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Battle Cries - Prologue (Henry Cavill/OFC

TITLE: Battle Cries

CHAPTER NUMBER: Prologue/?

AUTHOR: Cinderella1181

WHICH Henry/CHARACTER: AU Henry Cavill /OFC

GENRE: Romance/Comedy

FIC SUMMARY: Henry Cavill is the fourth son of the Lord and Lady of St. Helier. He is also now 37 still living at home and has no plans to move out. His father, recently retired, is forcing Henry to live on his own. Set up nicely, by his parents Henry has to find his place in the world and find real love for the first time with a girl he didn’t necessarily think he would even like.

RATING: M (sex, language eventually)

WARNINGS: Um, nothing yet, a little language, but that is all.

AUTHORS NOTES: So yeah.. starting something new.. Here’s hoping it sticks.

Prologue

Simon stopped the car in front of the manor and smiled a little. Outside there was a truck packed with boxes. He wondered how many people his parents had enlisted to pull off this plan while the brothers were off on their weekend trip. He looked over at his younger brother and sighed. When his parents had summoned them for lunch that afternoon they had not been expecting what was told to them. However, once his parents explained their reasoning, it was simple to see that this was in fact going to be a good idea.

Henry looked at the truck. “Huh, I wonder who is moving?”

Simon shrugged. “Yeah it’s a mystery.”

The brothers exited the car and walked into the house, the hundred pound dog bounding up to them, tail wagging. “Kal, my boy!” Henry said, as he squatted next to the giant dog. Kal began to whine and lick at his papa.

Simon sighed, the feeling of nerves starting in his stomach. “Mum, dad, we’re home, your other three chicken son’s aren’t here.” He called out into the massive house.

Lord St. Helier and his wife came in from the back of the house and smiled. “Happy Birthday son.” He said smiling. “How was your trip with your brothers?”

Henry stood up and smiled. “Great dad! Thank you!” He went over and wrapped his arms around him, moving next to his mum giving her a kiss. “It is always fun to go to Calais.”

Colin looked at his son and smiled. He turned to his wife, who was wringing her hands. “Why don’t we go sit down for dinner.”

Henry smiled. “Is it ready? Okay let me go put my things upstairs.” He said, taking the steps two at a time.

Before Colin could say anything else his fourth son had disappeared around the corner. He looked at his wife. “Well, are you ready for this?”

Before Marianne could answer there was a bellow from deep in the house. “What the FUCK!”

“Well, he figured out who was moving.” Simon said. “I love you both, I’m going home now.” He turned and went out the door.

Henry appeared at the top of the steps. “Why is my room empty?”

“Well son, your birthday present is in London…” Colin said.

“Birthday present?” Henry asked.

“Yes dear, a lovely little starter home, in the Mews, in Kensington.” Marianne smiled at him. “It’s all decorated, and I made sure you had a space for your computers and comic books.”

Henry looked hurt. “But, I live here.”

“Look, son, I love you. Your mother loves you, but you can’t be a confirmed bachelor living in our house anymore. Do you know we’ve not been alone for over forty years?” Colin said. “You need to move the hell out.”

“Colin!” Marianne looked at him.

“What? It’s true!” He shook his head and sighed. “Look, we have it all set up for you. You will have a monthly allowance, but, find a job that you enjoy. Become your own man. Henry, please, just move the hell out of my house.”

“Colin!” Marianne shouted. “Look, you know you can always come home if you don’t like it.”

“No you can’t.” Colin stated. “You can visit, but you are going to London, end of discussion.”

Henry looked at his mother. “Mum…”

She sighed. She looked at her husband for a moment and then back at her son. “I am sorry my dear, I agree with your father. This is going to be good for you.”

Henry sighed. “You didn’t even ask me.”

“Would you have said yes?” Colin asked.

“No,” Henry replied.

“Exactly Hen, now, you get out there in that truck with your things, you take yourself to the ferry and you go and start your new life!” Colin said. “Go my boy, be a free little bird, go into the wilds.”

“Not funny dad.” Henry replied.

“I wasn’t being funny, I was being serious. Go.” Colin replied and pointed. “See you at Christmas.”

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Battle Cries Chapter 1

TITLE: Battle Cries

CHAPTER NUMBER: Chapter 1 /?

AUTHOR: Cinderella1181

WHICH Henry/CHARACTER: AU Henry Cavill /Juniper Denholm

GENRE: Romance/Comedy

Previous Chapter: Prologue

RATING: M (sex, language)

WARNINGS: So lets just say there is a blanket warning for language in this.....

