Open.

[emocaliban]

Caliban isn't whole yet by any stretch of the imagination. But the bags under his eyes are a little less, and while there's still a haunted look in his eyes when they're open, which they aren't right now, Sophia curled up on his bare chest where he's on his back on his bed. He might be dead for all he moves except for the rise and fall of his chest

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[myrddin_wyllt]

Having felt the tremor of Kushiel's possession, Merlin eventually brought himself to coming to the Mansion to visit Cal. He will be there when he wakes, calmly waiting - in gramps form, thankyouverymuch.

[emocaliban]

Oh, he's awake. It's just easier to pretend he's not.

He opens one eye and gives Merlin a baleful look, the whites of his eyes still rather bloodshot.

"What're you doing here?"

[myrddin_wyllt]

"Visiting, my boy, what else would I be doing?"

[emocaliban]

"I dunno." He closes his eye again and puts one hand on Sophia's back. "You probably shouldn't be here."

Half-heartedly. He just doesn't have the energy.

[youngandhealthy]

T: Would you like a Molly? She's eventually going to come looking for him.

[emocaliban]

T: Sure! He's a little milder, so he won't freak out. Quite so much. XD

[phedre_25]

Enter Phedre, with lunch or dinner, and a ready smile. She knocks, pokes her head in.

"Cal-love? it's me, Phedre."

[emocaliban]

He blinks, opens his eyes, looks over, and finds a smile.

"Oh. Hey, Phedre."

[phedre_25]

"Hello," she sits, deposits the meal on the night stand - it's a light meal, whatever it is. She takes his hand, kisses his cheek. "How are you, love?"

[emocaliban]

He keeps the smile, for her, even gives her hand a little squeeze. "I'm all right."

[youngandhealthy]

Molly's finally got her courage up to come looking for him. She's still not entirely sure what happened, but she's not seen him since, and now she's beginning to worry.

Then again, she's still convinced whoever hurt her wasn't Cal. And technically, she's not entirely mistaken.

She knocks.

[emocaliban]

His eyes snap open at once and he starts, then collapses back, though Sophia makes a protesting noise and jumps off the bed to go paw at the door.

"Yeah, go ahead, it's open," he says tiredly. Before he catches the scent and realizes it's Molly.

....ohgood.

[youngandhealthy]

She comes in, a touch timidly. "...Caliban?" she asks tentatively.

[emocaliban]

He finds a bit of a not-smile for her, tiredly, and almost winces at the use of his full name. But not quite. He opens his mouth to say something and the first words that pop out are, "I'msorry."

A pause, and he looks at his feet. "I mean - hey, Molly."

[tomboy_22]

T: As Constantine’s typist is a bit on the slow side, and Anita is loud, and, and, and….

She comes in, a little after sun down. She left her watch of Henry’s door, let him feed, typist willing, and ran off to see Cal, stalking around and hidden, grazing walls, paranoid of seeing Mina Harker, and succeeding in avoiding her, thankfully.

“Hey.” Quietly.

[emocaliban]

Cal looks up, startled and then drops back with a sigh, relieved. Sophia hops off the bed and goes over to Anita, asking to be petted.

"Hey, Anita." A pause, and then he frowns, looking worried. "What's the matter? You look a little...harried."

[tomboy_22]

"Nothing, darlin'. How are you?"

She'll talk. Just not so soon. She needs to digest it, first.

[emocaliban]

"I'm-"

Pause.

"I'm all right."