[AU] SV Futureverse

[dovelike]

Metropolis Children's Hospital

Days like today are what keep Eirene coming back to this small hospital in the middle of Kansas. Watching a thirteen year old with once-inoperable pancreatic cancer walk down the hallway to her parents, who are standing with the resident cancer specialist and trying to figure out what happened.

Eirene knows and she glances down at her hands with a faint smile.Miracles. One 'twenty year old' volunteer can do more in the weekend mornings she volunteers than the vicious decease still trying to kill a host of other kids on this floor. If she's lucky, she can save another life today, but her energy reserves haven't been replenished by rest in the last few days.

She's settled into a booth at the corner diner not half an hour later, sipping an herbal tea and flipping through the Planet for anything out of the ordinary. For the curious: she looks like any other college student; a Met U sweater, jeans and Birkenstocks.

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[eirenikos]

Eirene isn't completely distracted. At least not enough to notice he's making strides towards towards attaining the same level of Cloud Nine she's currently on, so she lifts her head just long enough to make one final nip at his shoulder.

Because Clark has obviously created a monster.

[hero_farmboy]

Clark isn't sure he can be taking the credit for this. Perhaps once he gets more used to this kind of relationship and the confidence rises up just a bit higher.

But whoever's fault it is, the bite is what ultimately sends him over the edge, her name being repeated softly and breathlessly between kisses.

[eirenikos]

Eirene, on the other hand, is confident enough to place credit where credit is due. It's the look on his face, the near-astonishment, than nudges her that final few feet to her own climax, tensing beneath him for an awfully long time, just shuddering, until she can finally whisper his name against his neck.

Then, a long time later: "I want to stay here, Clark. With you. As much as my duties will let me."

[hero_farmboy]

When she does get around to saying that, Clark has already situated himself beside her, an arm around her shoulders holding her close to his chest and just enjoying the sound of her breathing.

"I'd like that. Five years is long enough without seeing you at all, I don't really want to go much longer than I have to without seeing you again."

[eirenikos]

She nestles her cheek against his neck, fingers idly brushing across his shoulder and upper arm in thought. "Then I think I might spend part of these next couple of weeks looking for a place to live."

He wants her to stay! If she wasn't so completely comfortable in his bed and in his arms, Eirene might think about leaping up and punching her fist in the air.

[hero_farmboy]

He nods a little, not wanting to move any more than he absolutely has to.

"Sounds like a good idea." It's not what he really wants to suggest, but one thing at a time. "Then we'll both need furniture."

[eirenikos]

"Tomorrow it will be all about you. We'll get up and have breakfast and drive out to Smallville and look for your sort of furniture first." Beat. "Because, unless you physically deposit me naked in the hallway, you won't be able to pry me away from your side tonight."

:D

[hero_farmboy]

"I won't be doing that," he promises. "Like you said earlier, I could lie here for centuries."

[eirenikos]

"Mmmm," Eirene snuggles closer. "And you just might, Mister Kent. Now let me show you how much stamina a daughter of Themis has."

And she does.