AUTHORS NOTES: Thank you all so much for making my return so awesome! I am so glad to be here and am really feeling this. Leave me the love, I am a comment and reblog whore.

Six Months Later

The bells tinkled over the door of the comic book shop. “Welcome in,” Henry called, hunched over the latest figure that he was painting. “Let me just…”

“You know I don’t pay you to paint WoW figures on the clock,” a voice said, a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

“You’re right, you don’t pay me. Remember? I work here basically for my pull list and first shot at new collectables,” Henry replied, not even looking up from what he was doing. “And I will have you know, this is a War Hammer figure, not a World of Warcraft one. And you own a comic book store.”

“Hen, the fact of the matter is, someone could come in here and steal precious merchandise,” the voice countered.

“Kal, show him why not…” Henry said quietly.

Kal got up and trotted around, jumping on the dark haired man. He laughed. “Okay, fine, I get it. Security system and all.”

Henry looked up at Joey as he scratched the dog, who in turn was trying to lick his face. “Kal lets no person he does not know go without knowing who he is. You know that,” Henry replied. “You’re late, too.”

“Again, my store.” Joey replied and headed further in. “I can be late if I want to be and, besides, Madeleine had her friend over, and they were having me paint bloody signs all morning.” He walked to the back of Dandy Lion Comics to lay his things down. “They are going to some feminist rally or some sort. I don’t know. I tuned out when they started talking about the vagina hats.”

Henry looked at him and shook his head. “Did they put them on?”

“I don’t know, I finally got away,” Joey said, coming to sit on the stool next to him. With Henry sitting on the chair and Joey on the stool they were almost the same height. He shook his head. “I love her, so much, so very much, but if I ever agree to date a feminist again…”

Henry laughed. “Let’s be real, you’ll never be in another relationship. She has you wrapped around her little finger and you know it.”

Joey put his hand on his friend's shoulder. “You know it.” He sighed. “Okay, go take your giant dog with you. I will see you tomorrow night for D and D, right?”

Henry began to clean up his mess and nodded. “You will. Since it’s at my house this month. Please tell me you did not invite Duncan.”

“You know I had to. But I think I made it seem very un-fun.” Joey grinned. “So maybe he won’t clog your loo again?”

Henry put all of the parts away and stood up to his full height. “I hope not. It cost a ridiculous amount of money to get the loo fixed.” He shook his head. “I’ll see you later, man.” He headed towards the front door. “Send my love to Madeleine.”

“I will,” Joey said.

Henry clipped the end of Kal’s leash to his harness and started out the door, walking down the block toward his house.

Henry had spent the last six months learning to live on his own. He had hated every moment of it in the beginning. He hated being alone and not knowing anyone. He had drowned his sorrows in the pub most nights. After a month, the singer from the pub band came up to him, threw an arm around him and told him he was going to be his friend because seeing him sit in the same corner night after night was depressing the fuck out of him.

Little did he know, two days later he would be walking into the comic book shop with him and creating his pull list. Henry smiled at the thought of Joey and how he had met him.

Kal stopped to smell some flowers and hiked his leg to let everyone know he had been there. Henry rolled his eyes and continued to walk on. He finally got to the small mews house that his parents had purchased him. He opened the door, walked in, dropping Kal’s leash and headed up to get his jogging clothes on.

London had been explored by the pounding of his feet on the pavement. He and Kal would go for miles and saw many new sights and places. Some, he had stopped to take in, mostly the parks, and others he had noted and returned later. His parents made sure that he had a comfortable existence and once he had told them he had a job and a friend, they had stopped calling him every day.

He smiled to himself. He now realized that his parents had probably done the best thing they could for him. They had forced him to be independent when they thought that he couldn’t be. He was doing it, and thriving. Even if the circumstances were a little out of the ordinary. He pulled his joggers on, his tank and his trainers. He headed back down the stairs to find Kal sitting at the door, big fluffy tail wagging. “You ready boy? How about Buckingham today?” He took up his leash and headed back out the door, starting his day.

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Juniper Imogene Denholm stood at the edge of the crowd. She held her sign high, yelling at the top of her lungs. She knew the crowd behind her had some force, but this is what she loved, what she lived for.

Justice.

She looked next to her at Madeleine, who was flipping off the men as they went into the building. “You’re afraid of vaginas!” she screamed at the top of her lungs. Juniper put her hand up and high fived her friend.

