Room 527, Friday night

[solo_sword]

Jaina'd left a bunny in the room after hearing the call for help, and by the time everything was over, she really wanted to do nothing more than curl up and sleep for once. But hey, she couldn't argue timing; say you're not good enough to face a Sith and then one shows up a week later? In that case, Jaina also wanted the war over and a million credits.

She didn't think either of those were going to happen.

When she got up to the room, she closed the door behind her and began working off her boots. They got to go away now.


[For the room's owner!]

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[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Hey, where'd you go to in such a hurry?" John asked, having turned human a little while after Jaina had left. Now he was clean and dressed and eating real food.

[solo_sword]

Jaina actually startled mid-shoe removal, looking up at him in surprise. She was just glad she didn't fall over. "Welcome back."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"It was way past time," he replied, making his way over to her.

[solo_sword]

"Uh huh," she said, getting her boot the rest of the way off so she could meet him halfway and wrap her arms around him. Food could wait, it'd been a rough week and he had real arms again.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I think someone missed me," he teased, giving her a hug. "Or did you manage to feed the fish?"

[solo_sword]

Jaina frowned. "You might want to check on him," she realized. His poor fish was going to die three days into her care. If it was lucky.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John pressed a kiss to the top of her head and laughed. "He's the third of his kind, that fish knows he's gotta be strong. How're you?"

[solo_sword]

Jaina shrugged. "Fought a Sith. It's been an interesting night."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"On the island?" Call John's expression seriously surprised, here. "How in the hell did that happen?"

[solo_sword]

"I'm not entirely sure. I answered the call and there was fighting at Jolee's place," she said. "Hopefully next time I talk to Jolee I can get more of the story."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"If I assumed by your attitude here that you kicked some Sith ass would I be right?" John asked.

[solo_sword]

"I think I freaked her out," Jaina said, a little proudly.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Good," he said, squeezing her a little. If anyone asked, he would claim it was a result of not having had arms rather than having averted any sort of potential loss.

[solo_sword]

"Gonna have to tell Kyp I figured out one of his tricks, too," she said, squeezing back. "And sitting down would be great." She really needed to stop getting electrocuted in Fandom.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

He worked to pull her over to the bed. "Are you hurt?" He really should take some sort of first aid at some point.

[solo_sword]

She made a face as she took a seat. "Not really. Took some lightning. I'm fine, but once it's all over you're kind of left with 'blah'."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"I can get that," he replied, sitting next to her. "Not that I've ever been hit with lightning."

[solo_sword]

"It hurts like a bitch," she said conversationally. "I think I got more used to being the one dishing it out rather than taking it. I'm sure there's something about karma to be said there."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

There were a lot of things happening in the back of his mind; questions about the fight, wondering more about the previous summer, and worry about what he was going to miss by being gone. He buried it all and smiled. "You might have to start being nice to others or something."

[solo_sword]

Jaina made a face again. "Meh. I'd rather be me."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Okay, you want some fruit?" He'd stolen a fruit salad from the common room fridge to go with his popcorn dinner.

[solo_sword]

When she couldn't remember when she last ate, it was a sign. "Sure," she nodded. "How long have you been back to normal?"

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"How long have you been gone?" Time was relative. He retrieved the fruit from his table and offered it up. "I wasn't exactly looking for a clock when I hopped off the bed and ended up naked on the floor."

[solo_sword]

"It's been a bit," she said, looking up at him as she took the fruit. "That doesn't sound comfortable."

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

"Better than being a stupid rabbit," he shrugged.