Dustin Henderson (nocollarbones) wrote in noexits, @ 2022-08-16 11:01:00 |
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Entry tags: | !log/thread/narrative, marvel (tv/movies): kamala khan, stranger things: dustin henderson, → week 043 (everything everywhere) |
Everything Everywhere | Day 1
fancy coding to come later
Who: Dustin and Kamala
Where: Their shared room
When: Day 1, morning
What: Meeting of the nerds
Dustin wasn't exactly prepared for the reset morning ritual. He had arrived mid-week in a void, then woken in a weird house with a weird family of Cleaver-clones, and now, while he recognized the bedroom as the one from Derleth, it had changed - there was an occupied bed in the other side. Occupied. As an only child, this was an affront to his very core.
Not only that, but the other bed was occupied by a girl.
"Shit," he muttered to himself. At least he'd woken up in his clothes. That was weird - didn't Derleth know what pajamas were? But at least it saved him from trying to change in a room where there was a girl, even if she was sleeping.
She also seemed to be a very pretty girl. Dustin admonished himself for being a creep for watching a girl sleeping in her bed, and tried to reason that it was perfectly natural to be curious about a surprise roommate that had appeared in your pocket-universe-dorm room, but that didn't help the creepy factor.
There was only one thing to do. Wake up the girl, but in a way that seemed accidental and unintentional. Good thing Dustin had a heavy backpack full of gear. He conveniently placed it precariously on his dresser, then slammed one of the drawers shut. The backpack predictably shifted, and fell off the dresser with a loud clatter. "Shit!" he yelled, for good measure, somewhat ruining the effect by watching the other bed closely to make sure the noise had woken the occupant.