integrity: [Season Seven] (♆✝ You're gonna go far kid.)
Crowley ([personal profile] integrity) wrote in [community profile] sirenspull_logs2012-05-17 02:46 am
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but it was not your fault but mine

Who: Crowley [[personal profile] integrity] and Castiel [[personal profile] ofthursday]
When: May 17th, 4:00 AM.
Where: Crowley and friend's house.
Summary: Crowley is super feverish and sick from the guilt plague passing around. He feels this is a perfectly reasonable time to try and talk Castiel out of something. After he wanders around his house and bitches like an idiot for awhile.
Warnings: Crowley is feverish and probably half-drunk because that is clearly how to kill a plague caused by 42,000 years of accumulated guilt. Clearly.

The needing to breathe was bizarre.

He knew he didn't really have to breathe, but it helped soothe the rattling in his lungs and the ache in his chest. Lying down probably wasn't helping, either -- Crowley couldn't actually remember the last time he had to deal with something like this. The pains of mortality -- the virii and the bacteria battling away in his body like some kind of gruesome warzone.

He had been trying to figure out what had caused this illness. Why he was so harshly affected when some people weren't ill at all. He was a powerful demon -- the powerful demon -- surely he could fend off some silly illness? But perhaps that was the point, Crowley thought, as he stared at the ceiling, the sleeping form of his dog pressed against his side. Maybe it targeted the powerful instead of the weak.

But that, too, made little sense -- Anna wasn't nearly as ill as he was. And he hadn't bothered to speak to the other angels save for Castiel, who was sick, too. Almost as sick as Crowley was, though the demon had threatened to banish Castiel from the room if he didn't leave him alone about six hours ago. Something had probably changed. He was probably worse, knowing their combined horrific luck. They couldn't even live in the same area without almost dying from something stupid.

Maybe it was some kind of punishment for ruining the world.

The demon tilted his head slightly, at the stray thought, fever (and probably the six bottles of scotch he had ingested that day) causing his thoughts to become a little rattled, eyes narrowing at the ceiling. The ornate designs of carved wood support beams, the paint, the delicate brushstrokes of whoever had decorated, the --

No, go back to the original thought. Ruining the world. Maybe this was some kind of twisted karma. Some sort of ridiculous curse set upon us by the corporations. Bad people suffer bad things, news at eleven. Twelve. What time is it?

"Even my inner monologue is broken," Crowley muttered to no one in particular, one hand resting on the dog to shove himself up to sitting, a rattling cough escaping as he did so. "I can't even have a bloody conversation with myself without being distracted by a damn sneeze, I'm beginning to turn into Castiel."

And, suddenly, Crowley was in the kitchen, a hand slamming into place to catch himself on the counter as Growley stretched, bones creaking, before she settled back onto the floor. The hound always knew what her master wanted, after all, and what her master wanted was --

"We are out of the stupid Popsicles the idiot made me buy," Crowley said irately, closing the freezer with a slam that almost sent him to the ground. "I bought the stupid things because he whined and now they aren't even here. No one in this household needs to eat, where does all the food go?"

The effect of this rant was somewhat lost when Crowley's normally authoritative voice was marred by illness. It came out somewhat whispery.

Still loud enough to be an annoyance, though.
ofthursday: ([Hurt] All these broken pieces)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-17 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
The popsicles were gone because Castiel had eaten them. That was why he'd wanted them in the first place, after all; they were blue flavoured, which Castiel had acquired a taste for.

He's also acquired a sore throat, hence the need for popsicles, and for comfort in general. He was curled up on the couch in the living room, wrapped in several blankets, remembering how often he'd spent incredibly weak and unwell on this couch a few months previously, and others before when he'd been regaining his powers. He'd been sick or injured more often than not at the Port for a long while, and he'd finally started getting past it.

But there he was, shivering under the blankets, pale and nauseous and feverish. His head hurt, his throat hurt, his whole body hurt, and he felt heavy and light all at once. He hated this, and he didn't understand; he shouldn't be able to be sick.

One of the rabbits was on the couch with him, laying on his chest as he breathed is quiet rasps, it's nose and ears twitching with Castiel's movements. Abaddon was snoring next to the couch as well, utterly unaware of his master's current state.

Castiel heard Crowley, though, arrive in the kitchen; he opened his eyes and lifted his head slightly from the arm of the couch, but didn't bother to speak. He was pretty sure he'd just end up in a coughing fit instead.
ofthursday: (The world is too heavy [Listening])

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-17 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
Castiel appreciated the moving of his puppy to the couch with him, reaching a hand from under the blankets to pat Growley gently on the head both in thanks and to try to calm her. She seemed nervous.

