[CAMPUS/IC]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[This is a general post for threads that can't go anywhere else, to prevent making closed posts for one or two characters.

Threads here are 100% IC for the_campus.

05/10/13 - A Soft Heart Breaking. (Date Mislabelled on actual thread)
05/10/13 - What Family's For
8/10/13 - Trespass of the Soul
13/10/13 - Fears of the Past
13/10/13 - The Great Evacuation
14/10/13 - A Beach Date! Jokes Spiralling Out of Control
31/10/13 - Questionable Intentions
03/11/13 - Secrets of the Mind]

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[helpusduelist]

Sleep now, if you need to. I'll keep watch out here. And at worst, I can carry you inside. [He chuckles.] You sleep rather... deeply.

[fluffydeathdealer]

If I can... I might be too tired.

[It sounds like an oxymoron, but he knows how hard it can be to sleep when you've stayed up for a while.]

Eheh... Am I really that bad? You're the one that pinned Uncle Jack and I on the couch that time, remember...

[helpusduelist]

Truthfully, I don't sleep very deeply often at all. I don't wake up at every sound, but something loud or unknown movement will quickly wake me up. It was more that it was with you and Jack that allowed me to sleep like that.

It was... an interesting experience.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Maybe we're just that calming... or maybe you just like Uncle Jack that much.

Who knows?

[helpusduelist]

[Henry laughs a little at that.]

It could be both. I have said that Jack is one of the few people I feel genuinely comfortable with, haven't I?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un. It's nice, when you meet people like that.

[helpusduelist]

And you're one of them. My precious son, no matter what happens.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Father... I think... I would like to go back with you someday, when you find a way.

[His voice is sleepy and for a moment, he seems to doze off only to jerk awake again.]

[helpusduelist]

I'd love that, if you did. But make the choice later, when you're not so tired.

[He pets Ryou's hair again, soothingly, trying to help him doze off to sleep.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Mm... [The petting helps and after a moment or two, his breathing evens out a little. His sleep isn't exactly undisturbed, but it's something.]

[helpusduelist]

[It's going to take more than this to make sure Ryou actually sleeps, Henry knows. But hopefully at least a nap will reassure him a little bit.

As it is, he begins to hum a soft lullaby, looking out over the water and letting his mind drift back to that very home. The ocean, the travels on the boat... the different scents of the air and the difference in temperatures...

Even if this place has granted him so many things, Henry is truly beginning to miss England. His hand tightens a little on Ryou, the other pausing for a moment as he muses.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Ryou murmurs something unintelligible that might have been 'keep going' or 'start rolling'. Hard to tell. He tenses momentarily in Henry's arms, mumbling something about 'too many teeth', and hides his face in his sleep.]

[helpusduelist]

[...What in God's name are you dreaming of? Henry resumes the petting, though he leans down a little to mumble some more descriptions of England and the Lancastrians in Ryou's ear in the hopes to influence those dreams... or nightmares.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Purring slightly in his sleep, Ryou seems to relax, the whispering helping. Though from the later murmur of 'Uncle Jack, why are you in a dinosaur suit?', they're still strange.]

[helpusduelist]

...

[Snrk. That would actually be kind of funny to see, now that he thinks about it.]

Rest well, Ryou... or at least as well as you can.

[fluffydeathdealer]

[And sleep he does, for a while. Meanwhile, in the Ring, Bakura sulks. Those two and their freaking sappy bullshit...]

[helpusduelist]

[Henry remains there for a while, simply humming the lullaby and petting Ryou's hair, until the boy stirs again. He glances down, smiling gently; he didn't think sleep would last too long out here.]

Did you rest well?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Mm... I did. Thank you. I needed that.

[He doesn't bother to move just yet, being comfortable - if a little cold.]

How long was I out...?

[helpusduelist]

Only a couple of hours. Not enough for decent rest, but I hope at least enough to take the edge off your exhaustion.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Yeah... I can at least think clearly now.

[He gives a formal nod, shifting a little.]

Sorry for making you sit out here so long.

[helpusduelist]

I don't mind it, since it was to help you. And after all, I needed some quiet time to think out here myself.

[He places a light kiss on Ryou's forehead.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Ryou grins a little at that, looking a lot calmer.]

Did you manage to think through what you wanted to?

[helpusduelist]

Yes, I did.

[Henry shifts a little, looking out over the water again.]

This place offers horrors, at times... but it's given more good than bad, at least to me. If it means that there are times I have to suffer for that, I think I can handle those, now.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un. I agree. It may be just that I'm so used to moving around, but even though things can get bad here, I'm okay being here too. After all, because of this place, I met you and Jack and a lot of other people too.

[helpusduelist]

And eventually, when there is a way found to return home... we can carry all these things with us. At the least, in our minds and hearts. At the most... [He pets Ryou's hair again.] The person themselves.