“Keep your politics out of my pussy!!” Juniper screamed. The crowd behind her cheered. Yes, they were going to make change, she could just feel it. Even more so once the van from the BBC showed up.

Almost immediately, the police showed up. Juniper looked at the officers who were starting to disperse the far end of the crowd. She looked at Madeleine. “Isn’t this typical?” She shook her head. “Want to get arrested?”

Madeleine laughed. “As tempting as that sounds, not today. Come on, let's get going, back to protest another day. I would much rather leave and come back tomorrow and do it all over again.”

Juniper sighed. “I suppose you’re right.” She lowered her sign and she began to calmly walk away with the others, back towards where they had parked the car. “We were just starting to get into the feeling of it all.”

Madeleine smiled. “I know. But remember the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step and tomorrow is another day.” She smiled. “Do you want to come over tomorrow night and have girls night?”

“I can. Where is Joey going to be?” Juniper asked, pulling her hydro-flask from her shoulder bag and opening the lid. “Some comic book thing?”

“It’s Dungeons and Dragons night with the mates.” She smiled. “But they’re at Hen’s house this month, so our flat is open. Could be fun, like a good old fashioned sleepover. I can even send him with a bag and he can crash over there.”

She smiled and took a drink. “I think that is a good idea, but I am working the mid shift at the clinic, so I won’t be around until about seven.”

“That works perfectly,” Madeleine said. “The boys don’t even start playing until half past seven, so Joey will be heading over earlier.” She grinned. “You should come the next time the boys play at the house. It’s quite funny.”

“Funny?” Juniper said. “How can a bunch of men playing a fantasy game be funny?”

“Because at least three of them are still virgins. I wear a low cut top and they just squirm and it’s great fun.” Madeleine smiled. “They are great guys and take the teasing well. But two girls, and especially one they don’t know, my god, I could maybe get them out of my house before two am.”

Juniper laughed, unlocking the car once they were close. “I will think about it.” She opened the door, putting the signs in the back. She pulled her crocheted hat off her head, her brown hair tumbling down. She smiled and ran her hand through it.

“Will you also think about what we spoke of earlier. Let me set you up with Hen,” Madeleine said as she got into the car. “Joey and I have to go to the banquet, and it would be fun to have some people about our own age there.”

“You know I am not looking for anything right now,” Juniper said. “I am still in my healing cycle.”

“I know, just as friends. Nothing more. “ Madeleine smiled. “Just think about it.”

“I will, but I can’t promise.” She slid into the driver's seat. “I am just not sure I am ready to even go out with someone as friends, let alone someone I have never met.”

“I am sure you have seen Hen at the pub. He’s a large dark haired fellow,” Madeleine replied. “He is at the pub most nights with us.”

“Does he stay late?” she asked.

“Well, yes, and I suppose most nights he comes after the first set.” Madeline sighed. “You may not have seen him actually then. I promise you, minus the fact that he looks intimidating, I promise you he is very, very sweet and nothing like Rivers.”

“Let me think. Come on, I hear a soy milk latte calling my name,” Juniper replied as she pulled the car away.

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Battle Cries Chapter 5

TITLE: Battle Cries

CHAPTER NUMBER: Chapter 5/?

AUTHOR: Cinderella1181

WHICH Henry/CHARACTER: AU Henry Cavill /Juniper Denholm

GENRE: Romance/Comedy

PREVIOUS: Chapter 4

RATING: M (sex, language)

WARNINGS: Um, nothing yet.

AUTHORS NOTES: Juniper fought me tooth and nail for this. I did take some liberties with the brothers job, but...fiction.

Tags: @omgkatinka @sobeautifullyobsessed @losille2000

Juniper sat next to Marianne and watched Henry out of the corner of her eye across the expanse of the table. She was glad that he had come back to sit with them, and almost felt bad at the teasing that she had given to him, but the way he had been carrying on since he had returned was enough to give that feeling up.

Marianne turned to her in between songs. “Juniper is such a lovely name, but so different. How did you come by it?”

“My mum was a student abroad one year here at Oxford. She is the Birkenstock, long flowy dress hippie.” She smiled. “My dad was a lecturer, and they had a brief affair. My mum went home to America and found out a month or so later she was pregnant with me.”

Marianne smiled. “Sounds kinda romantic.”

