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Day 22: Hallucination
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booksarelife who wanted hallucinations with Jack + the AC gang. (I know your request was "either" and I also did the other one, but I didn't have any other ideas for this one so HERE YA GO.)
"Oh hey, relief shift already?" Daniel said when Peggy opened the door, in a tone that suggested it couldn't come a moment too soon.
"Indeed. There's coffee and lunch in the canteen." She patted his arm and looked cautiously at Jack, who was lying on a sofa that had been hastily dragged into the interrogation room to serve as a sort of quarantine space that was more secure than the break room but less uncomfortable than a holding cell. "Is he asleep?"
"Uh ... not sure," Daniel said. "He's been quiet, so I haven't been willing to mess with a good thing." He laid aside the newspaper he'd been reading and levered himself to his feet. "Lab boys have any luck figuring out what he was dosed with?"
"Not so far. I hear Howard is inbound from the Caribbean to help."
"And that's going to improve the situation, is it?" Daniel said.
After being up all night, she was too tired to offer more than a perfunctory smile at his weak attempt at a joke. She displayed a syringe for Daniel's inspection. "Also, I'm to collect some blood samples for the lab, as Dr. Samberly refuses to come into the room." This had become the case after Jack tried to stab Samberly with a spoon (leading Daniel to quip, "You sure he's actually hallucinating?").
"Need any help?" Daniel asked. "I can stick around to run it down to the lab boys."
"No, I'm sure I'll be fine. Someone will be up to fetch it shortly."
Daniel kissed her cheek. "Have fun, then. I'll be back in a couple hours to spell you."
"Oh, it will be delightful," she said, watching him leave. She gave the one-way mirror on the wall a jaunty lift of her hand and sat down on the couch beside Jack.
He did appear to be asleep, and sleeping it off would probably be for the best. He'd been alternating between manic episodes and simple disorientation. They'd been trying to keep someone with him to keep from hurting himself or others, and this had narrowed down to primarily Peggy or Daniel after the Samberly incident.
But sticking him with a needle without warning was probably the best way to court a black eye, so instead she shook his shoulder gently. "Jack?"
He came awake suddenly, lashing out at her. She caught his hand. "It's only me. Peggy. Do you know me?"
Jack squinted at her. "Aunt Barbara?"
"You'd best not be joking."
His dazed look faded into a slightly loopy grin. "I know who you are," he said. Nodding to the syringe, he added, "And I know what that's for."
"Well, that makes it easier. Roll up your sleeve."
He did it without raising his head off the arm of the couch, wincing. "Head hurts. Did I give Samberly a black eye?"
"He's quite afraid of you at the moment, which is something of a feat since you've already pointed a gun at the man and threatened to kill him, and it didn't seem to make much of a difference." As she spoke, she swabbed his arm with alcohol and tried to look like she knew what she was doing. She'd learned the basic aspects of the nurse's trade during the war, but she still didn't enjoy it.
"Ow! How big is that needle, Marge?"
"You must be feeling better if you're up to complaining."
He grunted in response, and gazed blankly at his arm as his blood swirled into the glass vial. She could see his face relaxing into something between sleep and hypnosis, and nudged him with her elbow. "Jack. Wake up."
Jack jerked and looked up; she saw some kind of expression flash across his face, and he said in a carefully controlled voice, "Marge, you'd tell me if the walls were bleeding in here, right?"
"I would, indeed," Peggy said. "They are not."
He stared at her for a moment longer, then gave a brief nod, in a "that settles it" kind of way. Peggy finished drawing the blood and put aside the sample-collection the case Samberly had given her to be collected later.
"You gonna stay, Peggy?" Jack asked quietly, looking not at her but at something past her shoulder.
"I will," she said, laying a hand on his arm. "I'll tell you what's real and what's not."
"Okay," he murmured, and closed his eyes, as if that was all he needed, a single pushpin planted in reality to hold the rest together.
Whumptober Master List
Oct. 1 - Shaky Hands (Stranger Things) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 2 - Explosion (Iron Fist) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 3 - Delirium #1 (Agent Carter) - On DW | On Tumblr
----- Delirium #2 (Punisher) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 4 - Human Shield (Alliance-Union) - Coming Around on AO3
Oct. 5 - Gunpoint (Iron Fist) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 6 - Dragged Away (Iron Fist) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 7 - Isolation (Alliance-Union) - Reference Points on AO3
Oct. 8 - Stab Wound (Iron Fist) - Deeper Cuts on AO3
Oct. 9 - Shackled (Iron Fist) - Shackles and Bows on AO3
Oct. 10 - Unconscious (Doctor Strange) - Pride Before a Fall on AO3
Oct. 11 - Stitches (Agent Carter) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 12 - "Don't Move" (Punisher) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 13 - Adrenaline (Stranger Things) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 14 - Tear-Stained (MCU - Endgame spoilers) - On DW
Oct. 15 - Scars (Agent Carter/MCU) - Flesh and Blood on AO3
Oct. 16 - Pinned Down (Alliance-Union) - On DW
Oct. 17 - "Stay with me" #1 (Stranger Things) - On DW | On Tumblr
----- "Stay with me" #2 (Iron Fist/Jessica Jones, Ward/Malcolm) - On Tumblr
Oct. 18 - [skip day]
Oct. 19 - Asphyxiation (Agent Carter) - Down in the Dark on AO3
Oct. 20 - Trembling (Iron Fist) - Run Down on AO3
Oct. 21 - Laced Drink (Iron Fist) - Monochrome Delirious on AO3
Oct. 22 - Hallucination (Agent Carter) - On DW | On Tumblr
Complete list of prompts.
