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Ernest (Ernie/Ern) Macmillan (ernsthename) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2011-10-17 23:11:00

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!status: complete, ^date: october 30 2003, character: ernie macmillan, character: hannah abbott

Characters: Hannah and Ernie
Setting: Ernie's flat; October 30, 01:00
Content: Worksafe
Summary: It felt like more than a bad dream...

He had been getting ready to go to work when he heard a loud thump on the door of his flat. Turning around, Ern saw nothing, but then he heard the thump again. He hurried to the door, as it was still quite early in the morning to be banging on the door that loudly. He brought his wand with him, as he didn't know who was out there. It was when he opened the door that the answer to his question was made quite clear. An arm with putrid, rotting flesh reached out to grab him by the scruff of his neck, but he backed away quickly enough, wand at hand. Another arm had grabbed at his ankle as he quickly moved backwards, towards the sitting room. Fire, that's what these things respond to. He faced them, wand at the ready, his heart pounding in his ears and his breaths quick. He was about to yell out Incendio when one of them looked up at him. (He wouldn't think it possible, but it was possible here.) "Hann," Ern whispered, his eyes growing wide in disbelief. Another one had done the same and found that Justin had found a similar fate. He didn't know how they could've met this fate--it didn't make sense, but what he knew at that time was that they were gone but not rested. He looked over both of them and noticed that the same was true of his family. Their dead eyes looked at him as if accusing him of unspeakable deeds. He was he was only called back to attention when one of the corpses had already wrapped its hands around his neck and Ern tried to stop its cold, dead fingers from wrestling the life from him--

Ern startled in his bed, sweat dripping from his brow, mixed with tears. He noticed Hann next to him and first felt a wave of relief. But still feeling unsettled, he whispered gently at first, in case she may happen to be awake too. "Hann?"

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ernsthename
2011-10-19 09:45 pm UTC (link)

"And I'm glad that you are here--and prefer if you would stay." Especially since he actually believed that she wasn't amongst the living.

"What time is it?" Ernie asked as he looked down at his watch. The watch read 1:23 AM. He sighed in a sort of frustration. And he needed to be up at 6:00 AM for work--6:30 AM at the latest. On a day like today he expected for there to be absolute havoc since he already needed to plan for the weekends. "I think I need to at least try to get back to sleep. You'll be alright, Hann?" He doubted that it would be possible to get back to sleep after a dream like that--or even if he was capable of coping with that, he knew that Hann was terrified and he wanted to be up to reassure her. Maybe he'd just call in sick tomorrow?

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about_abbott
2011-10-19 10:03 pm UTC (link)

Hannah wasn't going any where. Were she at her own flat she likely would have gotten up and fixed herself some tea. She could do the same here as she knew Ernie wouldn't mind. Besides, the kitchen had practically become her's anyway (she knew he rarely if ever used it). Yet, she needed the closeness of him. She needed to know he was still warm and breathing. As much as she knew tea would help settle her nerves, she was more afraid of leaving the room and coming back to find that it had been more than a dream.

"I'll be fine," she lied as she pulled her arms back from their hold on him so he could lay down. She knew there was no way she was going to be able to sleep. The best use of her time would be trying to help him sleep.

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ernsthename
2011-10-19 10:24 pm UTC (link)

Ernie kissed Hannah on the top of her head and laid down once more with a sigh. "Love you, Hann. Don't worry too much - I think that things will be alright. It was just a dream, after all." He wrapped an arm around her and tried closing his eyes.

He still felt rather unsettled himself, but for both of their sakes he needed to stay calm. And for his own sanity he needed to sleep. The last thing he wanted to do was to make mistakes and have to stay at work longer than he had to or for something even worse to happen.

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about_abbott
2011-10-20 12:13 am UTC (link)

Hannah didn't want to close her eyes. In fact, she was afraid to close her eyes. "I love you, too," she scooted a little closer but didn't lay herself down. Instead she simply placed her arm on his shoulder and lightly rubbed his arm from there down to his elbow. He needed to sleep and she knew that. Hopefully, she could put her restlessness to good use and help him relax while keeping watch that he was indeed still there.

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