InsaneJournal

CHALLENGING [Dov, then Charlie]
WHO: Elias + Dov + Charlie (later)
WHAT: Integration
WHERE: Elias' Apartment #202
WHEN: 5:31 p.m., Tuesday, September 5th


It was an odd thing to wrap up at the office and then be responsible for the well-being of another person. Elias hadn't needed to hurry home in some time, and his eating habits were so solitary that it was difficult for him to consider "normal" dinner times without putting effort into it. But effort he did put into it now, since that kid at his apartment would likely starve if he didn't make dinner.

That was why he'd been adhering to a set schedule. Come 4:45, Elias was shutting down his systems and wrapping up email correspondence. 5:00 meant that he was exiting the building, and today he went by the market directly afterward. When he opened the door to his apartment, it was with an arm full of groceries.

"Salmon or chicken?" he called, as he toed the door closed behind him and headed into the kitchen.

The day after he met Dov and subsequently gave him the couch to crash on, Elias purchased long swaths of opaque material from the fabric store and tacked it up on the ceiling to partition the living room from the entry way and the kitchen/dining area. It gave them both some privacy.

Typically, Elias would have chosen black for the fabric color, but something made him choose a dark blue instead -- almost midnight in its shade. In his apartment, it still looked black. But Elias knew that it was deep blue. It felt like a secret. When Elias looked over at the partition as he unpacked the groceries, he smiled a short and very secret smile.