Suite 518/520, Wednesday morning

[demonbelthazor]

After the kids had gone back through the Vortex and Phoebe had fled back to their room, Bel and Anders had followed and tried to comfort her about the loss of the children. They were still alive somewhere, back where they belonged, with the parents who loved them. And who knew, there might be a way to see them again sometime. They could even end up coming to school at Fandom High someday.

Phoebe had cried herself to sleep, nestled between Bel and Anders. Hours later, Bel slowly came awake. He was spooned against Phoebe's back, her head was on Anders's shoulder, and Bel's arm was over them both. Wednesday, right? He didn't have class, and he didn't think Phoebe did, but he wasn't sure about Anders. Either way, he was perfectly content to stay like this all morning.

[For future_visions and futurebucs_star, but open for any who want to be mean and interrupt the snuggling.]

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe opened her eyes slowly, and the first thing she was aware of was that she felt really comfortable with how she was laying. She felt Cole close to her back with his arm over her... so that meant that it was Anders who had her head on his shoulder. She looked up a little to smile slightly at Cole and then closed her eyes again. She didn't have class today and felt no need to move from this bed right now. She was still upset about the children, but right now she was feeling particularly safe and comfortable.

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Anders did, as it happened, have a first period class today, but he had no intention of moving in time to get to it. He missed his kids like hell, and he was comfortable, with his cheek resting against the top of Phoebe's head and one arm across the pillows so he could play with Bel's hair a little bit.

He made a soft whimpering sound and snuggled closer to both of them.

[demonbelthazor]

Seraphim jumped up into the bed, wanting to get in on the snuggles.

"Cat," Bel mumbled sleepily, trying to shrug him away as he pawed at Bel's face.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe opened her eyes and gestured for Seraphim to snuggle with them in a way that wouldn't disturb the little comfort zone they had going here.

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"Kitty," Anders mumbled half-coherently, smiling just a bit.

[demonbelthazor]

"You're hogging the blankets," Bel mumbled, tugging them towards himself.

[sensethevisions]

As Phoebe was in the middle, she wasn't worried about the blanket war and snuggled with the two of them as they fought over the blankets.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Not hogging the blankets," grumbled Anders, nuzzling the top of Phoebe's head as he -- totally let Bel pull the blankets toward him.

Pushover.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel liked this easy victory, so he tried to claim the pillows, too.

[sensethevisions]

Moving the pillows would mean that Phoebe was no longer comfortable.

"No stealing pillows," she grumbled, standing -- laying -- firm on the pillow issue.

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"Noooooooo," Anders added, reaching over Phoebe to poke him in the side. "I'm cold now, don't take the pillows too."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel squirmed at being poked. "Stop it!" he grumbled sleepily.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe moved an arm behind her to wrap around him and pull him closer to her. "Don't steal pillows. You steal pillow, Anders moves. Then I am no longer comfy. If I am no longer comfy you are in big trouble."

She sounded so threatening... okay, maybe not.

[sensethevisions]

"I saw the email," Bel said. "Pippi, too." He squeezed Phoebe's shoulder. "I'm sorry, love."

Phoebe bit her lip hard, but a sob still escaped her.

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Anders snuggled closer and, very shyly, kissed the top of her head. "I'm not going anywhere," he said, not wanting to speak for Bel, and figuring that was a given anyway.

[demonbelthazor]

"Me neither," Bel said, wrapping his arm around her waist. "I'm not going anywhere without you, you know that."

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe sniffled, holding onto his arm. "I know, Cole. You did once and we brought you back." She sniffled. "And Anders, you can't, either."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I won't," Anders promised, putting his arm over both of them. "I'm staying right here."

[demonbelthazor]

"See?" Bel said.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe nodded, not being clingy at all. "No more leavings," she whispered. "I cannot do anymore goodbyes."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"How about happy birthdays instead?" suggested Anders. "We can go to Doctor Wilson's party and . . . huh, I wonder what they'd think if we all showed up together."

[demonbelthazor]

"Someone's head might explode," Bel said, burying his face into the pillow. Including his own.

[sensethevisions]

"Or James will wonder what took us so long to stop fighting..."

She knew her big brothers and she knew how much she had confided in them about everything.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I kind of want to find out now." Anders reached over and ruffled Bel's hair.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel batted Anders hand away. "Quit it," he said.