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Helen had been topside from the horrible place for a few days and Xander's heart had finally stopped racing whenever she was out of his sight. Granted, he wasn't too happy that she was out at the Club drinking with Luthor, why was it always Luthor, but at least she knew she was safe. And while he didn't get the drinking, he knew this was something they needed to do.

But it did give him the chance to work on a few personal projects that he'd neglected in his worry and then in his reunion with Helen. So there he sat on the porch, forming a piece of wood in his hand with one of his woodworking tools, waiting for her to come home to him.
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Date: 2011-07-31 07:32 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
Xander had told Alcuin that he could come to him if he was feeling lonely. It was such a straightforward and sincere offer that he found his thoughts straying to it that afternoon as he strummed idly at Rupert's guitar. The night before he'd had terrible insomnia, tossing and turning in the large, empty bed.

He wasn't entirely sure what he would say, or if Xander truly did want his company without real purpose behind it, but he found himself going to his hut anyway. When he approached he saw Xander on the porch, and held up a hand in greeting.

Date: 2011-08-01 06:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
Xander had meant it. He hated the thought of any friend of his feeling lonely and it was only natural to offer to help. It was such a simple thing after all.

When he glanced up and saw Alcuin approaching, he grinned and held up his own hand in reply. "Hey Alcuin!" The wood and tools were easily set aside before he stood to come greet him. "What brings you out here?"

Date: 2011-08-01 06:20 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
Alcuin climbed Xander's steps to join him, a little smile on his lips. "I... came to see you," he admitted, perhaps a bit sheepish. "I hope that's okay. I also wanted to ask you if Helen is okay."

Date: 2011-08-03 03:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
"It's more then okay." Xander said before waving to the other chair next to him so Alcuin could have a seat. "I'm glad you're here. And she's doing good." He couldn't stop the large smile that blossomed on his face. "She and Lex Luthor are currently at the Club, drinking to the sunshine, or so I'm told."

Date: 2011-08-03 03:14 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
Alcuin sat in the chair and looked over at Xander, smiling warmly at him. He felt better already, just being here.

At the comment about Helen, he laughed. "Well. I hope that it works out better for her than the last time I drank."

Date: 2011-08-03 03:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
"And people wonder why I don't drink." Re-taking his chair, Xander gave Alcuin a concerned look. "Is this about the guy who rejected you?"

Date: 2011-08-03 03:40 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
"Now? No." Alcuin offered him a sheepish little smile. "No, it's just my general melancholy. The drinking, though..." He managed a self deprecating, soft laugh. "Well, I can blame Jack Harkness for that, he thought it might be a good way to help me forget my troubles."

Date: 2011-08-03 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
"I've heard it's good for that." Xander said with a wary smile, clear that he wasn't condemning Alcuin for drinking away his troubles. "I have family history that says otherwise and I'd rather not risk it." He added as his smile turned self deprecating. "Anything I can do?"

Date: 2011-08-03 03:47 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
"Just the company is enough," Alcuin admitted. He laughed again and added, "It would be nice to have, perhaps, someone warming my bed for a time, though I certainly won't ask that of you. Your friendship is enough."

Date: 2011-08-03 04:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
Xander couldn't help a bashful smile at that. "Perhaps a few months ago maybe. I...wouldn't have said no." He'd never really though about it...but his gut reaction at the moment was that he would said yes. Not now of course, since he loved Helen more then he could express and Alcuin knew that.

Date: 2011-08-03 04:11 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
Alcuin ducked his head a bit, though a smile pulled at his lips. "I cannot say it does not please me to hear that - " Neither would he have said no. He was fond of Xander, and he did not think that Giles would disapprove, even if it might make him raise a brow. "But I am more than happy for the love you have found."

Date: 2011-08-03 04:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
"Me too. Er, pleased to hear that I mean."

Neither did Xander. In fact, he thought Giles would be glad Xander and Alcuin were there for each other, in bed or not. "And thanks. It's been...amazing." He was speechless when it came to describing Helen...and that in itself said a lot from him.

Date: 2011-08-03 04:18 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
"I admit I do not know her well," said Alcuin, "but I know that she is both beautiful and kind, and you seem well matched."

Date: 2011-08-03 04:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
Xander couldn't help smiling as he thought of Helen. "I don't know about the well-matched part. I just know I'm the luckiest guy on the island." Then he shook his head. "But I'm sure you'd rather talk about something else, you know, considering everything."

Date: 2011-08-03 04:34 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
Alcuin shook his head. "I am D'Angeline, Xander. Love brings me joy, even if it is not my own. It is beautiful." He laughed. "And we do like beautiful things. Did you know it was often said of us - disparagingly, I believe, even if I do not find it so - that D'Angelines would buy flowers before food?"

Date: 2011-08-03 05:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
"That's..." Xander didn't know the right word. It wasn't exactly silly...nor did it seem very practical, "..a very fanciful way of looking at things. Not that love is bad just...I rather like food." He added with a laugh of his own.

