[ when alhaitham slumps back against the floor, unconscious, heine gives himself exactly fifteen seconds to recover. sorry, alhaitham, but what that means is his recovery involves dropping his head down to rest on alhaitham's chest, breathing slow and even, expanding his lungs until his ribs don't ache quite as badly. fifteen seconds, because this place isn't safe, even if the most immediate threat has now been neutralized.
in a fucking maid outfit, too. heine hates it here.
when his allotted fifteen seconds are over, heine pushes himself up and hauls alhaitham up with him. the dead weight of his body is another reminder that heine isn't as strong here as he should be, and he grits his teeth against the realization as he flings alhaitham over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. it's the most defensible position for getting through the rest of the second floor, but thankfully they manage without incident; heine heads up to the third floor, but only so he can readjust his grip on alhaitham to carry him bridal-style as they make their way down the exterior stairs.
it's cold outside, or maybe heine's just noticing that it's cold outside because he's wearing fucking skirts and fucking thigh highs and if his combat boots are stomping a little extra hard on the sidewalk he'll thank everyone to not say a goddamn word about it. ]
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in a fucking maid outfit, too. heine hates it here.
when his allotted fifteen seconds are over, heine pushes himself up and hauls alhaitham up with him. the dead weight of his body is another reminder that heine isn't as strong here as he should be, and he grits his teeth against the realization as he flings alhaitham over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. it's the most defensible position for getting through the rest of the second floor, but thankfully they manage without incident; heine heads up to the third floor, but only so he can readjust his grip on alhaitham to carry him bridal-style as they make their way down the exterior stairs.
it's cold outside, or maybe heine's just noticing that it's cold outside because he's wearing fucking skirts and fucking thigh highs and if his combat boots are stomping a little extra hard on the sidewalk he'll thank everyone to not say a goddamn word about it. ]