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Ariana Scott ❥ Piper McLean (realcharmer) wrote in thereincarnates,
@ 2015-01-19 16:41:00

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ariana scott, chase swift, xander christopoulos

Who: Ariana Scott & Xander Christopoulos
What: XANDER'S BACK FROM PRISON
When: Monday, January 19th, 2015
Where: Camelot castle
Warnings: Epically cute reunions

When they'd gotten word that Xander was coming back today, it was all Ariana could think about. For two months she hadn't been able to see him, to see for herself that he was okay. It had been torture. She'd visited him once before he'd been transferred into FBI custody, and after that, only family and his lawyer were allowed. To say that Ariana was freaked out would be an understatement. With the way the government was treating reincarnates these days, and after what had happened to her and her brother, there was no end to the terrible things Ariana's imagination came up with to torment her. But her worst fear had been that they'd find a way to lock Xander up for the rest of his life. Or worse. They already thought they had enough to hold him and drag out a court date.

But then, a miracle happened. She wasn't privy to the details, she didn't have that level of security clearance. All she knew was that somehow, Xander's case had finally been dismissed. Something circumstantial, missing evidence or something. Wasn't that how it usually went? Except Xander was innocent, Xander had always been innocent, and if she'd been allowed in a room with any of those FBI agents she would have done her best to charm speak each and every one of them into believing as much. But apparently those sorts of tactics weren't 'ethical', or whatever. Like she cared. The FBI and everyone else certainly didn't seem to care much about what was ethical.

She'd wanted to be part of the security team that went to get him, but she was the least trained person when it came to actually carrying weapons. That training exercise in that freaky jungle of weirdness had more or less proved that. Ariana had stayed behind at Lydia's request, but all the work she tried to get done in the Security department ended up being pointless. She couldn't concentrate. So finally, she took to waiting at the bottom of the stairs in the front hall of the castle, eyes trained intensely on the door for when Xander would inevitably walk through it. Every time the door opened and it wasn't him, she stopped half way through getting up and sank back down onto the step with a frustrated sigh. So when it was finally Xander and the security team that walked through those doors, she felt those familiar butterflies start fluttering in her stomach and Ariana shot up immediately to make a bee-line for them, her sole intent being hugging him for the first time in months. "Xander!"

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followyourgut
2015-01-22 01:00 am UTC (link)

It was surreal finally being out of prison. It had been nearly two months of hell that Xander'd tried to sugar coat for his loved ones. While there was nothing they could do to get him out he hadn't wanted them to suffer more than they had to, and really, he and Percy had been through worse, hadn't they? Percy had been in Tartarus for Olympus's sake, Xander should have been able to handle a little prison.

The problem was, he wasn't just in prison. Just his personality and how he looked was asking for trouble in a maximum security prison. Xander wasn't the type of person who would thrive in a prison environment, and other prisoners picked up on that quickly. No, to make matters worse, he was a reincarnate, and word traveled fast amongst the damned that they had a 'disgusting reincarnate' among them. That meant two months of targeted abuse that he couldn't snitch about--he'd seen enough television to know that 'snitches get stitches' and him opening his mouth would escalate things. Besides, even the guards had their biases. The biggest reprieve was when they put him in solitary for 'his own protection,' but even that was torture. It was lonely, just him and Percy.

Worse was the doubt he saw in the faces of people who came to see him. It wasn't intentional, and it wasn't outright, but it was there. That small worry that maybe, just maybe, there was a miniscule chance that he had done it. That had been worse than the hate from strangers.

Now he was out, the bright sun blinding as he was escorted by a security team to the castle. Usually he was part of the team doing the escorting--especially if Daniel was going anywhere--so it was strange to be on the other end this time. He didn't talk much; he'd gotten too used to being quiet that he'd almost forgotten how. He was tired and wanted nothing more than to crash on a real bed and sleep for a couple of days, but all thoughts of that were pushed out of his head when he heard her voice.

Xander's face split with a grin, her voice breathing life into his stance. He no longer felt like a dead man walking, and despite a few objections--he'd apologize later--Xander shoved through his security team to meet Ariana half way. He hadn't stopped moving before he enveloped her in a tight hug; part of him wanted to kiss her, but would that be okay? He'd only kissed her once before, and then he'd been arrested, and then...was it still okay?

He pulled away, boyish grin practically breaking his face. He was skinnier than he had been, but that wouldn't last. Xander knew how to eat when food was available to him. He'd easily put the muscle tone and weight back on. "Hi..." He started lamely, and then gave up on words to hug her again.

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realcharmer
2015-01-23 12:35 am UTC (link)

There were definitely a few initial protests, but seeing as they'd just crossed the thresh hold into the castle and the doors had been firmly shut, Xander was as secure as he possibly could be. Lydia nodded at the rest of the team to let him go, smiling softly to herself as she and the rest of the security detail left the two of them alone for a slightly more private reunion. As private as it could be still being in the front hall of the castle, anyway.

Ariana honestly barely noticed anyone else had been in the room, because as soon as she and Xander reached each other, everything else just seemed to melt away. She could feel how skinny he was, even if she hadn't already seen him, and it just made her hug him even tighter. She was so relieved and so angry but mostly relieved and still a little worried, but he was here and he seemed like he was still in one piece so she put everything else aside long enough to just be happy he was hugging her right now.

It hadn't even occurred to her before that things with them were still a little uncertain. She knew how she felt and she was pretty sure she knew how he felt. He'd kissed her on his birthday, at least, but they'd been pretty rudely interrupted by some guys in suits. It's not like they'd had a chance to have the 'where are we' talk while he was in prison, and this seemed like a weird time to bring it up too so she hoped she wasn't out of line to do this.

"Hi," Ariana breathed, reluctantly pulling away from the second hug only so she could get a better look at him. She withdrew her arms from around his neck to gently take both sides of his face in her hands, her grin just as wide and idiotic as his. "I missed you."