DDHW Log for Cuddy:

[loveisenough]

Alice hated the hotel. She thought anyone would hate the hotel; it seemed to be the sensible reaction. However, there was one thing she loved about the hotel, and that was the abundance of really good tea in the dining hall. She went down the stairs, bleary-eyed but dressed, holding a hand up over her mouth to disguise an expansive yawn

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[l_cuddy_md]

Cuddy took yogurt, fresh strawberries, and a cup of coffee from the buffet and settled herself at an empty table. In a way, breakfast was the most abnormal part of the day. She was used to reading the newspaper, watching the morning news programs on tv, checking her daily calendar. Not doing those things made her feel...disconnected.

She glanced up as a young woman helped herself to some tea, then looked around. Cuddy gave her a polite, somewhat noncommittal nod. She figured if the woman wanted company, she'd come over and introduce herself. And if she didn't, there were other empty tables she could choose.

[loveisenough]

Alice figured she'd let the other woman eat in peace, at least for a while. She selected a table not far from Cuddy and sat down, leaning over her mug to inhale the tea's perfume before taking a sip.

Normally, Alice wasn't one for breakfast. Normally she would have come home from work around five in the morning, crawled into bed, and slept until two in the afternoon. But because of the situation, she figured it was important to create a schedule and stick to it, just to stave off insanity.

[l_cuddy_md]

Cuddy continued eating after the young woman chose a table close by. But without her usual distractions, Cuddy found herself watching everything and anything in the dining room. Her gaze settled back on the woman after a few moments.

"You really should eat something," Cuddy said. It was the doctor in her, or maybe some latent pseudo-maternal instinct. Or maybe she was just bored. "Tea alone won't give you the energy to go all day."

[loveisenough]

"Probably. I'm not used to being awake at all, much less eating something this early. I usually end up having an early lunch, though." She looked at her tea and chuckled. "I shouldn't really take it with sugar, either."

Alice looked at the other woman and noticed how healthy her breakfast was. She's probably not the type to have really cheesy pizza. I shouldn't smoke around her. She took another sip, nodding at Cuddy's food. "Health nut?"