impudentsongbird: (i can love)
Gabriel ([personal profile] impudentsongbird) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2012-09-20 07:20 pm
Entry tags:

Day 66: Greenhouse

Gabriel, no matter how hypocritical or snide Landel's well-wishes might have been under the veneer of niceness, had actually in fact had a rather nice morning. He'd managed to help Skulduggery eat something and checked in with Castiel. His brother's illness was, to all appearances, gone. Although the surgery itself wasn't going to be easy to recover from, at least that was an injury Castiel has chosen and wouldn't turn him into a monster.

So the Archangel was humming absently as he was led outside, smiling and, for the moment, more convinced than ever that he was where his Master intended him to be. Rachel had made it known she didn't think it would be a good idea for him to hover, so after making sure Castiel would be okay Gabriel had asked to go to the greenhouse this lunch-time, thinking of Lee and still with the idea of possibly making smoothies. Rachel had thrown up her hands and shaken her head when he toed off his shoes at the doorway, but she got her own back once they reached the greenhouse and Gabriel surveyed the stony path ruefully.

"Now maybe this will teach you to keep them on," she said, shaking a finger, taking the slippers and crouching to slide them onto his feet as if he was a child. "It's for your own good, you know. You'll injure your feet if you go around like that all the time."

"I'm sorry," Gabe said with a smile, not as repentant as he probably should have been and using the mischief to hide the ache in his chest. This woman was, at best, brainwashed and cursed to turn into a monster at night. He almost hoped she was complicit; the alternative was nearly too much to bear.

Still, as awful as the thought was, he set it aside as best as he could to avoid ruining his thus-far nice day. While Rachel watched from one of the tables, Gabe wandered through the greenhouse, eating his beef sandwich from the hand while enjoying the company of the plants and keeping an eye out for any fruit-trees.

[for Rock Lee!]
showmeyourwreath: (❁ Oak)

[personal profile] showmeyourwreath 2012-10-13 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that was good to know. Flora really didn't want to step on any toes. Her relief was short-lived, but not for any bad reason. She couldn't help noticing his expression and chuckled, though not at Muroi's expense, before it gave way to an understanding grin. "I guess you're not used to having to say that, huh?" It was to be expected, though, and more than fine. "I'm from a world called Linphea, Muroi. It's not what you'd called near here. It's in another galaxy." Which is actually something she never expected to have to explain, either, and yet here she was. Funny how that worked.

"I actually haven't been on Earth for very long at all. Well, when you compare it with someone who's spent their entire life here, anyway."