The Summoning ϟ The Flash & Merlin

Chapter 7: Search Party

A weight pressed against the back of her chair, startling Rose as she poured over the same books for millionth time. She leaped in her chair, her hand grabbing her chest as her head fell back to hit the taut stomach of her new boy toy. "God, you scared me!"

"You know, you keep calling me that in bed too. I'm starting to think you forgot my name," Theo answered with a smirk before he leaned down to kiss her. Her hand ran up the side of his cheek as it deepened, feeling the early morning stubble he hadn't shaved yet.

She was the first to break away. "Well then I guess you're just that good."

"So you left me alone in bed to hit the books again?" he asked as he took one of the empty seats next to her.

On their days off, the siblings had been poring over every spell book they could find in the library. Tome after tome yielded no results as to how to wake Mordred from his slumber. Rose was already starting to go crossed eyed from staring at the pages for so long but she had to keep pushing forward and not completely for her sake. John was in the hospital wing every chance he got to check on Mordred. He even tried calling in favors from some of his contacts. Nothing would wake him.

"I'm going to keep looking until I go blind. And then I want to read every spell book in Braille so I can keep going. Something's gotta give," she answered before by flipping to the next page. Yet another spell on how to turn someone into an amphibian. Didn't these people have anything better to do? "Besides, don't you want to know if Mordred has been covering for someone else?"

"Of course, but I much prefer waking up to your pretty face than rumpled sheets."

She shook her head, letting out a light chuckle. "Keep it up, Chipmunk. You just might convince me to leave this room."

"What would be the magic words to do that?"

"Option one could be 'Hey, I actually know the spell to wake up Mordred and it is super easy.' Option two is 'I'll make you breakfast.'"

Theo rose off his chair, taking her hand in his and tugging her out of her seat. "Well I can definitely do option two. After that, we can both come back and work on this."

"You found bonus option three. That's going to get you kissed." she replied, standing on her toes to give him a quick kiss on the cheek as he pulled them away to what she hoped was the land of waffles and bacon.

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The rest of the day had been spent uneventfully in the library. A steady stream of the team went in and out as they tried to help find a cure. After working late into the hours of the night, Theo finally called it quits and told her she needed to get her beauty rest. She agreed, but only after she went to go get something to eat. Rose had waved off most attempts for the team to make her eat throughout the day and now her stomach was protesting.

Her feet padded softly against the marble floors on route to the kitchen. A loud yawn brought her out of her daze, but not quite in the same way as the sight she saw when she got to her destination.

Slumped over in a chair, twirling a half empty bottle of booze in his hands was John. His clothes were even more disheveled than usual, making his normal look go from sexy to sad. An empty bottle rolled on its side, coming to a halt as John realized someone else was in the room.

"I'll take that," she said gently as she pulled the bottle lightly out of his grasp. He stared up at her with sad eyes as she took a swig from the bottle. The liquid burned her throat as it made its way down. Carrying the bottle with her, Rose moved over to grab some plates and silverware as well as cups. She set them in front of John and began to set up for whatever meal this could be called.