Those very rare occasions don't let up, they keep on coming

[cassie_of_troy]

Who: Apollo and Cassandra
What: The inevitable awkward conversation following a drunken encounter
Where: The Valhalla Inn
When: The night after this
Notes: None
Warnings: Sexual tension and snippy, blunt honesty

The Valhalla Inn was starting to get claustrophobic. Cassandra felt trapped. It was ridiculous, of course. She wasn't a prisoner as she had been on the caravan, as she had been in Willaknapp. Nor was she, as far as she knew, under the sway of the natives of Baedal, as she had been in Rowan. Still, she was anxious to get out. The thought of having a place of her own was appealing, but Cassandra knew herself well enough to know that if she couldn't find someone to share a flat with, she would likely go off the deep end again. When she was alone all the time, she withdrew. She lived up to certain expectations. No, it was definitely better for her to find an anchor, someone she could trust to keep her sane.

For now, however, the only way to relieve the claustrophobia was to keep the door to her room propped open.

Cassandra lay on her stomach, across the foot of her bed, lazily scanning her CiD, examining various network posts. She was finally beginning to get a sense of some of these people, but so far, Ianto--and by default, Jack--were the only ones she felt comfortable telling about her visions. With the monster attacks so fresh in her mind, she felt no end to the frustration about the fact that her dire warnings had not yielded any kind of results. Then again, what could she do? Certainly, she couldn't tell the militia or these Hellsing people. Neither party had demonstrated much to give her any kind of faith. Of course, it would be easier to just try to live a normal life and pretend the visions didn't happen.

But that would be a lie.

Comments

[truthsandlyres]

Apollo whistled lightly as he walked down the hall, hands in his pockets. His headache was finally gone, and that was worth whistling about. Work had been brutal that morning, and the docks were never a very quiet place to begin with, let alone when your head was beating out its own drumbeat so loud that you were sure everyone around you could hear it.

But now, all was well and it was nearly time for bed. With sleep came dreams, and those were always better than the reality of what he'd been pulled into.

It wasn't until he was in front of Cassandra's door that Apollo realized he was going the long way around. Still--what was she doing with the door open? Hardly seemed safe.

So, after clearing his throat, he lightly rapped his knuckles against the door frame. "Careful, Swan. You never know what sort of dangerous men might be lurking in the hallway."