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[dranksforthememories]

WHAT what you want
WHERE where you want
WHEN Day ""135""

[The rain has cleared, but it appears to have left some people with a case of the sniffles! The magic sniffles. Even if you've never been sick a day in your life, you might not find yourself immune. Then again, maybe you have a terrible immune system and you're fine. I'm not the magic sniffles police.

Symptoms May Include:

- runny nose
- sore throat
- fever
- thinking you're going to cough or sneeze but actually what comes out is A BURST OF THE TRUTH
- waking up in someone else's bed
- joint aches

At least the sketchy pop-up pharmacy at the mall has a special on tissues and nyquil?]

Comments

[coldhand]

[touching his cheek, then his forehead]

Right. Just a minute.

[starspangledman]

I—

[stalls. he doesn't really have anything to say to that]

[starspangledman]

[shakes his head]

I'll be all right. Just a minute.

[starspangledman]

I'm not—I just need a minute.

[starspangledman]

I—there's something going on, I don't know what it is.

[divasterous]

[his eyes widen, and he exhales softly]

Oh . . .

[starspangledman]

What—? I—sorry—!

[scrambling out of his bed which is a bit of an ordeal with the vertigo and whoops you've got a supersoldier on your floor]

[coldhand]

[wincing slightly]

What I’m saying is that if I look like I don’t know what you’re doing, it’s probab because I don’t know what I’m doing

[starspangledman]

[that sure is a fever. he leans into her hand]

Just a minute...

[divasterous]

I mean . . . I've never gotten the impression you didn't know what you were doing?

[ribblerouser]

[Looking Very Stubborn]

[coldhand]

[brushing his hair back]

How ‘bout I get you some water while you collect your thought?

[divasterous]

[touches his fingers to Steve's forehead]

You're burning up.

[coldhand]

I haven’t really thought you didn’t either.

[divasterous]

Yeah . . .? I don't know. I feel fine at the same time—just . . . being impulsive, saying what comes to mind? But then I dwell on it later on a lot.

[coldhand]

It’s not so bad. [sniffling, then settling for breathing through her mouth] I can see why Steve likes it.

[starspangledman]

[catches Vasily's wrist, tugging his hand away]

It could—it might be contagious...

[divasterous]

. . .

Likes—m-me?

[starspangledman]

[looks down, swaying a little]

I can go back, yeah—

[starspangledman]

Water sounds—[cuts off, coughing. that's an answer]

[divasterous]

. . .

So what??

[ribblerouser]

...Let me help you, Steve...?

[coldhand]

Yes?

[starspangledman]

I don't want you to get sick.

[starspangledman]

[pauses, taking in a wet breath, coughing on the exhale]

Yeah—Okay.