scurlock | OOM : Doc's room at Milliways

After Will asks Bar for help explaining his home to Doc and getting the note and food from the Bar, Doc and Will head upstairs to room 25.

Doc's room isn't really that big, with a bed up against one wall and a small table beside it, stacked with a few dog-eared books, topics spanning from poetry, swordfighting, more poetry, and a book of plays.

There is a dresser with a mirror leaning against the wall, and on it are two small folded paper cranes that he took off the bar one day when there were so many, a brown one and a pink one, as well as a thin tin box for his cigarettes, and the stockline record, leather bound sits next to it as well. A corner of the room has several crates that Will will recognize as the bits of wreckage and bottles of rum from the Pearl stacked up neatly. There's a chair by the wall as well and an oil lamp, a pair of eyeglasses sitting next to another small stack of books, but what makes Doc stop and stare is the strange, flat...thing that is now on a small stand against the far wall.

(It's a plasma TV. He has no idea what a plasma TV is, or what that strange thing with the buttons on it is either. All he knows is that he's carrying another strange metal box in his hands and a smaller, more flexible plastic box, and a note from Bar with instructions of a sort. Will, is carrying a pizza and a helpfully packaged six-pack of beer.)

"Well that wasn't there before."

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Will just blushes at that and grabs another slice of pizza,

"Seems a nice dragon though that King's a 'orrible soul, taken 'vantage o''is goodness."

"Does. Didn't know they could talk, though." Doc also grabs another slice of pizza. "Are all the kings like that?"

"In some tales they can. Na sure, tales o'Arthur an Richard make 'em seem good men but well they're just men. Ne'er met one myself."

"Never met a dragon or never met a king?"

Doc doesn't know if Will would have a chance to meet a king. At least when he wasn't getting in trouble for something.

"Oh nay, na king would e'er deign to acknowledge me e'en if they did come to Nottingham."

Time for more beer as the story continues and the Knight and Dragon work together for a time as the King causes trouble.

"Reminds me of the Sheriff. Sorta. Corrupt and a bastard." Doc grabs the pizza box and sets it out of the way off the bed before he stretches out, with the beer nearly gone. "Though didn't think women could do that..."

In mention the rebellion of sorts. He yawns and then finishes off the bottle.

Will just shrugs,

"Women can fight an Marian's smarter than Robin just na supposed to, she does us more good in the castle."

Then he yawns too and leans on Doc, Doc makes a good pillow, it must be the fluffy hair.

Doc does make a good pillow, apparently. And it must be the hair because it is quite fluffy.

"They always run around fighting each other like that? Pissin' contest if you ask me." Another yawn and he stretches and gets more comfortable while still being used as a pillow.

"Oh aye, nobles are always fightin' o'er land an such na carin' what 'appens to us on the way long as we give 'em coin an food."

Another yawn and Will stretches out, paying less attention to the movie, its depressing.

Depressing movies are never good and eventually Doc ignores it in favor of sleep, but beer will do that to you and Will is warm too, which also helps.

Pretty soon they're both asleep and the movie is done. The TV shuts off (somehow) but he won't ask how when he wakes up. Maybe they are supposed to do that.

Doc is comfy so Will sleeps fairly well though he keeps twitching with nightmares and at one point, struggles against Doc, crying hard to hear words in his sleep.

Doc is a little confused when he hears someone talking but he cracks an eye open and looks at Will, and even with the lights off he can see a little since he has good vision. But he doesn't say anything yet since Will might go back to a good sleep.

Will fights against imagined chains and bites his lip, crying out as back bumps on Doc.

"Will," Doc whispers. "Will," he yawns a little. "Y'not in jail, y'in Milliways."

He doesn't even know if he can hear him but he wraps an arm around him a little.

Doc's voice comes through and Will's eyes open up blearily and he looks at Doc, very confused,

"M'fine, promise, dinna tell Robin."

"Not gonna tell Robin," Doc promises, arm still around him a little and glad that Will is awake somewhat. "Y'wanna talk about it?"

Will curls up a bit on himself and leans against Doc,

"Just a nightmare, will be fine."

Doc nods a little. "You ain't gonna git caught here. Wouldn't let 'em git you." He smirks a little. "I'd kick their asses."

"Too much trouble, all my fault."

He's trembling a little, it was a bad nightmare but he's trying to not worry Doc.

"Will," and his voice is a little bit more serious now. "Promised you my gun when we go back and I mean it, and ain't nothin' gonna happen, I swear."

Doc can feel the tremble and it reminds him of how young Will is and that hurts a little.

"Know that, Doc, just 'ate causin' such trouble. Just 'urts sometimes, way they looked through me, was just pain, aye?"

He can't quite see Doc, but he's turned towards him and curling up a bit more, rubbing at his wrists.

"Sometimes y'gotta cause trouble or nothing'll get done, it ain't fair and it ain't right but you're stronger than them and that's why you'll win, because you're causing trouble for the right thing."

Doc shifts a little to allow Will to get comfortable and curl up into him a bit and doesn't find it odd at all, because Will is his friend and friends are there for a reason.

"Y'gonna beat them in the end, remember that."

"Will try, forgive me for wakin' ye. I'll be good an try to sleep."

Then he curls into Doc some more, he's still trembling but Doc's there and he doesn't blame Will.

"Don't worry about it," Doc says.

He's tired but he's not about to let Will stay up all night so he just keeps his arm around him and stays awake somewhat, he's used to having to keep watch at night when he's with the boys and this is no different.

Doc'll never blame Will because it's not his fault.

In time, Will does sleep again and this time its quieter, not fully peaceful but quieter.

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