halloweentown!!! (halloweenish) wrote in politico,
@ 2010-01-12 23:34:00

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Shay, Elijah
Everything felt so surreal. Being ushered out of the house with the others, blankets wrapped around them all because it was the dead of winter and none of them had jackets or coats. The cold air was biting, and Elijah's tears nearly froze to his cheeks. It had been so long since he'd been outside that he didn't even know how to cope with the scent of the trees or the crisp feeling of the wind.

He tried to answer as many questions as possible. Emma was very sweet, and she hadn't tried to seperate Elijah from Shay. The parademics looked them all over, but Elijah hardly remembered any of it. It felt so strange to be in a moving vehicle. It felt so strange to think that he wasn't Adam's anymore.

Who was he, then?

At the hospital, he got a more thorough check. He'd been extensively examined, and being seperated from Shay and the others left him feeling impossibly anxious. Everyone's family would be coming. Murphy's parents, Vegas, his boyfriend. Parker's boyfriend. Shay's mother. Elijah had no one at all coming, and he didn't know what to do with himself or how to feel.

After Shay had been examined, she'd arranged for him to be put in the same room as Elijah. The boys were all in pretty good condition, save for Murphy because of his asthma. But they'd all be able to go home with their families. Even though Shay had insisted that Elijah could go with him, Elijah couldn't help but feel terrified that something would happen to make him change his mind. The thought of being alone was scary, even though he'd been alone almost his whole life it seemed.

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halloweenish
2010-01-16 06:48 am UTC (link)

Elijah was astounded bus just how genuine and sweet Marcy was. It made his chest ache because she made him miss his own mother, or what memories he had of her, anyway. At least he had Marcy in his life, now, and Shay.

Being whisked to the airport was surreal. Elijah had always had his ID with him, even locked up, but Shay's mother brought his ID. He assumed Callaway had Parker's, and Murphy's family had his. He held onto Shay for dear life as they were ushered through the airport, and he fell asleep on the plane. By the time he wokeup, they were landing.

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-17 06:05 am UTC (link)

Shay, although tired, hadn't slept a wink on the flight. Once Elijah had fallen asleep, Shay continued to speak to his mother in quiet tones all through the flight. He was talking a mile a minute, trying to fill her in on everything that had happened, avoiding some of the very bad things. But that was Shay, get it out and get it over with. Talking was his own best therapy.

Once landed, Shay felt much better for having talked with his mother. He leaned over and kissed Elijah's cheek before helping the three of them off the plane, his loud and boisterous self. "Coming through!" he said with a moderate amount of glee. Marcy didn't exactly have luggage, so baggage claim was avoidable and before he knew it, they were in a taxi home. Home, Shay thought to himself. He would miss his studio, but home was where he stayed at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Home was where he went when he got sick so his mom could take care of him.

The house itself was rather small, but newly built and nicely furnished. Shay had made a down payment on it for his mother once he was getting paid well and had been helping with the mortgage payments every now and again when she needed it. Going inside, Shay took Elijah's hand and raced them up to the spare bedroom, which was mostly just Shay's room since Marcy didn't have guests stay over all that much.

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halloweenish
2010-01-17 06:11 am UTC (link)

Elijah was still half asleep by the time they got to the house. He loved how warm it felt, and it smelled sweet. Like gingerbread. He found himself wondering if maybe Marcy had baked a batch of gingerbread cookies earlier in the day as he was tugged upstairs. His hair was sticking up everywhere, and the look on his face said that he was still very sleepy.

Once they were in Shay's room, he lifted a hand up and pressed his palm flat against the wall. He liked the texture of it, and he revelled in the coolness of it. A real wall. No chain link fences.

"It smells nice in here," he said softly with a smile, "It smells like you, faintly, but it does."

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impotentwaffle
2010-01-17 06:47 am UTC (link)

"I love that you can smell me." It was clear from his voice that he was beaming. He flopped down on the familiar bed. "I used to stay here a lot. Guess I'll be staying here some more, right?" He was in a brilliant mood, so resiliant that it seemed as if he'd never been in the basement dungeon of a serial kidnapper.

"Do you think Murphy or Parker will call?" he mused out loud, already wondering about what they were up to.

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	halloweenish 2010-01-17 06:59 am UTC (link)
	Elijah followed the sound of Shay's voice, and when he knew that he was close, he sat down on the edge of the bed and reached out to brush his fingers against the side of Shay's jaw. "I think they will," he said softly. "This is so strange. Your bed is huge," he added with an amused smile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-01-17 07:21 am UTC (link)

"Huge, yes, but I'm still going to sleep right up against you like we were in that cramped bed." Their first night sleeping together had been the best night of Shay's life. It was a disturbing juxtaposition, the extreme high occuring right in the middle of the extreme low, but that's how it had happened. If it meant never meeting Elijah, Shay would not have gone back in time to erase his experience with Adam.

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	halloweenish 2010-01-17 07:27 am UTC (link)
	Elijah slipped out of his shoes and he moved to curl up against Shay on the bed. He pulled the covers up over them and pressed up against the taller boy as if he was trying to adhere himself to him for the rest of his life, and he swore that if he could, he would have done it. "Where do you think he is?" he whispered softly after a moment. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-01-17 08:38 am UTC (link)

Shay was pretty sure that he wouldn't mind being fused to Elijah. He had no intentions of ever changing his mind about loving him very much.

"Maybe he got so upset that he killed himself." Adam had never seemed suicidal, but Shay could hope. Maybe he hadn't been there long enough to get attached to the man, but Shay didn't think he would have ever allowed that to happen, no matter how long he'd been holed up there.

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	halloweenish 2010-01-17 08:41 am UTC (link)
	Elijah tucked his head beneath Shay's chin, finding that he liked how they seemed to fit together so perfectly. It was as if they'd been made for one another. "I'm still so tired," he whispered, "But I'm afraid if I fall asleep, I'll wake up back down in that cage." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-01-17 07:31 pm UTC (link)

"You won't," Shay promised. "Mom will eat him alive if he comes 'round." It was probably a silly thing to say, but it made him feel better and he hoped it made Elijah feel better too. "You should sleep some more. I'll be here when you wake up." It was a promise. Even though he couldn't be sure to keep it, he made it anyway because he'd do everything in his power to make it so.

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	halloweenish 2010-01-17 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay," Elijah whispered softly as he snuggled down against the pillow and against Shay's shoulder. He pressed a kiss against the corner of the other boy's mouth before a yawn escaped him. "G'night," he whispered quietly before he started to drift off. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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