“I mean, I guess ultimately it was. My dad was still married to his first wife, but he was absolutely besotted with my mum and pretty much from the moment that she left, he started the process of trying to get divorced. The marriage was ending anyway, so they got divorced, my dad went to America to get my mum, and they have lived happily ever after since then.” She laughed. “I am their only child, but they make it work.”

She smiled. “Is your father a hippie, too?”

“Oh god no, he’d wear tweed to bed if mum allowed him. They are the very definition of opposites attract.” Juniper laughed. “They are so different but to watch them together is amazing. I was lucky. I grew up in a house with a lot of love, a lot of freedom of expression and a lot of being able to choose who I want to be.”

“I had hoped we did that for the boys.” She smiled. “Henry is the fourth of five boys.” Marianne motioned to him. “And he is the one, from the moment he was born, that I worried about.”

Juniper raised her eyebrow. “Why?”

“He wasn’t going to take over the title like Piers, Niki joined the Marines, Simon went on to university where he teaches and Charlie went into finance,” she said quietly. “Henry was always so lost.”

Juniper looked over him and caught him looking at her. He quickly averted his eyes. “He seems to have found a spot here.”

“Only because his father forced him.” She sighed. She leaned in to Juniper. “Frankly, I don’t think that Anya being here is a happy coincidence. I think my eldest son and daughter-in-law are trying to rekindle that relationship.”

Juniper looked over at Anya who had her hand possessively on Henry’s back. “She seems to think it’s going well.”

She sighed. “I wish it wasn’t. The last time they were together, it was nothing but ugliness and heartbreak. He may look big and imposing but underneath all of that is a sweet soft boy.” She smiled. “He is kind-hearted and fiercely loyal.”

Juniper nodded her head. “I’ve gathered as much, in the short time I’ve known him.”

Marian looked at her. “Maybe you two should give it a go.”

Juniper looked at the older woman. “Are you out of your mind?” She shook her head. “Oh no, Henry is nothing like any of the men I have ever dated, he is most definitely not my type at all.” She shook her head. “No.”

Marianne smiled a little. “Then why do you keep staring at him?”

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Juniper sat in her garden and thought about the events of the night before. She had actually enjoyed herself. Henry, after the initial few moments, had left her mostly alone. Just the occasional, ‘Can you’ statement. She wasn’t sure why she was so mad about the fact that he had been like that.

There was nothing between them, yet every time she saw him, something in her wanted to hear his voice. It was completely irrational. He was not the type of man she went for, or even had dated in the past. But there was something about him that was endearing. And the suggestion from his mother made her even more upset.

She made a noise in her disgust and took a drink of her coffee. She couldn’t spend another week thinking about him. She could hardly believe that she had spent most of the last week thinking about his annoyingly handsome face. She sighed and stood up, heading into the house. Her mobile phone was going off; it was Madeleine. She smiled and picked it up, putting it to her ear.

“Morning, you're up early for the morning after a show,” she said.

“Well, when your boyfriend wakes up and wants to fool around, you oblige him.” She laughed. “Now that he is sated, wanna get breakfast?”

“Okay, honestly Mad, we have had the ‘I do not need any details about your sex life’ discussion.” Juniper pulled a face, laughing a little. “Breakfast sounds good. The usual spot?”

“Absolutely, I will see you in twenty,” Madeleine replied.

Juniper stood up, heading into the house and up the stairs to her bedroom. She threw on a pair of coveralls and a cute shirt underneath, and headed down and out to the street. She would just walk to the small cafe that was about halfway between the two houses. She was happy to get out and exercise her legs.

She walked into the cafe and headed to the counter. The girl behind it looked up and smiled. “Madeleine coming?” the server asked. “Are you going to want the usual, Juniper?”

She nodded. “Yes, thank you Kate, I’m going to get us a table outside.”

“I’ll bring it out.” She called back to her.

Juniper threw a thumbs up at the girl and headed out to sit at their usual table outside. She looked around and watched as people came and went. Soon she saw Madeleine walking up. She sat down across from Juniper and smiled. “Ordered already?”

“Of course. Kate is working, so we can be sure it’ll be correct,” she replied.

Madeleine sat in her seat and smiled. “So, did you have fun last night? I know you don’t usually stay as long as you did.”

She smiled. “I did have fun. All things considered.” She shrugged. “I think it would have been more fun if certain people had not been there.”

“Juniper, he wasn’t that bad.” Madeleine looked at her, her eyebrow raised.

“What makes you think I was talking about him?” Juniper replied. “He was tolerable last night. Once I took the piss out of him, he honestly hardly talked.”

