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skipped3rdgrade ([info]skipped3rdgrade) wrote in [info]vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-05-10 22:16:00

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Current mood:cold
Entry tags:!complete, day 07, dean winchester, lexie grey, location: pharmacy/liquor store, open

Day 7: On the road to the gas station
Who: Lexie Grey and Dean Winchester
What: Currently travelling from the Barn to the Gas Station
When: Day 7, Mid-Morning
Rating: PG-13 / R (Sexual situation)
Status: Complete

As much as Lexie really probably wanted to stay in the barn where it was warm and relatively safe after reading the journal's notes about the snow and the cold and the need to bunker down, she thought she had no other choice than to take a trip from her humble abode to the store for some supplies. In Boston people had loaded up on milk, toilet paper, and rock salt. Lexie had decided she'd be getting her hands on toilet paper, bottled water, and whatever food she could find. For better or for worse, Lexie had been only taking what she needed from the gas station up until now - suddenly the threat of inclement weather and a beastly trek made her reconsider how minimalist she could actually be.

Shoving her lighter in her pocket, Lexie left the rest of her things tucked carefully beneath the floorboards in the barn. She had seen that someone else had been through the barn the other day, and she wasn't so certain that she wanted them going through her humble possessions - even if all she had from the real world were some scrubs and an ID badge.

Pulling her sweatshirt tight about herself, she wondered why she hadn't gone looking for a hat and mittens days ago. Unfortunately, she'd let the cold and snow creep up on her and was left for a nice long walk with a sweatshirt, a heavy pair of construction boots, and jeans that felt they were meant more for summer wear than winter protection. Trudging down the path she squinted, the snow whipping into her eyes. She'd have quite a journey back if she took too long and the world got dark.

How far was it until the thrift shop? Suddenly she was wishing someone had annotated the map with those sort of notations - it would be useful if someone found themselves otherwise until to see the landmarks. She was really close to the pharmacy, looking about for anyone else. Though, at the moment from the best she could tell, everyone was holed up nice and snug in their respective shelters.

Way to be a poor planner, Lexie.


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[info]hellsboy
2009-05-15 04:48 pm UTC (link)
"Barn?" he asked, mentally scrolling through what he knew about people here so far. It suddenly dawned on him that he knew exactly who she was but they had never met outside the journals. He'd already been worried about her being in the barn by herself before the snow. He could have kicked himself for not having done anything about it before now. Now with her wandering around half-frozen in the snow by herself.

"What are you doing out here by yourself, Doc? I would have brought you whatever you needed. All you had to do was ask in the journals and I would've come running."

She was yelling to be heard above the wind and her voice sounded thin, reedy to his ears. The wind sucked away his breath as he looked her over more carefully. He couldn't help but feel almost alarmed. "Shit, Lexie," he grumbled and slung his pack down so he could pull his coat off and wrap it around her shoulders. "Let's get you inside, okay? Maybe a shot of whiskey or something to warm you up too."

He shivered as he spoke, his voice tremulous now that he was in the elements with only a light sweatshirt in such a bright pink that he was almost more embarassed to be seen wearing it than he was cold. Damn that thrift store for not carrying anything normal...

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[info]skipped3rdgrade
2009-05-15 04:58 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah, you know the one with all the couch--" She wa about to continue explaining herself when the man called her Doc. Clearly not Andy, or any of the other guys she'd actually met - it only left the guys she'd conversed with over the Journals. All told, counting the response to the poker thread, she could think of three people mystery man could be.

"Come running?" She blinked a couple of times - she didn't think anybody would actually come running all the way out to the barn, especially not in this weather. Oh yeah, had to be Dean - who else would be all Mr. Rescue on her?

Her hands balled up inside the sleeves of her sweatshirt it was tempting to tell him to take back his jacket - that he needed it - that was until she felt the fading warmth around her and suddenly all bets were off - this was a game of self preservation.

"Come on," she said a bit too loudly as the wind picked just that moment to hold off on it's next gust, "Not too far now," looping her arm in his she tugged in the direction of the pharmacy - it wasn't the most forceful gesture; but, she was pretty sure he got the point.

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[info]hellsboy
2009-05-15 05:08 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah well. Maybe not running but I would have come quickly," he mumbled and shuddered. He was a complete ass for not having even thought about her being out there in that barn by herself after the snow fell. Barns had no insulation and he'd seen that thing with Tink. It wasn't the best place during a sunny day let alone freezing snow. You fail at life, Winchester, he thought.