He was startled, briefly, by Crowley's teleportation; normally he wouldn't be, but he was so haggard and fried that his senses weren't telling him what they should. At the comment about the popsicles he nodded and tried to respond, only to end up in a coughing fit that sent the bunny running and Abaddon waking up with a snort.

He gave up on talking about the desserts, then, instead focusing on the other thing Crowley had said. "Yes." His voice was surprisingly faint to his ears, and even raspier than normal. "Suddenly." He'd been doing alright until just a few hours ago, when his minor symptoms had turned serious in an incredibly short span of time.
ofthursday: ([♦ set] And the words are all escaping)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-17 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
Castiel adjusted his own blankets along with the ones Growley had brought him, remembering all too well the feeling of being cold all the time and trying to keep those thoughts at bay. Instead he just watched Crowley, laying his head down on the arm of the couch once again, closing his eyes until the demon spoke.

"What did he find?" He managed to ask before falling into coughing again, a strange tickling and pressure in his chest whenever he breathed and worse when he spoke.
ofthursday: ([♦ set] And coming back all damaged)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-17 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Oh.

"Does Gabriel know?" He kind of... Should have been told. But who knows if someone had. How would SERO have Gabriel's DNA anyway? Castiel didn't have the whole story, but this definitely explained Michael's overreaction.

He frowned at Crowley's next comment, even though his eyes were barely open. "No, this is all the more reason to." And that was way too many words, and Castiel fell into another coughing fit that ended with a retching noise like he was considering throwing up on Crowley's expensive carpet. He might be.
ofthursday: (Do you know the price I paid [Focused])

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-17 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oh good, a bucket. This wasn't humiliating at all; Castiel, angel of the Lord and general of the army in Heaven was now covered if he had to throw up blue flavoured popsicle. Great.

"Who else?" He managed to ask, and even put some tone into it. Who else would be suited for it? As an angel, he might even have an advantage in this, considering the subject was angels. He'd have to be very careful, sure, but that didn't mean he couldn't do it. And he was suited to SERO far better than AGI, which is why they'd decided on this arrangement.
ofthursday: (I braced myself [Suspicious/Serious])

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-17 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh of course. That plan is so much better." Castiel managed with a layer of heavy sarcasm under his weak voice, and his stomach lurched again but he managed to hold it down. He was frustrated, though, and what was he going to do at AGI? He didn't understand the company in the slightest. He could do technical and scientific research; he could fit into SERO, but he would stand out so obviously in the midst of AGI.
ofthursday: (And no signs to guide us home [Headache])

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-17 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Walking across the room." And okay, talking was a bad idea, and he leaned over the edge of the couch and threw up in the bucket; thankfully the only thing he'd eaten any time recently was popsicles, though that did lead to the strange fact that...

"It's blue." Castiel remarked, some combination of dazed and disgusted, though he felt a lot better all of a sudden.
ofthursday: Feel free to take whatever you like! ([Hurt] I'm burning bridges shore to shor)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-17 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
That was okay; Castiel hated a lot of things, including Crowley at that moment. He hadn't thrown up since the last few days of giving Sam his blood when everything had started to get drastically worse, and he was getting really tired of the reminders of that time. And throwing up wasn't fun anyway.

"I don't know." His stomach heaved again at the words, but thankfully there was nothing left in it, so he recovered quickly. "I ate the popsicles and was going to go see what you were doing." And then his head had started to hurt incredibly, and he'd suddenly felt so weak it had been hard to get to the couch.

Whatever this illness was, it was hitting really hard and fast.
ofthursday: (In the darkness with you [Quiet])

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-17 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Castiel watched the demon move, dully, and Abaddon snorted and rolled off the couch. The angel frowned in displeasure as Crowley began to examine him, feeling pinned in, but he controlled it for the moment as it was obvious Crowley was just trying to figure out what was going on.

Neither of them should be sick. This would be a curiosity to him too if Castiel didn't feel like he was going to pass out, and so he held still to allow Crowley to check out his symptoms. He was pale, cold except for a massive fever, eyes dark and hazy. His breathing was shallow and raspy, and every so often he shuddered with chills. This sucked, really bad.
ofthursday: (It was you who held me under [Focused])

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-18 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
It took approximately half a second, even with Castiel's dulled reaction time from illness, for him to spit the thermometer right back at the demon and sit up on reflex. The latter was a bad idea though, as the world suddenly spun violently and his vision blacked out, causing him to slump forward against Crowley's shoulder in a faint.
ofthursday: Feel free to take whatever you like! ([Hurt] Come out to play when you are hur)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-18 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
Castiel heard Crowley's voice, hazily, as he spoke to him, and felt the demon shoving at him. But he couldn't manage to open his eyes or pull together enough strength to move for some time, until the last threat, which was surely hollow but gave him the strength to open his eyes. He shifted, just slightly, and fell back against the couch as he had been before, eyes hazy and breathing shallow. This was all taking too much effort, and once again, he remembered a few months before, laying on the ground in the HoA and drifting in and out of consciousness, while Magneto tended to him.

