{"id":10264,"date":"2014-05-16T01:42:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T01:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/05\/16\/skinnydefenselessheroism-iamthefirechild-if\/"},"modified":"2014-05-16T01:42:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T01:42:53","slug":"skinnydefenselessheroism-iamthefirechild-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/05\/16\/skinnydefenselessheroism-iamthefirechild-if\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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

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If she had a hand free, at this point Summer would have cuffed Stiles on the back of the head gently. She settles instead for lifting her eyebrows meaningfully at him, and making a mental note to ask him about the mountain ash. Why would it be important to have a \/rowan\/ barrier in a \/vet\u2019s\/ clinic?<\/p>\n

It does amuse her to watch the way Stiles changes under Scott\u2019s influence \u2014 the little flashes of \u2026 responsibility seem to be absent, replaced with a higher level of clowning around. Summer untangles herself from Helios and deposits him on the examining table, where he leaves slightly sweaty pawprints and makes another pitiful meow. \u201cNo, he\u2019s been behaving pretty normal, except for deciding to go out and \/bring me back friends\/,\u201d she answers, making an exaggerated face of displeasure at Helios.<\/p>\n

Then she winks at Stiles and Scott.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It isn\u2019t even a conscious change Stiles makes\u2014this is the Stiles most people see, given how often he is in Scott\u2019s presence, how rarely pried from the other boy\u2019s side. This is probably how he\u00a0prefers<\/em> to be, in the company of someone whom he knows will take up the slack, able to let go of his white-knuckled stranglehold on the thread that moves through his mind, so easily lost or broken, that represents his ability to focus and concentrate. Scott can concentrate for both of them, and Stiles can\u00a0relax<\/em> a little. The line of his shoulders changes a little, less sharp-edged, less tense.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s the only cat I\u2019ve ever met that plays\u00a0fetch<\/em>, but I have to say I\u2019m used to that kind of thing being with\u00a0sticks<\/em>.\u201d Stiles quips from the corner, still grinning toothily. Scott\u2019s expression doesn\u2019t budge from its place between \u2018kind and sympathetic\u2019 and \u2018incredibly longsuffering\u2019.<\/p>\n

Scott has been very careful not to get too close to Helios\u2019 personal space, although he does this with a sort of confidence that implies it\u2019s probably a force of habit at this point. Still, he appears to be addressing the\u00a0cat<\/em> when he speaks, filling some kind of form in with sincerely\u00a0terrible<\/em> handwriting. \u201cDon\u2019t let him get you down, Helios, he doesn\u2019t have any idea what he\u2019s talking about most of the time anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Helios flicks an ear at Scott and cranes his neck, sniffing. He does that cat-sniffing thing that curls back his top lip, eyes slightly narrowed, and watches Scott. Summer keeps her hands on him, feeling the faint tremble of his limbs ease away slowly when Scott speaks directly to him. Helios appreciates that kind of courtesy, though he’s still not at ease enough to actually relax.<\/p>\n

“Is that what you call it?” Summer says to Stiles, grinning. “You didn’t seem to mind being fetched. As I recall, he suckered you in quite handily. Something about ‘I’m just going to sit here and pet your cat,’ wasn’t it?” She crouches a little, to look into Helios’ blue eyes, laughing. “And fetching you appears to have brought me Scott too.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

skinnydefenselessheroism: iamthefirechild: If she had a hand free, at this point Summer would have cuffed Stiles on the back of the head gently. She settles instead for lifting her eyebrows meaningfully at him, and making a mental note to ask him about the mountain ash. Why would it be important to have a \/rowan\/ barrier … 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":[10,867,21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10264"}],"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=10264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}