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hellofist[Private text to Bruce Wayne]
[It takes her ten minutes and a lot of staring because what she gets out doesn't look right, but in the end, Cass sends the message anyway. He'll get it a few minutes after midnight.]
Marry Krismiss
Love, Cass
[She doesn't expect him to say anything back, but she can't let her first Christmas pass without saying something to him.]
[Video]
[When the video turns itself on, instead of an excited Merry Christmas!, the barge gets a shot of Cass sitting in bed in a blank cabin. She's in her pajamas still, hasn't gotten far, and her eyes are red and she's still crying.]
Merlin's gone. [Her voice is surprisingly even, despite speaking through her tears.] Went to bed and... he was here... Now his room is...
[She doesn't really know what to do, to say, but she knows she has to tell people that Merlin has disappeared, gone home. She's not thinking it might seem strange to most people on the Barge that she'd be sleeping in Merlin's bed at all, not right now. With a swipe at her eyes to try to dry them that completely fails, she tries to continue.]
Don't know... if he'll come back. But, he's...
[She doesn't finish. Instead, her hand covers up the camera and there's a few muffled sobs before the feed cuts off entirely.]
[Spam]
[For anyone who wants to go looking for her, Cass is still in Merlin's bedroom, still in his bed, curled up under the blankets. It's not fair that her first Christmas be like this, that she doesn't even have the familiarity of Merlin's room to comfort her. She'll get up eventually, but it will only be to drag some of her things back to the empty room. She has to save it for when he comes back, can't let anyone else move in. If that happens, she really has lost him.]
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27/12/12 03:10 (UTC)If he does.
Private
27/12/12 22:18 (UTC)Where are you?
[Someone is going to come find you and hug you.]
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27/12/12 22:32 (UTC)My room.
Private
27/12/12 23:32 (UTC)[She turns the feed off after that, but before long there's a knock on Arthur's door. Open up, king prat, you're getting hugged and it's gonna help.]
Private
28/12/12 00:00 (UTC)Arthur isn't all that surprised to see her there when he opens the door. He tips his head towards her, not showing much else of what he's thinking or feeling.]
Cassandra.
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28/12/12 00:17 (UTC)Hi Arthur.
[And that's all he gets before she's hugging him, arms wrapped around him tightly. He's too tall, just like just about everyone else she knows, so her head only comes up to about his chest, but it works.]
Private - this is the only hugicon i have
28/12/12 00:41 (UTC)Arthur wasn't expecting that, and he holds himself stiff for the first few seconds before he relaxes. Not totally but, enough to pat her shoulders.]
... what were you doing in Merlin's room?
Private - I have a bunch, Cass hugs everyone
28/12/12 01:13 (UTC)And she isn't sure if she should answer that, without Merlin being around to explain with her. It doesn't seem fair, that Arthur should hear from her and not Merlin that they've been a couple for nearly a month now.]
I sleep there, sometimes.
Private - damn you cassandra
28/12/12 01:23 (UTC)He grabs her shoulders now, and pushes her back a step, so he can look at her properly.]
You what?
Action - wow rude :|
28/12/12 01:45 (UTC)I can't sleep, sometimes. Merlin... helps.
Action - i didn't mean that i'm sorry :c
28/12/12 01:59 (UTC)You don't... he hasn't... [King of Camelot and a married man and he still can't voice it.]
Action - obviously you're forgiven but man. RUDE.
28/12/12 02:11 (UTC)Hasn't what?
Action - :C
28/12/12 02:16 (UTC)You haven't... he... has he been anything but respectful to you?
Action - <3?
28/12/12 02:27 (UTC)[That should be answer enough, but she reaches up to put her hand on his cheek in an attempt to reciprocate his care. It means a lot to her that he'd worry over her this way, so of course she'd feel the same way.]
We just sleep. He's... my boyfriend.
[There. It's out there now and Arthur knows it's completely legitimate for Cass to be there and no one's honor is in danger.]
Action - always <3
28/12/12 02:34 (UTC)What is that?
Action - yay :3
28/12/12 03:01 (UTC)It's like... husband, but less.
[She really has no idea how to explain it so this might just be even more confusing oops.]
Action
28/12/12 03:08 (UTC)Aah. Well. I had no idea.
[He's not mad. More shocked than anything.]
Action
28/12/12 05:45 (UTC)The extra room in that bigger bed was good, though. Thanks :|b
And great, now she's sad again. She ducks her head down and sighs quietly.]
It was... just for us. Something special.
Action
28/12/12 06:03 (UTC)I think you're too good for him, honestly. [Look, he's trying to make a joke and cheer her up.]
Action
28/12/12 06:12 (UTC)... What? Why? [How is that helping, that's just mean. Why are you being mean about your friend who is MISSING.]
Action
28/12/12 06:18 (UTC)Because Arthur has a terrible sense of everything. And that's how men rib on each other idk.]
Just a joke, Cass. If you're happy, that's all I need to know.
Action
29/12/12 18:27 (UTC)We were.
[She doesn't realize it might be weird, hearing her talk about her and Merlin like they're one entity, but he was happy and she was happy so they both were.]
Will you... be okay?
Action
29/12/12 19:24 (UTC)Of course.
Action
31/12/12 01:18 (UTC)Good.
[But he never agreed, so now she does have to push him on something.]
Promise you'll... make up. When he gets back.
Action
31/12/12 01:52 (UTC)I'll try my hardest.
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