Who: Roger and Mark (locked)
What: Talking about Mimi and how Roger's coping
Warnings: Slight angst.

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Mark slid the key into the lock, and pushed open the door. He could hear Roger playing in the living room.

"Hey," he said, taking off his jacket. "Coffee?" he offered, moving into the kitchen.

"I saw Mimi downstairs," he called back as he made the coffee. "She said she'd call up later, she wanted to go for a walk. Mentioned maybe watching a movie in one of those screening rooms tonight."

Who: Mark and Romana (locked)
When: Continued directly from this Roger thread, which is after the call with Sam. Mark's not had a great morning.
What: Mark needs huggles. And possibly sex. Also, a semi-anniversary thing, remembering the day they met...
Warnings: Angst, then probably immense cute, then definitely sex.

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"Roger..." he called, but it was too late. He had already left.

He sighed. He'd need some alone time. He would talk to him later.

He sighed again, this one turning into a sort of frustrated yell, and threw himself onto the large couch near the screen.

He'd just lie here till he could forget the call, forget Sam's voice on the other end of the line. Forget the look on Roger's face when he'd seen Mimi on the screen...

Forget how he kept hurting people, forget how it didn't seem to matter right now that in the long run, both Sam and Roger would thank him for what he'd done. Forget that right now, he knew two people, a total stranger and his best friend, were in pain. And that it was because of him.

He'd lie here till he started to like himself again, whenever that was.

Who: Mark and Romana (locked)
When: The day after Mark's visit to Manny.
Where: Grounds and then Room 330
Warning: NC-17. Mark gets laid. All together now... YAY!

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Roger is doing a whole lot better lately. It isn't over, not by a long shot, and Mark knows that. But it's getting there.

He's going for a walk, just a quick one. To get out of the room, not only so that it can be cleaned, but for a change of scenery.

He makes his way to the lake, and wanders around for a bit, lost in thought. Things with Romana are going really well, she still takes him by surprise with her telepathy on a regular basis. And it's like nothing he's ever experienced in his life.

But now, well, he thinks they might be ready for more. He hasn't seen her in a day or two, but they were... in contact last night. He smiles at the memory, continuing around the lake.

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Who: Roger and Mark
Where: Room 330
When: Roger's second day, right in the middle of the withdrawal
Rating: R for drugs references, probably language too. And a big fat A for Angst. Lots of it.

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Mark braces himself on the counter as he waits for the coffee to brew.

It won't be for long he thinks. A couple of days.

He can't help it, he reminds himself.

He looks up as the coffee maker finished, and poured some coffee into the mugs on the counter.

"Here you go," he says, bringing it over to where Roger is sitting, legs curled into his body. "Coffee?"

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Mark is walking around the grounds. The weather is confusing, it was January back at home, but now it seems to be much later in the year. Fall, he notes with a hollow laugh. Perfect.

Which means it's almost Hallowe'en, even if they don't call it that. That is going to be strange, it hasn't been a year, so it can't be an anniversary.

He wraps his scarf tighter around his neck and head down, starts to walk around the lake.

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