Dean would have actually preferred to pick her up and carry her the rest of the way to the pharmacy because it might have been faster. There would have been two problems with the idea. One, she might not appreciate being bodily lifted and run with. His only interactions had been friendly chatter on a piece of paper and not even very long ones at that. The other problem would have been the fact that his teeth were chattering inside his head and the muscles in his arms and legs felt like someone was tweaking them like harp strings.

So, he took her arm, a bit more firmly than she had taken his. Trying to walk quickly but not so fast she'd fall. He watched her from the corner of his eye as they went, half trying to make out what her face looked like under the hood and also trying to make sure she was still okay.

"Think you can make it?" he asked loudly in a cloud of fog that swirled away into the wind. Each one of those breaths escaping made his insides that much colder. He was going to need a shot of whiskey when they finally got inside.

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[info]skipped3rdgrade
2009-05-15 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Lexie couldn't help but laugh a little at the nonsensical idea of his coming quickly to the barn. It was sort of humorous, really. To think of someone coming quickly because she wanted mittens and a hat and had situated herself in the barn. Especially since she was perfectly capable of walking to the gas station or thrift shop if she wanted to. Well, the snow was a minor hindrance; but, it didn't make the situation impossible.

So, they were walking pretty fast. He must be pretty worried, right? It was there she caught the chatter of his teeth and noticed the tightness in his arm. Lexie, truth be told, didn't really feel much of anything in her own limbs, the cold having numbed the pain into nothingness rather effectively.

"Yeah," she said breathily, feeling like she didn't have much of a dilemma there - she would make it. They'd both make it.

They trudged on, the pharmacy getting bigger as they got closer, and the ring of snow around her hood seemed to get deeper. She thought there might actually be icicles forming on the lip of her hood; but, her mind could just be exaggerating.

"Not so bad," she said, a few more steps between they and the doors. The snow was getting really deep here, her boots offering little protection as the drift came up around her calves. "Well, I guess it's safe to say we're not in Tahiti," another bit of laughter streaming nervously.

"Come on," she yanked the door open and tugged him inside behind her.

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[info]hellsboy
2009-05-15 09:40 pm UTC (link)
Dean chuckled spasmodically, his jaw jittering left and right as he shivered in his bright pink sweatshirt. He really wished he was in Tahiti but this was sort of what he deserved for not having tried to find her and make sure she was okay. He'd known she was alone which translated into dangerous in this place. Of course it never occurred to him that thinking like that was a bit macho and sexist. She might, for all he knew, be able to defend herself. He'd met other hunters who were as small as she who could hold their own in a pinch. He didn't think that way though. He was so sure she was in dire straits and it was his fault.

"I d-d-don't think we are, n-n-n-ooo," he answered, rubbing his arms vigorously as he fell in the door behind her with as much grace as a rhinocerous. He'd gotten so cold so quickly that he wasn't able to keep himself from stumbling into her and then almost falling on his ass on the floor. He barely saved himself by grabbing hold of a shelving unit and laughing shakily at himself.

He eyed her, his teeth clenched against the chattering and knew he must look like an ass. It was just some cold. Nothing really. He could take it but his body wanted to quiver like jello instead so he had to suffer with it until he warmed up some. "Way to g-g-go, Doc. You s-saved our liv-ves," he said with a grin. Already he was warming up. She had actually made sure he got inside and saved him in a way. "Thanks," he said with a smile.

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[info]skipped3rdgrade
2009-05-15 10:04 pm UTC (link)
The Pharmacy, though closed was still quite cold. It blocked the wind, and that was certainly a start to heat. The door slammed shut and in came Dean, his steps heavy on the floor and grace something he, too, was lacking. Hypothermia. Lexie knew the symptoms well - she'd had to treat a lot of it during med school being that she was in Boston. They liked to put the med students in the clinic babysitting the homeless who came in droves of bewildered uncoordinated masses.

Lexie was not warming up - not yet. It hadn't been the most brilliant move on her part to go out in a sweatshirt, and now she was paying the price in the sum of shivers and achy joints. At least she was still shivering - it was when the shivering really stopped you knew trouble was around the corner.

Pushing back the hood she offered a sympathetic, thankful smile, "I think I'd say this one was a t-t-team effort."

It was then she realized she was standing there in his jacket in the freezing pharmacy - which didn't seem exactly fair. Peeling off the jacket she moved to wrap it around his shoulders. "Here... warm up," it was punctuated with a lazy, half smile.

