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Tweak says, "I want u around 4 a long time"

Alexander "Alex" Michael Karev, M. D. (evilspawn) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2015-06-09 15:32:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, alex karev, gwen cooper, martha jones, spencer reid, yuuri shibuya

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Yo, clinic staff and anyone else who's got a little experience with CPR or lifeguarding, is a particularly strong swimmer or whose got skills that might be useful for us if the water rises much higher - put your hand up. The Force here's looking for volunteers but I'm going to be the one poking you all with a stick to get organized.

[Karev's wet to the bone, still packing waterproofed supplies - the last of it from the clinic. Anything for small abrasions from floating garbage to CPR mouth guards. Not that they'll likely see much use, hopefully. He looks a little tired but it's not the first time he's worked through a hangover and frankly, it's forgotten pretty quick. As terrible as it sounds, he thrives on a good disaster. The ability to do something in a good disaster.]

Keep tabs on your friends and neighbors, not everyone knows how to swim or how to admit that they never learned. Once someone goes under there's only a short period of time to do something in. After about seven minutes, they're gone. And don't go trying to be a savior if you're not trained to, either, because a drowning person can drag you down too if you're not prepared.

[Private to Gwen Cooper]

[This comes a little later after his first broadcast, and this is only voice. He - debated doing this, honestly. But here he is because ignoring it didn't help, it only made him pack three of the same thing into one pack.] Yo.

You getting along okay in this crap?

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sobloodywelsh
2015-06-12 06:06 am UTC (link)

[Gwen grits her teeth as she heads into the water. As she breaks through the surface the only thing all air disappears, and she is left for two, frantic terrible hour-long seconds, as a empty husk. Then her head is over the surface and she looks at Karev with eyes large and filled with a fright she surpresses as quick as she can.]

Fuck! [A current is tugging at her body and she realizes that this might have been a mistake.] Lead the way cowboy

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evilspawn
2015-06-12 07:24 am UTC (link)

[Those two seconds wear on him until his breath leaves his lungs when she surfaces and he reaches out for her arm, treading water and trying to lasso her closer in a way.] Hold on to me if you're having trouble, I'll get us there - I've done a lot of crazier crap in my life. This is nothing.

[He waits to ensure she's close, at least, before starting to swim. Goddamn, how did it get so deep?] Then we can discuss you sitting cowgirl later on.

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sobloodywelsh
2015-06-12 10:42 am UTC (link)

[The water is not dark enough beneath them. She can make out shapes of the streets below, of places she has just started knowing. Her stomach sinks deep within her.]

I'm here.[ Oh please God I don't want to see anyone .]

I am actually more of a reversed cowgirl myself.[Her hand finds his and she holds it for a second, squeezing hard. Then she starts swimming in big broad strokes, trying to force her tired muscles into work. It is terrifying, but doing something is better than sitting still. In the water with Karev is better than alone in a rooftop.] And I wouldn't have to look at your face.

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evilspawn
2015-06-13 02:53 am UTC (link)

Oyyyy. [He laughs, something of a sputter in the water, in reply to that with a wicked grin. This is the kind of banter he likes - the kind that keeps him busy as he tries to swim, keeps him from obsessing over ensuring she's still by him with every stroke. And then it's also just a nice mental image to consider.]

If that's the case, you probably like it doggy style, don't 'cha.

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sobloodywelsh
2015-06-15 07:53 am UTC (link)

Oh absolutely, everything that let's me look away from you while you get your business overwith.

[There's a screaming in her muscles, protesting this unknown sort of excersice. It's not used to having to put everything into work at once, every muscle straining, every single little bit of her trying to keep her alive. Gwen looks at Karev and returns his grin with one.]

You look like a bloody cuddler though. Coming off like you're all hard but all you want is a kiss on the forehead and to hug a little...

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evilspawn
2015-06-16 07:39 am UTC (link)

Hey, don't project your wishy washy crap on me. If you want cuddles and crap, that's fine. We could negotiate. [Because you know, Gwen, you're not far off the mark. Not that Alex will ever be keen on admitting it.

The swim back seems to take a lot longer. He - aches. But he refuses to show weakness because so what if he feels like jelly, he kind of wants to... impress her? Or more importantly, see her safe.] 'Course if you wanna smother me with that chest of yours in a little cuddlefest, I'd be game.

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sobloodywelsh
2015-06-22 07:36 pm UTC (link)

[Laughter nearly causes her to swallow water. It's really getting to her. The waves, the currents, her arms ache and her legs have started to feel like they are filled with acid.]

Sounds like a good idea Karev, how about this, if you warm me up after this I will put my chest whereever you bloody want it!

[A dark shape underneath her calls her attention. What it is she doesn't know, a person,a piece of furniture, it goes by too fast for her to be able to see, but it frightens her to her very core.]

JESUS!

[The scare stops her rythm, and she sinks. For a moment she is under water, a current tugging at her like a rough hand, water streams down her nose and fills her throat, like dense air. It's too easy to take it in. Far too easy.
Her head breaks the surface. Air. Air.]

Shit shit shit Karev I can't, I c-can't anymore please!

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evilspawn
2015-06-23 06:05 am UTC (link)

[She may hear him as she breaks the water, calling her name just '-wen! Gwen?' as she pops out of the water and gives him a cold shake of relief. He's already feeling like a beat horse but he moves toward her, reaching out to envelop her in his arms while treading water. Suddenly that egotistical nonchalance is gone and his expression is concern, his voice low, steady and gentle.]

