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[key-youth-bert.livejournal.com]

Look, it's a Cuthbert!

More specifically, it's a Cuthbert stretched out on the couch by the fire, with a mug of coffee and a bowl of fried paradoxes within easy reach. The "within easy reach" seems to be the key phrase in that statement, considering that even if he felt like trying to get up, Susan's stationed in a chair not far off.

He doesn't look bad, for someone who took a bullet to the gut two days ago.

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[key-youth-bert.livejournal.com]

Cuthbert gives her hand another brief squeeze, smiling ruefully. "Mayhap so. But let us know if there's anything we can do, alright?"

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Thanks."

Faith leans over and kisses his hair, like she did when he was still lying unconscious in Serenity's infirmary, and then pulls back.

"Heal up quick, so I can let out my frustrations by tickling you until you pass out, OK?"

[key-youth-bert.livejournal.com]

Cuthbert snorts. "My ribs are at your disposal once there's no longer a hole quite close to them."

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

Faith flinches, a bit, and there might be a guilty expression there - she did promise Susan to watch out for him, after all.

Slayers and guilt trips. It's a thing.

[sai_delgado]

"Faith."

Susan shakes her head, and her quiet voice is gentle.

"Don't. It weren't-- don't."

[key-youth-bert.livejournal.com]

Cuthbert glances between the two of them for a moment, then shakes his head as well. "Faith, you didn't--you weren't even there."

Before she can say anything, he adds, "And the reason you weren't there was because you were looking for others, without which Crowley might never have gotten back to the ship."

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

"Oh sure. Be all logical about it."

Faith smiles, a little, ruefully. "Instinct. Slayer plus Injured Friend equals Feelings of Guilt."

[key-youth-bert.livejournal.com]

There's another rueful smile at that. "Gunslinger plus Injured Friend isn't such a different formula, really. But...you've nothing to feel guilty for, truly."

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

See that expression?

That's the 'I think this is not true, but you are not well, so I do not argue' face.

"If you say so," she says quietly, and stands up, ruffling his hair slightly as she does. "Get better, yeah?"

[key-youth-bert.livejournal.com]

Cuthbert manages to give a flippant salute and smooth his hair back in the same motion. I'm not really sure how.

"Long days and pleasant nights, Faith."

[faithful-slayer.livejournal.com]

"And may you have twice the number."

Beat.

"At least."

And Faith's gone, with a last quick smile.