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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[demonbelthazor]

"You need to eat, love," Bel said, kissing her cheek.

[sensethevisions]

"Later," she said softly. "Not right now."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders frowned. "Phoebe . . . don't want you starving yourself."

He could see Pandora's face and hear her saying the same thing, and he closed his eyes and tried not to sniffle.

[demonbelthazor]

"Promise me you'll have breakfast this morning," Cole said, stroking her hair. "I'll make pancakes for you." He eyed Anders. "You can have some, too."

[sensethevisions]

She shook her head. "I'm not hungry, Cole. Will drink juice or something, but just... no. Not hungry right now, okay?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders bit his lip, unsure of what to do, and glanced at Bel helplessly.

[demonbelthazor]

"Fine, but if you don't eat lunch, you don't get to go to the party," Bel said firmly.

[sensethevisions]

"Okay," she said softly. But whether she was talking about eating lunch or not going to the party, she didn't say.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders considered for a moment. He could get up and get himself food, or he could stay right where he was.

He was comfortable. He ignored his stomach for now and went back to snuggling.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel was hungry, but comfortable as well. And, okay, maybe he was still possessive enough that he didn't want to leave Phoebe and Anders alone together. No one said he was perfectly adjusted to this new relationship yet, had they?

[sensethevisions]

"Too many goodbyes. Can't do it anymore." Phoebe closed her eyes, fighting tears again. "Pip left this morning..."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"What?" Anders asked, surprise cutting through the sleep-haze in his voice. "Frak, I didn't know . . ."

[demonbelthazor]

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