Hey, hey... look at me. You can do this. [If it just wasn't pissing rain on them, it might be easier...] You'll hold on to me and I'll get us to the next chunk of something to hold on to and then I'll call us in. Got it? Not even that far. Just hold on, I got you. I got you. [He repeats it, stressing the point.]

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sobloodywelsh
2015-06-23 08:10 pm UTC (link)

[The tides pull at her, but the pull of Karev is stronger. Gwen treads water until he is close enough to reach, and she allows her tired beat body to do so. The rushing water makes a noise so great in her tired ears that they almost feel as strained as her arms, but everything softens as she moves in to him, relaxing. During her years of training they learned how to rescue someone who is drowning, and now she tries to become the one drowning making it easier on him.
Gwen's lower lip quivers, and she looks up at him, breathing hard. It feels humiliating. Fucking humiliating, but the way the water rushed into her lungs frightened her so bad she don't know if her legs work anymore.]

Alright... Alright, you've got me. You've got me.

[Gwen turns her head and presses her cold face against his cold neck, feeling his pulse against her lips, and trying to calm down.]

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evilspawn
2015-06-25 07:08 am UTC (link)

[Alright, just as she's using her training to help him - he's trying to remember his to save her. He's a surgeon, a doctor, he knows what to do when someone's artery's shooting blood all over the place. He knows how to bring someone who's drowned back around. Hell, he knows how to separate a pair of siamese twins. But does that help here? No, he's not a goddamn lifeguard so he's got a flicker of panic in his chest at the prospect of fucking up.

His arms around her, he tries to think of how to do this.] Hold on to me, I don't know if I can - hold you back so great but just don't let go.

[And he'll then try to swim the two of them to the closest building. Some are still too high while others are entirely submerged and there's this anxiety each time he looks for somewhere to go and can't quite find it. It's not until a few yards away a floating piece of debris starts floating their way that he finally decides to go for it. Before it too goes away.]

That - grab that.

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sobloodywelsh
2015-06-26 08:38 pm UTC (link)

[Eternity passes. It flows through her, minutes or hours or seconds, jumbled together into one big mess as she tries as well as she can to put herself into use. Looking up at the sky, gray and big and mockingly dry above them, not able to be plagued by it's own curse only give it. This isn't like her. The damsel in distress. She feels disgusted.

When some sort of safety comes, in the form of a floating something, Gwen reaches out and grasps it, holding on to it with hands so cold they are white.]

Thank you! God we are rats in a bloody pissing bucket down here aren't we. I hate this fucking place!

[Anger bursts from her, an explosion of heat amidst all the chilling water.]

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evilspawn
2015-06-27 07:58 am UTC (link)

[Karev waits until she's grabbed it before he gives it a try, being a little Jack to her Rose without trying. (And if the debris didn't hold he would've done the same thing, but it does and so there's no need to even address it.) He's starting to feel the achy strain and the bone chilling cold of being drenched right down to the core and left to swim in it.]

If you - feel like you're gonna let go, tell me. I'll have you. I'll get us a relay or something. [He tries to sound confident, reassuring, as he then uses the device to try and ping someone for help. Admitting he's in over his head sucks but hey, so does drowning.]

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sobloodywelsh
2015-06-27 11:04 am UTC (link)

[The safety of not having to strain her own body into floating, being able to hold on to something that will stay floating no matter how high the tide rises,helps Gwen's brain to return to the sharpness it had lost. Looking at Karev,watching him trying to get contact something sparks in her and she reaches over the piece of debris and grasps his hand. Holding on to it hard, trying to tell him, without distracting him from what he's doing, that she's got him too.

They can't die down here. This isn't even them, of course they can't die. BUt it feels enough like them for her to be frightened. Even if dying no longer means death, Gwen has no desire to go through it.]

I won't let go.

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	evilspawn 2015-07-08 05:54 am UTC (link)
	[He knows she's holding his hand and he's not pulling away from it but he does his best not to acknowledge it either, even though his fingers curl back against hers.] Good. They- someone's coming. [He shifts, leaning against the debris.] We'll be up there before we know it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sobloodywelsh 2015-07-13 09:20 pm UTC (link)
	[Gwen holds on. Fingers stiff with cold. Heart beating so hard it makes her sick. Looking up through the rain, trying not to get it in her eyes. Looking up at the floating island above which seems so safe. For now.] Sounds.. Sounds good. Sounds good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

evilspawn
2015-07-16 05:27 am UTC (link)

[His hand holds on to hers and that's all he really has for her, the touch and the reminder people are coming. Things he says to people all the time, whether it's true or not. They're sick, they're bleeding and all he can do is tell them things will be alright and he'll see them through it all. He believes it this time, even though he knows there are times he's talking out of his ass. He doesn't let her go, not until they have their rescue. And like every other time; there's a rush of relief not unlike a set of ambulance lights on a dark and rainy road.]

[ooc; good to cut? I'm still up for floral business, even as a backtag fyi!]

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	sobloodywelsh 2015-07-17 08:15 pm UTC (link)
	[ooc: Perfect. I would absolutely adore that! Want me to jump in on Karev's?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2015-07-17 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	[Sure! He's totally not looking for her or anything, as it were.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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