in a corner and look a close look before she decided she had to go with it.

It had tiny little foxes running up and down it chasing after birds. That was just way too cute.

She's getting it because it's for the baby. Really. Given the size of the box and everything she decides she'll have the thing shipped to her building. It takes her almost twenty minutes to do the whole thing and she added some batman sheets to the order just because.

And she gets back to the car looking very pleased with herself.

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	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-10 03:16 am UTC (link)
	Poor Thomas once he sees that box. He may need to change his codename because of it. If anything it should be the robin chasing the fox! He's already waiting at the car and gives her a curious look, "Oh? Buy anything." There better not have been any Batman stuff he thinks. Or robin stuff. Especially those shelves. Lucky for him he didn't know about the box. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-10 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"The box was too big for the car, I'm having it shipped to the apartment building," she explains. "I mean.... that's what a normal person would do, right?" She just likes the fact it looked really cheerful. Who can hate that? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-02-10 03:30 am UTC (link)

He gives her a suspicious look, not quite believing this box was so innocent, as he gets into the car.

"Sure...normal." He waits till she's gotten in too before fishing out something from his jacket.

"Here," he says while handing her a phone. "It's a pay-as-you-go one. So if you need me or something you can reach me," he shows her the phone he got for himself just for this purpose. The phones aren't expensive, in fact they're just the basic ones, but if she needs something he wants her to feel like he's there for her and she doesn't need to run again.

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	outfoxing 2012-02-10 03:42 am UTC (link)
	That has her smile. That was a very smart thing for him to do. "Thanks. I'll make sure not to lose it," she says honestly sticking it in her pocket where it will be easier for her to keep track of. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-02-10 03:46 am UTC (link)
	He may have also put a lot of tracking devices in it. Obviously though. "So...now you have no excuse that you couldn't contact me. Feel free to, even if it's not for anything important." He starts the car and soon they're on the road. "There's a greasy spoon not too far with incredible bacon cheeseburgers. We'll get extra bacon," he smirks at her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2012-02-10 03:50 am UTC (link)
	"If you say so." She considers this very seriously. "Do they do milk shakes?" What? She is very hungry and needs to actually fill up since she plans on getting paint and tackling that room. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)