Like a Wolf Amongst the Flock

[southernreaper]

Who: Kevin and Frau
When: After midnight 9/4 After this convo
Where: Sector 9, then Frau's place
Warnings: Frau, Zehel, talk of addiction, withdrawal, angsty teenager, Kevin's powers, death.

Kevin crouched under the windowsill, listening to the mutates outside the building. He shivered, wrapping his arms around his knees.

Ashes streaked his arms. He could feel the grit on his face. He didn't know how it had gotten there. He panted, fighting back the panic attack.

How had he got here? How many had he killed? Had he killed people? He didn't know. He didn't remember.

Hearing something, Kevin scuttled back into the shadows, hoping that he didn't rouse anything else. He couldn't... couldn't deal. He was so tired.

Looking up, he swallowed hard. "... Frau?" Scared as he was, he was glad to see a friendly face.

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Kevin fought to stay awake. He couldn't sleep. He didn't have the proper clothing, he had no inhibitor - he'd checked - and he couldn't just start dissolving all of Frau's stuff. Hell, as he was right now, he couldn't even cook.

He clenched his hands tighter. He was not going to cry. He hadn't cried since his father had died. Since Laurie had almost died. No way was he going to do it now. He had better things to do.

"I cain't use any o' yer furniture or nothin'. Might be better t'take me home. Dr. Banner ain't there." The words were soft, and a bit broken. Plus, Mimsy was at home. He wanted his dog.

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"I'm not leaving you on your own, and I can't leave Teito to his own devices either."

Frau did, however, shift course a bit and head for Kevin's place. While he wasn't willing to let either of them stick around, he would stop by long enough for Kevin to gather what he wanted to take with him. Once he had, they'd make their way back to Frau's place.

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Kevin shivered in delayed reaction. He clenched his jaw to keep his teeth from chattering. He just wanted to go home and curl up with Mimsy and not move. He didn't know how he'd ended up out here tonight. He wanted to know.

When they got to the house, Kevin huffed out a relieved sigh, seeing that at least the house was closed up, meaning no Darkness damage. He tried to trill out a whistle, but it just wouldn't work. His lips were too dry, he was too freaked.

In the house, Mimsy immediately started yipping in excitement. She sat at Kevin's command and whined softly when he gently touched her head with just the tips of his fingers.

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"Grab a few things. We aren't staying long."

Frau eyes shifted to Mimsy. He wasn't sure what the dog would think of him in this form, so he didn't move any closer than the doorway. Kevin needed someone with him though and having Mimsy at his side as he packed would likely help. It was an automatic reaction to pet and relax.

"Take Mimsy with you."

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Kevin looked over his shoulder, a protest forming. Instead of voicing it, however, he just nodded and headed into his room. In his room, he sat on the end of the bed for a moment, staring at the place.

His bag was packed - was always packed, in fact - but he didn't know what to do. Lock the door and keep Frau out, or just... go along with him. He knew Frau wouldn't agree that he should just be alone. And he really didn't want to be anyway.

Mimsy put her head in his lap and he sighed. "C'mon." He whispered, pushing himself up. Kevin changed his clothes: uniform, long sleeved shirt, t-shirt. Gloves were also put on. He put on his heavy boots that he normally wore while working downstairs.

After slinging the bag over his shoulder, he picked up her leash. She sat and he clipped it on, leading her out to the hallway.

"'M ready."

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Even if Kevin had locked the door, it wouldn't have kept Frau out. In Zehel's form, walls and doors meant very little to him. He could walk right through them without thinking twice. Thankfully he didn't need to worry about that since Kevin had come out to join him of his own free will.

"Good."

Without even asking Kevin if he was okay with it, Frau hoisted the kid up into his arms again. Once he was settled Frau reached down and grabbed Mimsy by the scruff of her neck and plopped her lightly on top of Kevin. It was easy enough to carry both of them and Kevin's things.

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Kevin wondered if Frau was going to keep hauling him around like a wilting princess in a fairy tale. He held onto his dog.

Mimsy did not like the thing. NO BAD THING! She kept trying to burrow under Kevin's clothing.

"Stop it." There's no heat to it at all. "Ya gonna carry me everywhere? I c'n walk."

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"It's faster this way."

And if Kevin fought enough Frau would just throw the kid over his shoulder and carry him by the back of his collar. He tightened his arms around Kevin slightly before glancing down. The last thing he wanted was Kevin panicking and falling from his arms when he spend up.

"Hold on."