That memory caused enough of a spark of adrenaline for him to blink a few times and clear his vision a bit more, staring up at Crowley and coming a bit more back to coherency. "This isn't--" And then he cut off for another coughing fit.
ofthursday: ([° set] Don't wake me cause I'm dreaming)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-18 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
"This isn't right. It shouldn't be happening." It was faint, and he was so focused on trying to speak without coughing that he was able to ignore the demon's hand on his shoulder. All of this was wrong and it was bad, and he didn't know what to do.
ofthursday: ([✝ set] All I know all I know)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-18 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Be useful. He didn't know how to be in this situation, but it seemed Crowley did, so he listened and this time he took the thermometer without protest and placed it awkwardly in his mouth. He wasn't entirely sure what this would accomplish, but fine.

He laid there quietly if a bit uncomfortably until the thermometer beeped, reading out 103F. Castiel frowned at it. "Humans are supposed to be colder." He remarked, then rolled to the side to cough once again.
ofthursday: ([♦ set] And coming back all damaged)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-19 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Castiel knew about humans and how they worked, and he knew the basics of their health. He was aware that such a rise in temperature was a bad sign, but not what to do about it, and he was a lot more focused on Crowley's speculation.

"That's why you believe we're both so unwell whereas others aren't?" Castiel's only voice is faint and he was determinedly holding down another coughing fit in order to speak. It made sense, in a way; he could follow Crowley's logic on the effects on them, and how they shouldn't be sick from a normal illness. If it was a curse... Well. They both deserved it, Castiel especially.
ofthursday: ([° set] Of angels on the moon)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-19 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
Castiel was silent, while Crowley thought, watching the demon with his eyes half closed and hazy from fever. He knew Crowley well enough to be able to tell that he was conflicted about something, bothered, but Castiel didn't ask; he rarely did, because they gave each other space. It was how things worked, and it worked well, for the most part.

Until of course they hid things they shouldn't.

But Castiel was far too sick to even follow thoughts to completion, let alone try to guess what was bothering Crowley if it was even anything beyond the illness itself. But he did manage to gather enough willpower to sit up, head spinning, but though his vision fogged he didn't lose consciousness again this time.

"You should rest." He finally said, after a moment. He wasn't sure why Crowley hadn't just gone back into his room after realizing there were no popsicles.
ofthursday: (To one simple question [Quiet])

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-20 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
Crowley's words to his dog cut off the question Castiel was going to ask; if the demon really thought he was going to die. Castiel's heart jolted in his chest at the thought, because he remembered clearly when Crowley did die, and to think of it happening again was so strangely unbearable.

"Perhaps rest will prevent death, not simply pass time." He suggested, voice faint, resting his head against the back of the couch but not laying back down.
ofthursday: (Halos and Harps [Uncertain/Angel])

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-20 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm resting." Castiel responded quietly; his own throat ached terribly as well, but he was too stubborn not to talk just like the demon was. "You are the one annoying me." If they wanted to get technical. This was Castiel's 'room' and Crowley had his own, but he'd chosen to be in Castiel's.

For whatever reason.
ofthursday: ([☁ set] And I've fallen on my face)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-21 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Castiel gave him a look, lifting his head again, shifting his legs under the pretense of moving away from Crowley's elbow but also to give the demon more room. He could sense that failed teleportation.

"There was some movie you wanted me to see." He remarked quietly, after a moment, nodding his head just slightly at the television. Something about mermaids, and Castiel had protested that he had no desire or patience to watch a movie.

But neither of them were going anywhere, so why not?
ofthursday: ([¶ set] Hearts under fire)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-23 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Castiel was silent for several seconds, some sort of thought process going on in his feverish brain, before commenting completely out of the blue. "I believe I am friends with a mermaid."

It made perfect sense to him, thinking about mermaid movies, to get onto this topic. But he didn't bother to explain how he'd gotten from point a to point b.
ofthursday: Feel free to take whatever you like! ([☾ set] When I'm falling I'm at peace)

[personal profile] ofthursday 2012-05-23 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Castiel watched him choose the movie with some satisfaction, though at the question he frowned for a moment in thought.

"I don't know."

Was he? In his current state, this was something to ponder, instead of to roll his eyes at and ignore.