for Nikola - November 10 (later)

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Alcuin remembered telling Daniel shortly before he'd disappeared that he could not help but see a pattern in how his relationships ended here. That those who weren't simply gone... they chose others over him, eventually. James choosing House, Jack choosing Logan, Scotty choosing Prior, Daniel choosing Vala. Well, no, not over him, he knew that

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[thedevamper]

"The door is open, either come in or go away." Nikola said barely looking up from his book. Just because he was human now, didn't mean he wasn't aware of when someone was outside his room.

Turning a page, Nikola ran a hand through his dishevelled hair and sighed. Relaxed on top of his bed, Nikola had no immediate plans to go anywhere not even to answer the door. "Alcuin, pleasant surprise. Shut the door behind you."

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Alcuin stepped inside, carefully shutting the door behind him, and then walked over to Nikola. "I'm not disturbing you, am I?" he asked, and without invitation, climbed up onto the bed with Nikola.

[thedevamper]

"No, I was just reading up on current studies on optimising gas turbine compression systems. Hardly important when you consider where we are," Nikola replied, placing the thick book of articles from England's top mechanical engineering universities to the other side so Alcuin could move towards him. "To what do I owe this pleasure? And in the middle of the day."

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Alcuin moved to lay beside Nikola - well, more like on him, curled up against his side and slinging a leg over him.

"I was feeling... lonely," he admitted honestly.