“Oh, then Anya?” Madeleine asked. Juniper shot her a look. “I am a little confused. If you want nothing to do with Hen, then why are you worried about the girl?”

Juniper sighed deeply and didn’t answer. She was saved by the arrival of coffee and food, which gave her even more time to think. Finally she spoke. “She’s just not right for him. You could tell how uncomfortable he was around her. Marianne said that she had broken his heart.”

Madeline looked at her, a small smile on her lips. “You suddenly care about his feelings?”

“Yes, in so much that he is a person.”Juniper answered quickly. “Don’t read too much into this, Maddy. I am not in any way, shape, or form attracted to Henry.”

Madeleine sat back and took a drink of her coffee and looked at her best friend. “Then why has every conversation we have had in the last week somehow going back to a certain Mr. Cavill?”

Juniper glared at her. “Not every conversation.”

“No, not every one, but most of them. Juniper, there is nothing wrong with admitting that you find him attractive and that you are attracted to him. My god, Joey and I both are attracted to him. It’s not a terrible thing.”

“It may not be a terrible thing, but it is not something that I even...ugh, you know what I don’t want to talk about him any more,” she said. “Let’s talk about anything else.”

Madeleine laughed a little and nodded. “Okay, but this whole conversation isn’t over.”

“Yes, it is, I don’t want to hear about him any more,” Juniper replied. “I am done.”

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Battle Cries Chapter 2

TITLE: Battle Cries

CHAPTER NUMBER: Chapter 2 /?

AUTHOR: Cinderella1181

WHICH Henry/CHARACTER: AU Henry Cavill /Juniper Denholm

GENRE: Romance/Comedy

PREVIOUS: Chapter 1

RATING: M (sex, language)

WARNINGS: Lots of Language in this! (Also, Joey is adorable)

AUTHORS NOTES: Feedback is always appreciated. Especially since it’s been a hot minute since I’ve really written anything!

Juniper was sitting cross legged on the couch, the end of the movie fading into the credits. She sighed. “I could watch that movie over and over.” She reached over and put her cup down. She stood, stretching. “Do we want to watch another, or head to bed?”

Madeleine looked at her and shrugged. “I’m not very tired. We could get some more snacks and then watch another movie.” She stood. “I can’t imagine we have many left, though. we have done a fine job.”

“Madeleine!!!” A voice called from outside. “MY LOVE!!! OPEN YON WINDOW!!”

Madeleine looked at her. “Oh no, what did…” She went over to the window and threw it open. “Joey, what are you doing?”

“I’ve come to profess my love for you!!” he screamed out, supported by Henry. “Let me go! I can do this!”

Henry looked up at her. “I’m sorry... He had a little too much mead.”

“I did not! I had just enough to come home and tell her…” He stopped and turned to Henry. “What's I going to say?”

He shook his head. “You loved her.”

“Yup! Madeleine, I love you. You make my heart soar!” he called.

She laughed. “Joey, I love you, too. Go back to Hen’s, and I will see you in the morning, you romantic git.”

“No! I need a kiss first,” Joey said, and before anyone could stop him, he started climbing up the trellis. “I’m coming, my fair maiden.”

Juniper appeared next to her, and Joey continued blathering, “Oh, good! Juni, this is Hen, you should use him to get over… My dear, what was the wanker she was dating, Lakes, Streams, Rivers? Fuck, I don’t know! There was water involved,” Joey called. “Hen, this is Juniper…” He swung one arm off the trellis, and as he did, the movement took him further back and Joey quickly lost his footing.

The three less inebriated people watched in horror as Joey fell, landing loudly in the bins. “Joey!!” Madeleine called out.

Joey didn’t move and let out a moan.

“Hen! Don’t move him! Call 999!” Madeleine called out and came back in the window.

Juniper grabbed her sweatshirt and threw it on, following Madeleine out the door and down to the ground level. Joey was sitting up. “I’m fine, Hen! I am fine.”

Henry looked at Madeleine. “He won’t let me call.”

“He’s going to call, you daft git!” she said. “I swear!”

“I am fine, my love.” Joey said. He tried to stand up. “Oh, I think I will just sit here for a few moments. I feel a little woozy.”

“We can just take him to the A&E, “ Juniper said. “I can drive us.”

Joey pointed at her. “Yes! That is a grand idea!”

Madeleine shook her head. “Fine.” She looked at Henry. “Can you help get him up? I’ll grab your keys and lock up.” She disappeared.

