stilljustandrew: (d20s)
stilljustandrew ([personal profile] stilljustandrew) wrote2013-07-20 10:46 pm

best be gone from here by dark

They're up at first light, huddling in their sleeping bags against the lingering chill, drinking coffee and eating breakfast bars, not talking much. By the time they're done, the air has warmed; the locator spell is still glowing underneath the dig site, and they pick up work where they left off.



It's just past noon when their shovels first start turning up things that Andrew thinks he recognizes: fragments of rotting fabric in familiar patterns, pieces of wood that might have once been furniture in Buffy's house.

Jonathan's shovel strikes metal, and a shaft of brilliant light shoots up from under the dirt.
jonathanparagon: (sidelong)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
He stops abruptly and pulls his shovel out of the hole.

"Found it. Or at least part of it, can't tell yet."
jonathanparagon: (focused)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Yep." He sets the shovel aside and drops to his knees, peering into the shallow hole.
jonathanparagon: (huh?)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Stop," Jonathan says quickly, before it gets covered up with dirt again. "That looks promising."
jonathanparagon: (sad scared)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Jonathan joins him, scrabbling intently at the dirt until they get the object clear, and then rocks back on his heels and just stares at it.
jonathanparagon: (sidelong)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Must do." He turns slightly away to look at the bags, thinking. "I know I put a spare shirt in mine."
jonathanparagon: (sidelong)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Right." He rummages in his pack and comes up with the shirt, then approaches the knife cautiously, never touching it with his bare hands.
jonathanparagon: (serious)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
"No, I got it." He wraps the shirt as thickly as he can around the knife, then lifts the bundle, holding it tightly closed.
jonathanparagon: (pleased)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Jonathan looks up at him and smiles.

"Let's go home."











jonathanparagon: (pleased)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Something must be on our side," Jonathan says with a grin. "Or nobody wants to go to New York anymore. One or the other."
jonathanparagon: (huh?)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
That gets him a slightly startled glance.

"Yeah? What have you been up to?"
jonathanparagon: (trying not to laugh)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
"...okay, now I really want to know. Out with it."
jonathanparagon: (angry)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
There's a beat, then Jonathan brakes sharply in a way that would have been unsafe if there was another car in sight, and stares at him. He knows, knows... Andrew isn't talking about the risk of them both being eaten by a demon.

"Define 'a couple of people'."
jonathanparagon: (pissy)

[personal profile] jonathanparagon 2013-07-21 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
"And those people were...?" he prompts, not relenting. "And what the hell did you think I was going to do?"

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