Night Time Disturbances (Closed to Peter)

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Alec gave up trying to move his stuff out, mostly because Peter looked so excited to have a roommate, but he'd say it was because the Inn kept putting his stuff back into the room when he removed it out of protest. Two days wasn't exactly 'settling in', but at least there hadn't been another big argument like the first day. Maybe it helped that Alec was rarely in his room.

Sometime in the middle of the night, as Alec slept in his new bed, the nightmares came like they usually did. It always seemed to go backwards. First he was strapped in a chair with a laser in his eye and he was injected with something and had to listen and repeat a variety of commands. They would make him forget no matter how much he fought and strained. He'd learn to be a good soldier. And then came the explosion and the fiery feeling of dread. Seeing Rachel fall back from the blast and being unable to move.

Outwardly, he trashed around in the bed. Grunts and sounds of pain as his body tensed from fake pain. Then came her name. Loud and panicked. "Rachel!" and it would repeat, her name on his lips several times.

Library Studies [EP] - Open

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(ooc: Feel free to tag Liz, Scanlan, Mary, or Bo)

The library was popular at that very moment.

Liz had settled into one of the desks. She had a science book out with Kitty's latest assignment, but at the moment she was finished work that Illyana had given her for her Russian studies. It was maybe the hardest 'class' she had at the inn and she was even more determined to prove to Illyana that she could be a good student and that she wouldn't disappoint her. On top of that, Liz wasn't even sure how pleased Illyana was with her progress other than the fact Illyana hadn't decided to stop teaching her.

At another table, Mary Winchester sat with her family picture album opened. There was a page open to Dean as a three year old with G.I. Joes John insisted he buy. Another photo was of Dean catching a fish with John. A third had Dean touching Mary's pregnant belly all proud. Mary was writing down the stories she remembered of each photo beside the photos, worried she might forget them if she didn't. Funny how it hadn't been a worry back home.

Scanlan was sitting on a chair with a pad of paper in his hand. He was trying to write up a song. He had several started, but he couldn't quite commit to one entirely. He knew he would need a song for Zahra and Kash's baby's arrival, so that was on the list and it had been started, just a few lines. He also wanted to write a song about the Madonna Inn in general, again only a few lines had come out. Maybe he was just distracted lately.

Lastly, Bo only just arrived. She decided she'd try the whole 'read for leisure' thing and Illyana had said she could probably find her something she'd like. The sections were pretty easy to make out and she found a book titled Tusk Love which had a rather interesting cover and so Bo thought... why the hell not?

She sat down and started to read it. It flowed well and wasn't hard to read. At first it was just a simple love story, but as it went on, the descriptions became more... oh. It was that kind of book. And yet Bo couldn't pull her eyes away. She read, the descriptions caused Bo's skin to feel warmer and things start to stir inside her and - maybe she should read more often. Lips parted a little, Bo had to use a lot of her own will power not to be entirely inappropriate in the library at that moment as she shifted a little in her seat.