The Doctor

An hour after hearing the little bleep on his computer, Toby was still at a loss as to how to reply to the email message he had received from Kathleen. What did one say to something like that?

Okay, maybe he deserved a bit of an ass kicking for not getting into contact, but he had never claimed to be a super awesome friend, he was very shit at communicating when it wasn't in his face. It wasn't that he had forgotten about Kathleen, and he had wondered where she was, it was just that with his coffee shop being in the works and he was supervising that a lot, getting his hands in with the painting and everything, and now Kris disappearing, staying in contact with people wasn't something that had jumped straight to the forefront of his mind.

He nudged the coffee table with his foot. Wolf whined pitifully from where he was sat at Toby's side, his head on his master's lap. One hand scratched absently behind Wolf's ears, the other was petting Spacey who had finally decided that she loved him enough to notice when something was wrong and she had curled up on his stomach as he was slouched in the couch.

He wanted to be angry. He should have been angry at the comment Kathleen made about his wife. She had no right, she didn't even- He had never really spoken about her but he always thought it had been clear how much he loved her. Instead he was just reeling, hurt from the comments and entirely unsure how to deal with what had just happened.

( Not Tears, Dust )

( Strictly Not Allowed )

( Workaholic )

To: Java Man
From: Super Alec

Am bored. Very bored. What're you up to besides pursuing your business venture? I'm supposed to be catching a couple zzz's given that it's my first break in what has been an 11 hour long shift of weird behaviour and crazy people. Thing is, I can't sleep, so I'm bugging you instead. Text me back.

After being dropped off Alec had gone straight to bed where he had stayed for several hours before he'd finally woken up to a chest ripping and body shaking cough. This time it felt different, more intense, and he couldn't ignore the way in which his chest along with his stomach had started to burn.

It was with a blind fumbling and staggered run that Alec barely made it to the bathroom, immediately doubling over the nearby sink to grip at the porcelain until his knuckles were the same shade of white.

Alec tasted salt, felt his stomach give, and then grimaced as his entire body shook in the lead up what happened next.

( Not Pretty )

( Taking A Sample )

Session Start (All Work No Play/Infelicitas)

All Work No Play: Let me guess, you fell asleep and left your computer on. Again. You have any idea how sad it is that your online status says '48hours, 55 minutes and 30 seconds'? ;) Toooby, wake up, I'm bored, entertain me!

Infelicitas: I'm awake!! I'm just trying to download something and it's taking a really long time. So technically, yes, I have fallen asleep with my computer on, but not right now. Kinda glad you weren't in the other day when I woke up from crashing on the keyboard and I had imprints on my face. That was embarrassing. And I'd left my contacts in. My eyes feel like they're on fire.

Infelicitas: Anyway, I don't exist to entertain you! :p Don't you have some doctor to do that? No, wait, that's you ;) And it's totally not sad that my status says that. It's quite epic. I'm going for 100 hours. Just because.

All Work No Play: Uh-huh sure you are, I can practically feel your lightening quick wits from here ;) Y'see I didn't really need to be there to see it, you've just told me and I can now use my very active imagination to envision it. Either that or just wait for you to do it again and snap a pic!

All Work No Play: It's slow, very slow. There was a mad rush over New Years and now it's like a (excuse the wording) graveyard o.O. You, dear Toby, need to get out more. I'm totally dragging you away from your precious computer and into the real world for a night.

( I hate you )

( In Your Dreams )

Once he had some free time and he wasn't working a ridiculous from dusk to dawn shift at the hospital Alec had made a call - first to Toby, to let the other man know he was in town and looking to meet up and it was agreed that he'd make ahouse-call and then a second call to that woman Faith, to basically ramble about the other night and how he had his suspicions about a guy working within the hospital's morgue. Mostly it was just an excuse to drop a message and see about meeting up again or something to that effect, it wasn't often he got to meet a Slayer or a woman like that.

Currently he was stood outside of what he hoped was the right house for Toby or else he'd be very embarrassed when somebody opened the door and gave him this blank stare when he asked the question "are you Toby?" unless a woman opened the door and then it would be fairly pointless.

He raked his fingers through his hair and then curled his hand into a fist, rapping his knuckles against the wood. Hopefully he had gotten the hang of this direction thing, he was definitely not getting as lost as he had in the beginning.Yay, progress?

Alec glanced over his shoulder as he thought he heard something in a nearby bush.

Toby tilted his head when he heard a knock on the door and Wolf barked. It was unusual for him to do so, but his feet could be heard on the other side of the door as he headed towards it, excited at the prospect of more attention and someone new and fun to play with him.

"Hang on!" he yelled, flicking the coffee pot on again considering he'd gotten distracted and the water had gone cold. He then padded out into the hallway, almost tripping over his cat. He had been expecting Alec for a little while now, ever since the doctor had called him and he was quite excited. He'd even cleaned at the prospect of the guy coming over. It would be nice to have someone else living in the apartment, after all, he was a social creature and living alone did not really suit him.

He reached the door, glasses perched on the end of his nose. He pushed them up as he pulled it open, greeting whoever was on the other side with a huge, welcoming smile.

"Alec, right?"

( Introductions )

( Nitty Gritty )

( Serial Killers, Axe Murderers And Vampires )