Sterling Archer (ihadsomething) wrote in welcomethreads, @ 2015-02-13 00:34:00 |
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Entry tags: | cinderella (into the woods), sterling archer |
WHO: Sterling Archer & Cinderella
WHAT: Post-Charming Fallout
WHERE: Archer & Ella's apartment
WHEN: immediately after this
RATING: PG
STATUS: In Progress
Despite what some people thought, Sterling Archer was a reasonably functional adult outside of mission situations. Sure, he'd had more practice here than he had ever had back home and having Ella around made it that much easier to be successfully functional in a way that didn't involve ultimately having to drop one or two issues for the sake of the others. Technically speaking, he might have been dropping them, but there was someone there to pick up the slack. And when it came to Abijean, he would rather not put her down without knowing there was someone else there to pick her back up again.
Stepping into the apartment, several grocery bags hanging from of his hands, Archer was muttering 'ow. ow. ow. ow.' over and over as he stepped from the entrance towards the kitchen, dropping the bags as soon as he'd crossed the living room and shaking out his hands to try and cure the sting. Only suckers made two trips for anything, much less food, but sometimes it was hell on his fingers.
It only took a second or two for Archer to notice that there was something there that hadn't been when he left. Stepping over the grocery pile, he scooped the vase off the counter, turning the bouquet in his hands as he studied the arrangement before frowning to himself. He'd clearly missed something while he'd been away. "Ella? Uh. Did we have a visitor or something? Because I could swear that these weren't here before."