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[info]hellsboy
2009-05-17 10:39 am UTC (link)
When she pushed back her hood, Dean immediately smiled, however wobbly and unstable his mouth might have been. She was as adorable as her light banter would suggest. At least his mind was still working, even if it was to note that all the girls here seemed to be very cute. Or maybe his mind was really half-frozen from the long trek from the house if he was really thinking about how she looked right now. Still, no harm in appreciating what he saw. He continued to smile.

"Gotta l-love those t-team eff-fforts," he nodded jerkily, grinning tooth-chatteringly at her. His expression changed to concern again as he remembered seeing her wandering and his first impression had been that she was lost. "How are you d-doing? You w-were out-t longer than me with-without a coat."

Now that they were inside, he wasn't averse to taking back his coat. Sliding his arms in, he wrapped it as close around him as he could. He leaned against the shelves, huddled into himself, to wait for the shivering to subside some more. Galantry was no fun sometimes, but he still totally deserved this for not having made sure she had what she needed sooner. And she didn't look okay right now. She was the doctor but he was worried about her and he had no idea what to do for her.

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[info]skipped3rdgrade
2009-05-17 11:09 am UTC (link)
Lexie's mind was fogged. She couldn't really focus very well as the world seemed to have tunneled a little bit on her. "I think I'm having a moderate bout of hypothermia," she said rather fluidly, the shivering was starting to stop. The shivering was starting to stop.

"I-I was trying to get to the thrift store for a bag, and then to... to..." Lexie shook her head. She was going somewhere for food. Yeah, for food.

"Listen," she started, closing the gap between her post and his. "I'm not usually one to invade personal space of somebody; but, if I don't mooch off of your body heat, I think I'm going to be in serious trouble..." She could have rambled on about how, generally speaking when it came to people she was attracted to (and Dean was attractive) she usually just sort of did the watch-from-afar and smile schtick; but, she thought that would be just a little bit too much information.

So, she just wrapped her arms around his middle and hugged. "I promise, I'm not just trying to get close to you," though, it was a nice, unintended side effect.

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[info]hellsboy
2009-05-17 12:29 pm UTC (link)
She was running her words together and that had to be a very bad sign. Unless she'd been in here drinking before she'd been outside again. That wouldn't explain why she was so cold though. "Doc, your eyes..." he said, trying to push himself away from the shelves to stand up straight. He wanted to look her over more and make sure she wasn't hurt. Though what he could do when she was the doctor didn't seem like a whole lot at the moment. Especially because he was still shivering almost uncontrollably.

But she was already moving and he was able to get his balance enough so that when she wrapped her arms around him, he didn't fall over. She was like an iceberg against him though. He could feel the cold radiating from her and was glad she was willing to take the help she needed.

"This isn't the part where we're supposed to strip down to underwear and huddle together like this?" he quipped, slipping his arms around her as well. Purely for body heat, of course. In this situation that was all that should be happening, right? Right. So he lowered his cheek to her forehead to see how cold her skin actually was. Freezing. He almost pulled back from her to reach for one of the liquor bottles nearby but stopped. She needed body heat most. He wouldn't move.

"Doc, do you think a shot of whiskey would help at all? Is there anything else I can do?" he asked, brows furrowed as he began rubbing her back a vigorously to create warmth through the friction.

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[info]skipped3rdgrade
2009-05-17 12:52 pm UTC (link)
Well, at least she hadn't been flung across the room like she had cooties or something, thus proving Dean to be a good guy. That was a plus. He was a good guy and he hadn't tried to kill her or something. That was really good. Lexie began to count this situation as a winner in spite of the hypothermia.

As he pressed his cheek to her forehead she realized that he didn't feel too much warmer than she. But, it was a help.

"You just want to see me naked," she teased to his quip about stripping down. "If we were at Seattle Grace right now we'd have blankets and hot water bottles, and a warm saline push." The thought of having those necessities made Lexie smile. Things would be so much easier if she had what she actually needed to work.

"Actually drinking alcohol when you're cold only makes the situation worse. It causes the capillaries to expand allowing more blood to the surface of your skin making it cool more quickly. So, while you feel and look warmer you're actually cooling yourself." She pulled that little speech right out of her memory from her sophomore year of college.

"I think you're doing fine, you should tell me more about that Impala of yours."

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[info]hellsboy
2009-05-17 01:17 pm UTC (link)
Dean grinned and nodded his cheek against her forehead in response to her teasing back. "I sure do, Doc. It's been a long time since I played doctor with a real doctor." He laughed and saw his breath roll out into the air. It was still pretty cold in here. He wasn't sure just how she could warm up enough after starting into hypothermia. He didn't know enough about it, never having suffered from it himself. This place was so fucked up. The whole thing was. He was definitely not going to let her out of his sight now. No way was she going back to the barn by herself either.

