Tremble for yourself, my man; closed

[sameteam]

Who: Sam Flynn and Alan Bradley; closed
What: Sam being a very sad kid after Flynn disappears for the Mirrorland plot.
When: ...during the first day of the mirrorland plot :(
Where: Alan's Room
Rating: PG at the heaviest


[It had been too long of a time since Sam slept in his own room and that suited him just fine, really. Being close to both his surrogate and real father made living somewhere foreign much more comfortable for the seven-year-old. When things got a little scary, all he had to do was pop out of his little attached bedroom and go bother one of them. Waking up well before his usual time, though, the kid can't shake a bad feeling in his gut. Maybe it's the flu or something, maybe he ate too much candy.

As he heads over to his father's room, quietly knocking on the door, the near-nausea intensifies. Pulling the door open sends another spike of terror through him as he steps inside, trying to find any sign of the older man, but it's not long until he's racing toward Alan's door, not even bothering to knock as he bursts in.]

Alan! Alan!

Comments

(After 22 days, Alan finally answers Sam's cries of distress...Oops.)

[is0latedthinker]

[Alan had been sleeping soundly, not sharing the feeling of unease that had woken Sam. But he's not a deep sleeper, and if there's anything that can wake him up in half a second, it's the distressed cries of Sam Flynn.

Alan's eyes open wide and he swings up into a sitting position, glasses absent from his face, still on the nightstand where he left them before going to sleep.]

What? What's wrong? [If it's a nightmare, it's a different kind than usual - Sam is generally quieter after those, needing affirmation, more shaky than terrified like he appears to be now.]