Thread for dark_desert_hwy: John/Alice

[killmeadynasty]

Old habits died hard, and John knew it better than most. Ever since the morning he'd come up and found Alice's things out of his room, he hadn't been able to stop watching for her. It wasn't anything big, of course; just it was weird not to have her sticking to him like a limpet

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[loveisenough]

She emerged from her room, still sleepy-eyed, hair toussled and makeup free. Hoping John would be in his room, she snuck downstairs and around the corner, toward the banquet hall for a cup a tea.

She'd been good in trying to avoid him. She hadn't seen him at all since the thing with House (which she was actively trying to forget, anyway). Because if she saw him, Alice wouldn't know what to say. Now that she knew that John was (at the very least) an object of lust, she might be awkward.

Humming to herself as she walked in bare feet, she rounded a corner, hands in her pockets.

[killmeadynasty]

He heard the humming - his ears were sharp, and the hall was nearly deserted; it was still too early for most people. He looked up for a second, and there she was, like he'd wished her here (which he hadn't, of course).

She almost looked smaller than before, which was, of course, impossible. Still. He blinked, scrunching his eyes shut and open again. "Hey." What was she doing up at this hour?

[loveisenough]

Shit.

She bit her lower lip to hide the broad smile that was threatening to crack through. "Hey." Now that she hadn't seen him in a while, his shoulders almost looked broader, his arms bigger. "How're you?" She left her hands in her pockets, trying to look comfortable in front of him.

"I was going to get some tea. You should come with."

[killmeadynasty]

"I've got coffee." He'd crawled out of bed at about 4am, figuring he might as well do something to keep from going insane from dreams. They'd featured the entire supporting cast, strangely - Sammy, Dean, Mary, the Demon, even that girl Meg.

Still, even as he spoke, he looked down at the congealing mug. "... Okay, I had coffee." Screw it. He got up, yawning.