"So does psyching yourself out and imagining you're warm help at all?" he asked, still rubbing her back for warmth. "Does this help at all?"

His teeth had stopped chattering and that was good, he thought. He wasn't feeling colder and his feet were starting to get pins and needles in them so he wiggled his toes, shifting his weight from side to side once to avoid that unpleasant sensation. There was no avoiding it though. He was just glad he hadn't been as exposed to the weather as she had. Selfish as it was. At least he could take care of her if they both weren't hypothermic.

"My Impala," he said fondly, trying to keep his tone from being too worried. Upbeat, Winchester, he thought. "She's cherry. Classic black with leather interior. Tape deck and radio with turnable dials. Everything's been left original and restored. I could probably show her if I wanted to but I don't. I'd rather drive her. What kind of car do you drive?" He wanted to laugh at how silly that last part had sounded but if it took her mind off of this and helped make her warmer in the process he'd run around doing cartwheels if he had to.

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[info]skipped3rdgrade
2009-05-17 06:39 pm UTC (link)
Hasn't been long for me, Lexie thought, randomly thinking of the one night stand with Karev. That was bad news bears.

"Well, I'm imagining myself on a nice warm, sandy beach right this minute, with the tide rolling up to my ankles..." Lexie wanted to think she felt warmer. Desperately wanted to think she felt warmer.

"Well, now that I'm not so numb, I feel like I have my own personal shiatsu massage going on," she teased a little, slowly but surely she was starting to feel the edges of herself start to feel like they were on fire as the nerves started to pick up the heat from her blood once more.

"Believe it or not, I don't drive. I live within blocks of where I work so I don't have to," she felt a pang of disappointment there. "Though, I really kind of like the look of the new Charger. So, if I had to get a new car that would be the ticket. Though, with any classic on the market I already told you about the Mustang..." She was rambling, yes. Into the shoulder of someone who was essentially a stranger. As Lexie regained her lucidity she sort of questioned the merit of that choice.

"I think I'm OK," she said, pulling away somewhat reluctantly. Her sweatshirt wasn't quite as soaked as she was expecting which was a pleasant surprise. Though, even though she moved slowly her joints felt like they were threatening to rip. "Nice finally meeting you, Dean."

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[info]hellsboy
2009-05-18 08:17 am UTC (link)
Dean smiled, an after tremor working its way up his spine and causing him to spazz a little. He wanted to laugh at what a strange little huddled mass they must look like. Instead he just smirked. "I'm right there with ya on that. Deserted island or a crowded resort?"

"Oh," he laughed and stopped rubbing her back. Now that she was teasing and talking more he felt his concern easing away. He was good with the banter but he was not all that good with taking care of people. He'd done it when he had to but it was not his forte because you couldn't always go on your instinct where people were concerned. At least with Lexie she was easy-going enough to not make him feel like a complete ass if he did the wrong thing. That was a nice change.

"You don't drive," he said, matter-of-factly. "Huh, well that's probably a good thing. One less car polluting the atmosphere and all that green stuff, right?"

He was a little disappointed when she pulled away but he knew that they couldn't stand like that forever. He smiled broadly at her and nodded his head once to her. "Nice finally meeting you too, Doc."

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[info]skipped3rdgrade
2009-05-18 11:34 am UTC (link)
"Middle of the road - all inclusive private resort, because in this fantasy I'm rich," it seemed logical enough to her. "Wam summer breeze, just enough people that if you did want to people watch you could; but, you're not tripping over somebody every time you want to go wade out in the ocean," her voice sounded kind of dreamy at the thought.

Lexie wasn't used to being taken care of - she was a doctor to start with so it went hand in hand that she would be the one taking care of people. Then there was her dad, and not to mention George; it didn't really leave much room to allow for peole to take care of her - she had to watch over all of them.

"It's more a practicality thing - I just can't see paying two hundred bucks a month just to put my car in a lot and then move it a few blocks back home."

She let the thought of driving run away. It wasn't all that important, really. It was just something to keep them both from panicking and now that the situation had slipped off into banter mode again, Lexie was kind of basking in the glow of feeling at ease. She wasn't freezing, starving, or running for her life. She wasn't putting stitches in with dental floss and certainly wasn't trying to cure someone's random infection. She was just standing in the musty pharmacy with Dean, and it was OK.

