{"id":10183,"date":"2014-05-18T03:43:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T03:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/05\/18\/skinnydefenselessheroism-iamthefirechild-19\/"},"modified":"2014-05-18T03:43:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T03:43:26","slug":"skinnydefenselessheroism-iamthefirechild-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/05\/18\/skinnydefenselessheroism-iamthefirechild-19\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

skinnydefenselessheroism<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“And that\u2019s why you\u2019ve made \/no\/ effort to actually introduce us to each other,” Summer teases Stiles. “It\u2019s as if you thought he wouldn\u2019t like me!” It\u2019s only as the words come out of her mouth that the potential truth of that hits her. Fortunately Dr Deaton comes in just then.<\/p>\n

The little examination room is a little over-crowded with four people and an unhappy cat in it.\u00a0She raises her own brows as both boys leave, eyes comically wide at Stiles\u2019 parting shot, before she turns back to Dr Deaton.\u00a0\u201dI can\u2019t imagine why I would need good luck,\u201d she says to him. \u201cAre you secretly an alien from outer space?\u201d It\u2019s the weirdest thing she can come up with that\u2019s not the truth \u2014 although come to think of it Stiles never said anything about the vet being special.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how she\u2019s decided to think of them all. Special.<\/p>\n

Helios lays his ears back at the vet, apparently not having forgotten his impromptu visit a few weeks before. Summer tucks a strand of hair behind her ear and scratches the cat\u2019s neck, trying to coax him to relax.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Don\u2019t be ridiculous, Scott likes everybody,” Stiles says, the statement easy camaraderie and a sort of throw-away quality around the edges. And then they\u2019re gone, leaving Summer and Helios alone with Dr. Deaton.<\/p>\n

Dr. Deaton, who has a patient smile and a gentle touch even when Helios hisses at him. \u201cI\u2019m a vet,\u201d he says, plainly, but in the same immutable way a mountain refuses to budge when one puts a shoulder into it. That\u2019s all she\u2019s going to get out of him, unless she\u2019s asking about advice on how to deal with Helios.<\/p>\n

The vet doesn\u2019t seem to mind a few scratches, if he earns them, while he checks up on Helios\u2019 health. Eventually he even gives Helios a clean bill of health, which comes about the same time that Scott\u2019s voice suddenly explodes into laughter, setting one of the dogs off in the back on a barking fit. Deaton\u2014looks longsuffering, but then he always does.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer just huffs a chuckle, smile turning wry, at the outburst of laughter. It’s a very familiar kind of full-throated outburst, and she glances over her shoulder toward the sound. Scooping the thoroughly-violated feeling Helios into her arms, she looks up at Dr Deaton. “Does that mean there’s something you should put a stop to?” she teases.<\/p>\n

He just shrugs slightly, with a knowing look, and opens the door for her. She tells him, “Thank you,” then calls, “Stiles? I think I’m done here. Helios wants to go home.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

skinnydefenselessheroism: iamthefirechild: “And that\u2019s why you\u2019ve made \/no\/ effort to actually introduce us to each other,” Summer teases Stiles. “It\u2019s as if you thought he wouldn\u2019t like me!” It\u2019s only as the words come out of her mouth that the potential truth of that hits her. Fortunately Dr Deaton comes in just then. The little … Continue reading <\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,90,867,21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10183"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}