video; un: shiro

[shiro2hero]

[Oh hi Shiro, long time no see on the network. That's because this is a last-ditch effort. He looks pretty darn not great, despite the fact it's Sleep Season for Warmbloods. Maybe it's the Arena. Maybe it's the River. Something honestly, sincerely traumatic that's happened already.]

[His face is in his hands, hunched over the counter in his kitchen. The omni in front of him. Voice haggard and quiet. Like he has a migraine.]

I will pay... however much anyone wants. For coffee beans. Espresso beans. Don't even have to be cooked. Roasted. Doesn't matter.

[... Or it's caffeine withdrawl.]

Or tea leaves. I don't care.

[Please, he is Suffering.]

Comments

calling out loudly

[klussy]

Yeeeeah, I'm not joking though, dude. Caffeine's a literal drug and you got dependent on it altering your mood and fucking with your heart. It's like one of the most common habit-forming addictions out there.

(He's so matter of fact about this.)

It can make anxiety and insomnia a hundred percent worse. It's probably good you don't have it anymore. You've got a withdrawal headache. Put a wet cloth over your eyes and lay down.

why did he adopt you

[shiro2hero]

[Deep breaths. Deep breaths, Shiro... you're fine. Eddie means well.]

I've been laying down all month... I need to get moving and do something around here.

Nothing about this is good.

eddie tries to ask him this all the time

[klussy]

Then you're gonna have to keep laying down. Do you really think walking around outside right now is gonna make you feel better? Invest in a puzzle.

(He was starting to get the No-Nonsense he tone he tended to lean into when he got difficult patients. Sorry, Shiro. He's going into full nurse mode.)

You need to eat a proper meal and drink clear fluids.

[shiro2hero]

[Ugh!! The worst!! He'll be extremely proud of Eddie later. When the headache and general nastiness goes away.]

I think doing something is going to make me feel better than laying around.

... 'Proper meal' means using the stove. [Eddie have you heard about his cooking mishaps?]

[klussy]

Shiro. (He's NOT having this.) You cannot possibly look me in the eye and have the audacity to imply that you don't know at least 20 people who would immediately bring you a hot, healthy meal if you asked.

Shut up.

[shiro2hero]

[Just gonna. Put his head down on the counter. With a muffled ugh.]

[Grown ass man becomes toddler in the face of mild physical ailment.]

Not. What I meant.

[klussy]

Oh, so sorry. What did you mean then?

(The world's sassiest nurse alive.)

[shiro2hero]

I mean... it's not worth bothering people over.

[And as soon as it's out of his mouth, he winces.]

Never mind. I heard it. I'll ask Vyng or Mako...