Lexie caught Dean's smile and returned it. "How far is it from here to the gas station, anyway?" Her mind had jumped - it wasn't like they were two people meeting in a bar somwhere. They were two people in one screwed up situation, no matter just how attractive he might be.

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[info]hellsboy
2009-05-18 07:26 pm UTC (link)
He was enjoying listening to her. Her voice was soothing as she spoke about the resort she was imagining. It sounded nice at the moment since he was cold but he knew that if he ever ended up there, he would be bored to tears. He needed something to do and sitting on the beach all day with a good book and a beer just wasn't going to cut it for him. Still, listening to her talk about it was taking the edge off right now.

"Practicality, huh? Yeah, that's kinda why I have the Impala. Can't very well walk across the continent in my line of work. Always on the road. Really like to have her right now in this weather. She gets good and toasty in the winter back home."

And just like that she was back to business. Dean smiled again, a bit more faintly at the switch. Now that she wasn't in his arms and, for all he knew, dying, the desire to hit on her was subsiding. Not that he didn't think she was attractive. She definitely was. But she needed to get to the gas station and after what had happened to her trying to get from the barn to the pharmacy he wanted to avoid a repeat. So he was settling into business mode himself. "It's not too far. Pretty sure we could walk from here in under and hour with the snow."

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[info]skipped3rdgrade
2009-05-19 09:14 am UTC (link)
"You have the impala because it's a sweet ride," she rebutted his attempt at claiming practicality. "So you're on the move a lot?" The thought didn't much surprise Lexie - she figured that a guy with his sort of energy (and in his line of work) didn't really seem the sort to put down roots. "You must have to do all your own body work - you can't just trust any mechanic with that oil change..." She was over and leaning against a display stand, trying to guestimate the distance to the nearest building.

Of course she was back to business - she was cold and stressed and feeling vulnerable; business felt (of all things) safe. She didn't have to talk about home or about the crazy things this place seemed to cook up or about how hot sweet she thought he was.

"Newspaper," she blurted, randomly, "If I can find some newspaper I can put in between my t-shirt and the sweatshirt as insulation, the homeless did it all the time back in Boston." Her smile went a little quirky; the feeling of actually being active making her feel almost useful.

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[info]hellsboy
2009-05-20 04:23 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah you're right," he conceded and chuckled, caught. Was he really that readable? He must be losing some of his usual steel veneer in this place. Which was probably the opposite of a good thing, all things considered. He really was treating this like a fucking country club. Time to close ranks, Winchester, he thought.

"I'm always on the road. My girl takes a beating sometimes but I manage. I do the body work and the maintenance whenever I get the chance which is usually right about when the motel cable goes on the fritz." He grinned and shivered a bit.

She suggested newspaper and his eyes lit up. "Great idea, Doc." He glanced around at the shelves of liquor and other apparently useless crap to see if he could spot something like a newspaper or magazine from where he was standing. He didn't see anything just yet but there might be some behind the checkout counter or in the back where the pharmacists would have put together medications.

It occurred to him then to make sure she was okay enough to be doing anything other than trying to get warmer. He wasn't going to be an ass and forget about her anymore just because she was independent. He never forgot Shannon just because of that reason, so there was no excuse. But he could kick his own ass for it later, now it was time for getting things done.

"You okay to go looking around with me or do you need to sit this one out?" he asked, looking down at her with a less frantic concern than before but concern nonetheless. "Your skin was like ice a few minutes ago and you were slurring your words. Don't want you passing out or something."

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[info]skipped3rdgrade
2009-05-23 08:50 am UTC (link)
Lexie shrugged at Dean's agreement with her. WHo didn't have a classic car out of it's sweetness? They were rarely practical - and certainly not easy to keep running if you were drivng them across country all the time. Lexie didn't even want to think about the gasoline.

Lexie is a stubborn, stubborn woman. She was not about to stop and think about whether or not she might make it to the gas station - she would make it to the gas station. The newspaper would work and she would make it there safe and sound. She would get some water, and some canned goods, and maybe a flipping Snickers bar. There would be no question.

"I'll be fine, seriously," she said, hopping behind the counter and finding a small collection of paper bags.

Taking up a handful of the bags and shoving them into the shoulders of her sweatshirt Lexie's shoulders turned linebacker as she realized just how ridiculous she must look. She dismissed the slurring and icy skin - she'd make it. This Grey doesn't quit.

"You sure you're going to be alright?" She canted her head playfully.

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