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Harron Peasley · 07-25-2024, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrocat

"AHHH!"

Usually, it was Brandon whose shrieks were loud enough to wake the whole dorm. But at least when it was him doing the yelling, he knew it was from a nightmare and not because there was an actual emergency. Reuben's yell had the effect of (a) waking Brandon up, (b) freaking Brandon out, and (c) making Brandon scramble to get out of bed because he thought there was an emergency. Of course, he managed to hit his shin and stub his toe on his way up, but he was frightened and alert and barely registered the pain.

There was no real emergency, of course, unless you counted Reuben spilling water on himself. But one Brandon Fox was much too tired and a little too on-edge as a person to fully understand that. He was somewhat like a compressed spring. Of anxiety. "Reuben!! Are you okay?? What's going on??"

Reuben was yelling, Brandon started yelling, Reuben's yelling got louder.

This was a vicious circle that only stopped when his hopping about meant he stubbed his toe on a bedpost. That caused him to bend over, muttering expletives as he shook his foot. Merlin, what a NIGHTMARE.

.................. Maybe it was? A nightmare?

Nope! Reuben pinched himself to make sure, and proceeded to yell another swear word before he looked up and realised Brandon was there. What he didn't quite realise was that his dormmate had asked him something, though, so he just blinked at the younger boy. "What time is it?" he croaked eventually, voice hoarse from the yelling.

07-25-2024, 02:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
Harron Peasley Mooncalf Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Losers Club Posts: 7,595 Hogwarts RPG Name: Reuben Albert Darcy-Stemp Hufflepuff Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Billie Love Stemp Gryffindor Fifth Year x3	Sarah thinks I'm cute \| Shan's safe space. Quote: Originally Posted by astrocat "AHHH!" Usually, it was Brandon whose shrieks were loud enough to wake the whole dorm. But at least when it was him doing the yelling, he knew it was from a nightmare and not because there was an actual emergency. Reuben's yell had the effect of (a) waking Brandon up, (b) freaking Brandon out, and (c) making Brandon scramble to get out of bed because he thought there was an emergency. Of course, he managed to hit his shin and stub his toe on his way up, but he was frightened and alert and barely registered the pain. There was no real emergency, of course, unless you counted Reuben spilling water on himself. But one Brandon Fox was much too tired and a little too on-edge as a person to fully understand that. He was somewhat like a compressed spring. Of anxiety. "Reuben!! Are you okay?? What's going on??" Reuben was yelling, Brandon started yelling, Reuben's yelling got louder. This was a vicious circle that only stopped when his hopping about meant he stubbed his toe on a bedpost. That caused him to bend over, muttering expletives as he shook his foot. Merlin, what a NIGHTMARE. .................. Maybe it was? A nightmare? Nope! Reuben pinched himself to make sure, and proceeded to yell another swear word before he looked up and realised Brandon was there. What he didn't quite realise was that his dormmate had asked him something, though, so he just blinked at the younger boy. "What time is it?" he croaked eventually, voice hoarse from the yelling. __________________ ⇀ Standing now, calling all the people here to see the show_____________________________ Calling for my demons now to let me go ↽