Juniper went over to her car. “Bring him over here.”

Henry looked at her, one of his eyebrows up. “Um, are we all going to fit into that...what’s the word I'm looking for, Hot Wheel?”

She looked at him, frowning. “It’s got plenty of room, and I’ll have you know it’s very efficient in London.” She ran her hand over the top of the car. “Don’t listen to him, Petunia.”

“You named your car Petunia?” Henry asked. “Seriously?”

Juniper rolled her eyes at him. “What do you call your car. Car?”

“I don’t call it anything. I get in it and I drive.” He maneuvered Joey so he was on the passenger side in the back. Madeleine, by this time, made her appearance and handed the keys over to Juniper. “I say we put him and Madeleine in the back.”

“Why don’t you sit in the back with him?” Juniper asked.

“I’m not going to fit in the back with him. I am barely going to fit in this car as it is.” He shook his head. “This may come as a shock, I am a large man. I suspect Waterfall was not in any way... impressive.”

“He was smart, and a wonderful man,” she replied. “And his name was Rivers.”

“And that is why you are single,” he said.

“Let's just get him in the car and then you can go back to hiding under the rock you came from,” Juniper said.

It was Henry’s turn to roll his eyes and he began to maneuver his friend in the back of the car. Soon, after a great deal of grunting and positioning, he was finally in and moaning in pain. “I think I’ve broken something,” Joey said quietly.

“I am sure you have,” Madeleine said. “Hen, you are going to have to come with us, there is no way the two of us can get him out. You ride up front with Juniper.” Before either of them could protest, Madeleine finished her statement with a definitive. “Now!”

Juniper sat in the driver's seat. Henry sat in the passenger side and went to buckle himself in. His elbow swung up and connected with her cheek. “Watch it!” she cried out.

“Watch what?” he said, frozen in space. “What did I do?”

“You hit me in the face!” Juniper exclaimed.

Henry brought his arm down, hitting her again. “Oh... uh... Sorry.”

Juniper sighed. “Let’s just go, you brute.”

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Juniper yawned and sat up the next morning as the sun streamed in through the window. She wasn’t sure what time of the day it was, because once they had returned from the hospital, Madeleine had taken Joey to bed. She had finally crawled into her own bed, just as the light was starting to change.

She sat up and put her feet on the floor, getting her bearings before heading into the bathroom. She didn’t bother to look, or even knock, when she opened the door up and was hit with a wall of steam in her face.

“Um, it's occupied!” A deep voice said.

Juniper stood there a second, gazing at an almost completely nude Henry standing in the shower, a towel barely covering him. She quickly turned and shut the door. “You should have locked it!”

“You should have knocked when you saw it was closed.” He called out through the door. “Manners would state that you would.”

“Why are you even still here?” She asked. “And are you going to be very much longer? I have to use the loo.”

She could hear him muttering from the other side of the door. He opened the door, looked down at her, now fully dressed. “I am still here because after you just unceremoniously went to bed, someone had to stay up with the invalid.”

“I heard that…” Joey’s voice came from the bedroom at the end of the hall.

He sighed. “Someone had to help Madeleine make sure he was okay. And since I was the first one up this morning, I figured I could grab a shower after my run. As it is, I’m going to have to go straight to the comic book store when I leave here.”

“Why would you have to go… OH MY GOD!” she said and lunged out of the way as a huge black and white dog ran toward her. “WHAT IS THAT?”

Henry looked at her as she hid behind him. “That is my dog.”

“It’s fucking huge!” she said. “Keep it away from me!”

“Kal, go lay down,” he said. The dog turned in the hall and trotted back to find himself a spot on the carpet.

Madeleine came into the hall. “It’s about time you got up.” She smiled. “Brekkie is in the kitchen. I am going to check on Romeo,” she said as she glided past them and down the hall.

He nodded at her and turned back so he was facing Juniper. “As you were going to ask me why I was going to the store. I work there,” he said. “That is why I am still here and why I have clothes and things for a shower here.” He leaned in to her, his blue eyes staring into her hazel ones. “Nosey.”

She gasped. “I am not!”

Henry didn’t reply and headed out to the living room. “Kal, come on boy, let’s go,” he said and opened the door to the apartment. “Bye!” He called out behind him.

Juniper stomped her foot. She had never met a man who so infuriated her to her very core. She went into the bathroom and slammed the door, hoping to never see him again.

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