Who: Reed and Emerson Where: Slytherin dorm When: Before Emerson goes home What: Reed makes good on his promise to give Emerson something to remember him by while he's gone home Rating: These boys can't get enough of each other. NC17
Things had gotten a little better. Emerson could move around without getting too dizzy. His vision wasn't so blurred, and his energy had come back. He was still fairly bruised and tender, but slowly he was getting back to normal. The trauma of what had happened to him was still something he was repressing, but he'd come to terms with it eventually. More pressing matters, like going to see his parents, had wound him up a little and made him anxious. Fortunately, Reed was going to come see him before he left, and that was a big help.
After packing a bag to take home with him, he set it aside and then left the room. No one else was there, and Emerson assumed they'd all gone to lunch or socializing somewhere. It didn't matter to Emerson, as long as he and Reed could be alone. He tried to move quickly, but he had to lean and support himself against the wall for most of his walk to the portrait entrance. Once there, he waited just outside of it for Reed. He slid down the wall so he was sitting on the floor, head leaning back against the stone wall, sighing softly as he waited for Reed's arrival.