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Title: Black Edelweiss
Series: Zeitgeist
Follows: One Giant Leap
Wordcount: 229
Summary: Two weeks after Claire Bennet's televised leap from the Ferris wheel, the 12th handles it's first case delving into the strange world of specials. Evidence points the investigation toward a former Company Agent, a man Noah Bennet would swear up and down doesn't exist.
Details: Minimal details due to inflation. Full warnings and details in main post.
PREV: Chapter Nine // MAIN // NEXT: Chapter Ten
Kevin & Javier—Manhattan, New York; June 2010
Kevin didn't realize he had fallen asleep until he jerked awake, Javier's voice whispering that he should go to bed.
Javier's breath was warm, and his mouth seemed oddly close to Kevin's ear. Disoriented and still half-asleep, it took Kevin several moments to puzzle out that he had fallen asleep on his couch, and that he was apparently using his partner as a pillow. Blinking, he remembered renting movies with Javier earlier that night and realized that he must have drifted off.
"You stayin'?" Kevin asked his partner in a sleepy mumble.
The corners of Javier's mouth lifted in an odd smile, and he didn't respond right away. There was an expression in his eyes that Kevin couldn't read, like his partner was trying to memorize his face.
"Yeah," Javier said softly, before Kevin could comment on the pause. "Yeah, I'll be here. Go to bed, Kev."
And something felt...off. Something had felt off all night, but he hadn't been able to put his finger on it earlier, and right now he was too tired to even try.
As he was dressing for bed, Kevin was surprised to find there were tears half-dried on his cheeks. Disturbed, after a moment he decided he must have been dreaming. Something tickled at the back of his mind...something about a soldier running through a broken city, desperately calling for someone.
Or maybe that had been the movie. He couldn't quite remember.
For a moment, Kevin was struck by the painfully sharp desire to hear his mother's voice. Gazing at the clock, he pushed the thought away with a snort. It was far too late at night—practically morning, really. He promised himself he would call her first thing in the morning.
Of course, by the time morning came, that promise had been forgotten as well.
PREV: Chapter Nine // MAIN // NEXT: Chapter Ten
Series: Zeitgeist
Follows: One Giant Leap
Wordcount: 229
Summary: Two weeks after Claire Bennet's televised leap from the Ferris wheel, the 12th handles it's first case delving into the strange world of specials. Evidence points the investigation toward a former Company Agent, a man Noah Bennet would swear up and down doesn't exist.
Details: Minimal details due to inflation. Full warnings and details in main post.
PREV: Chapter Nine // MAIN // NEXT: Chapter Ten
Kevin & Javier—Manhattan, New York; June 2010
Kevin didn't realize he had fallen asleep until he jerked awake, Javier's voice whispering that he should go to bed.
Javier's breath was warm, and his mouth seemed oddly close to Kevin's ear. Disoriented and still half-asleep, it took Kevin several moments to puzzle out that he had fallen asleep on his couch, and that he was apparently using his partner as a pillow. Blinking, he remembered renting movies with Javier earlier that night and realized that he must have drifted off.
"You stayin'?" Kevin asked his partner in a sleepy mumble.
The corners of Javier's mouth lifted in an odd smile, and he didn't respond right away. There was an expression in his eyes that Kevin couldn't read, like his partner was trying to memorize his face.
"Yeah," Javier said softly, before Kevin could comment on the pause. "Yeah, I'll be here. Go to bed, Kev."
And something felt...off. Something had felt off all night, but he hadn't been able to put his finger on it earlier, and right now he was too tired to even try.
As he was dressing for bed, Kevin was surprised to find there were tears half-dried on his cheeks. Disturbed, after a moment he decided he must have been dreaming. Something tickled at the back of his mind...something about a soldier running through a broken city, desperately calling for someone.
Or maybe that had been the movie. He couldn't quite remember.
For a moment, Kevin was struck by the painfully sharp desire to hear his mother's voice. Gazing at the clock, he pushed the thought away with a snort. It was far too late at night—practically morning, really. He promised himself he would call her first thing in the morning.
Of course, by the time morning came, that promise had been forgotten as well.
PREV: Chapter Nine // MAIN // NEXT: Chapter Ten
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