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Because it's Snippet Saturday.

After much reflection and poking around, here, have this one:

"What's happening with you, puppy? I need to know."

"I'm just--" He stopped. Tried again. "Seeing things that can't possibly be."

"Flashbacks? We can deal with those."

"No. Hallucinations, more like. I've had them before. Usually, they're things I don't want to see. This time, it's a mix of something I desperately want to see--but I desperately don't want to see it in this place. Because if she was here, under the power of the kind of vamp that'd be attracted to her--"

It came together for her. "You're seeing Janni."

"Yeah." The word was practically a sob.

"Oh, puppy." She leaned over his body and wrapped her arms around him. "She's not here."

"I know that. And I don't want her to be, believe me." The shakes had him again. "But I'm getting pulled in six directions at once."

"Shh." She gave him a push. "Here, scoot over, give me some room. That's it." She slid under the covers next to him and opened her arms, and he leeched onto her like he was coming home. She pressed her lips into his hair. "I've got you."

"Yeah."

"You should try to sleep. Because I know you're not getting enough, especially lately, and that isn't good for you either."

"Dreams have been bad. Dismembering and screaming and needles." Silence for a five-count. "If it was me they were doing it to, I could handle it. But it's you and Janni, and I can't deal when it's people I lo--" He stopped, swallowed. "People I'm close to."

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You can haz snippet!

Because it's Snippet Saturday.

After much reflection and poking around, here, have this one:

"What's happening with you, puppy? I need to know."

"I'm just--" He stopped. Tried again. "Seeing things that can't possibly be."

"Flashbacks? We can deal with those."

"No. Hallucinations, more like. I've had them before. Usually, they're things I don't want to see. This time, it's a mix of something I desperately want to see--but I desperately don't want to see it in this place. Because if she was here, under the power of the kind of vamp that'd be attracted to her--"

It came together for her. "You're seeing Janni."

"Yeah." The word was practically a sob.

"Oh, puppy." She leaned over his body and wrapped her arms around him. "She's not here."

"I know that. And I don't want her to be, believe me." The shakes had him again. "But I'm getting pulled in six directions at once."

"Shh." She gave him a push. "Here, scoot over, give me some room. That's it." She slid under the covers next to him and opened her arms, and he leeched onto her like he was coming home. She pressed her lips into his hair. "I've got you."

"Yeah."

"You should try to sleep. Because I know you're not getting enough, especially lately, and that isn't good for you either."

"Dreams have been bad. Dismembering and screaming and needles." Silence for a five-count. "If it was me they were doing it to, I could handle it. But it's you and Janni, and I can't deal when it's people I lo--" He stopped, swallowed. "People I'm close to."

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Man, I love...

Watching fireworks from our roof.

Happy Fourth, everyone.

Man, I love...

Watching fireworks from our roof.

Happy Fourth, everyone.