Date: 2011-08-03 05:24 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
Alcuin laughed again. "Well, so do I. It's really more hyperbole."

He thought to what he had told Xander about Terre d'Ange. A great deal, while eschewing most of his personal history. Though Xander knew that he had died, he did not know it was murder. And though he knew what a Servant of Naamah was, he did not know that Alcuin had been one. At the time it had been out of respect for Giles, unsure whether he would want Xander knowing that his lover had once been a prostitute. And since then, the issue had simply never come up.

"But you will not offend me by speaking of love. Love as thou wilt, hmm?" He smiled.

Date: 2011-08-03 05:40 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] devilwoman
They'd brought the alcohol up from Rapture, split between The Catscratch Club and The Winchester - Ianto hadn't wanted any of it for the Hub. And that afternoon, Lex and Saffron had gone to the club and done a quality check on it...or, at least, that's what they said it was. It had ended with both of them spectacularly drunk on some very good booze. It had been a little touch and go as to whether Lex was going to have to carry Saffron home, but in the end, she'd managed to stumble off, cheerfully waving off Lex's offer to walk her there so they could both go home to bed and their respective significant others.

She was fairly unsteady on her feet as she reached the hut, and it might have been a small miracle she made it up the steps of the porch without stumbling. Upon realizing they had company, Saffron broke out into a wide and bright grin. "Alcuin, what a pleasant surprise!" she gushed. "I'm so glad to see you."

Kicking off her shoes, she went over to Xander and sat herself right in his lap. "Hi, baby," she said, soft and adoring, before she kissed him hello.
Edited Date: 2011-08-03 05:42 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-08-07 04:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
Alcuin had told some about his life before the island and Giles had told him other parts. None of it was anything Xander was comfortable with but he didn't hold that against his friend. It wasn't his fault after all.

"Then you should come around often. There's lot of talk about love around here," Xander replied with a silly smile on his face.

Which only grew as he looked up as Helen approached. He'd half stood to help her but was forced back down into his seat as he suddenly had a lap full of Boss Lady. And he was very glad of the conversation he'd just been having with Alcuin because he didn't feel bad about returning Helen's wonderful kiss right in front of him. "Well, looks like you and Lex had a good time."

Date: 2011-08-07 05:43 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
Alcuin stood immediately when Helen entered, and offered her a smile that didn't fade when they kissed. He could not bring himself to be jealous, not when Xander seemed so very, very happy.

"The pleasure is mine, Helen," he said warmly. "I hope you do not mind Xander keeping me company."

Date: 2011-08-07 06:09 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] devilwoman
"A very good time, and you can rest assured, that Rapture booze has been thoroughly taste tested." Saffron's eyes were locked on Xander's, seemingly seeing no one but him, but when Alcuin spoke, she turned her head to look at him with a smile. "Oh, not at all!" she chirped, and while it seemed she was surely drunk enough to be slurring, her speech was mostly fine, if a bit slower than usual. "You're always welcome at our home."

Date: 2011-08-09 02:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
“Well, that’s good to hear. About the alcohol I mean.” Xander almost asked if Luthor was able to make his way home, if Helen’s drunkenness was any indication of how much they’d had, but once she looked at him like that…he couldn’t say he cared about much of anything.

It was very tempting to fall into the intense gaze being set on him but Xander was more polite then that and also looked away when Alcuin spoke. “Please sit. You don’t have to go just yet. Always welcome means always welcome.” While he wanted nothing more than to follow through on the look Helen was giving him, he’d been serious when he’d said he wanted to help Alcuin, even with just simple company, and running him off wasn’t the way to accomplish that.

Date: 2011-08-09 05:13 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] alcuin
Alcuin hesitated, as the look that passed between them certainly had not gone unnoticed... but they both asked him to stay, and so he sat down beside Xander.

He looked to Helen with a sheepish little smile on his lips. "Xander has been very kind in offering his company whenever I might feel lonely. I fear my house feels very large and empty sometimes." Not to mention his bed, but that was not Xander's problem.

Date: 2011-08-09 05:19 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] devilwoman
Saffron listened with sympathy, giving a nod that was slightly exaggerated in her drunken state. "Oh, sugar, I know how that is," she said. "It was just me in this hut for a good long while."

She turned her head back to Xander and gave him a soft smile as she placed a palm to his cheek - having to make the attempt a couple of times to land it where she was aiming. "I think we both know how that is."

Date: 2011-08-11 06:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoobys-heart.livejournal.com
Xander did know exactly how that felt, having lost many people from his home and bed on the island. It wasn't a pleasant feeling and he really did feel sorry for Alcuin, which only made him want to help more. At least...as much as he could.

He gave Alcuin an amused smile as he patiently waited for Helen to touch him. "Yeah, we do. Empty huts are not fun for anyone. I just wish there was more we could do."
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