booksarelife who wanted hallucinations with Jack + the AC gang. (I know your request was "either" and I also did the other one, but I didn't have any other ideas for this one so HERE YA GO.)"Oh hey, relief shift already?" Daniel said when Peggy opened the door, in a tone that suggested it couldn't come a moment too soon.
"Indeed. There's coffee and lunch in the canteen." She patted his arm and looked cautiously at Jack, who was lying on a sofa that had been hastily dragged into the interrogation room to serve as a sort of quarantine space that was more secure than the break room but less uncomfortable than a holding cell. "Is he asleep?"
"Uh ... not sure," Daniel said. "He's been quiet, so I haven't been willing to mess with a good thing." He laid aside the newspaper he'd been reading and levered himself to his feet. "Lab boys have any luck figuring out what he was dosed with?"
"Not so far. I hear Howard is inbound from the Caribbean to help."
"And that's going to improve the situation, is it?" Daniel said.
After being up all night, she was too tired to offer more than a perfunctory smile at his weak attempt at a joke. She displayed a syringe for Daniel's inspection. "Also, I'm to collect some blood samples for the lab, as Dr. Samberly refuses to come into the room." This had become the case after Jack tried to stab Samberly with a spoon (leading Daniel to quip, "You sure he's actually hallucinating?").
"Need any help?" Daniel asked. "I can stick around to run it down to the lab boys."
"No, I'm sure I'll be fine. Someone will be up to fetch it shortly."
Daniel kissed her cheek. "Have fun, then. I'll be back in a couple hours to spell you."
"Oh, it will be delightful," she said, watching him leave. She gave the one-way mirror on the wall a jaunty lift of her hand and sat down on the couch beside Jack.
He did appear to be asleep, and sleeping it off would probably be for the best. He'd been alternating between manic episodes and simple disorientation. They'd been trying to keep someone with him to keep from hurting himself or others, and this had narrowed down to primarily Peggy or Daniel after the Samberly incident.
But sticking him with a needle without warning was probably the best way to court a black eye, so instead she shook his shoulder gently. "Jack?"
He came awake suddenly, lashing out at her. She caught his hand. "It's only me. Peggy. Do you know me?"
Jack squinted at her. "Aunt Barbara?"
"You'd best not be joking."
His dazed look faded into a slightly loopy grin. "I know who you are," he said. Nodding to the syringe, he added, "And I know what that's for."
"Well, that makes it easier. Roll up your sleeve."
He did it without raising his head off the arm of the couch, wincing. "Head hurts. Did I give Samberly a black eye?"
"He's quite afraid of you at the moment, which is something of a feat since you've already pointed a gun at the man and threatened to kill him, and it didn't seem to make much of a difference." As she spoke, she swabbed his arm with alcohol and tried to look like she knew what she was doing. She'd learned the basic aspects of the nurse's trade during the war, but she still didn't enjoy it.
"Ow! How big is that needle, Marge?"
"You must be feeling better if you're up to complaining."
He grunted in response, and gazed blankly at his arm as his blood swirled into the glass vial. She could see his face relaxing into something between sleep and hypnosis, and nudged him with her elbow. "Jack. Wake up."
Jack jerked and looked up; she saw some kind of expression flash across his face, and he said in a carefully controlled voice, "Marge, you'd tell me if the walls were bleeding in here, right?"
"I would, indeed," Peggy said. "They are not."
He stared at her for a moment longer, then gave a brief nod, in a "that settles it" kind of way. Peggy finished drawing the blood and put aside the sample-collection the case Samberly had given her to be collected later.
"You gonna stay, Peggy?" Jack asked quietly, looking not at her but at something past her shoulder.
"I will," she said, laying a hand on his arm. "I'll tell you what's real and what's not."
"Okay," he murmured, and closed his eyes, as if that was all he needed, a single pushpin planted in reality to hold the rest together.
Whumptober Master List
Oct. 1 - Shaky Hands (Stranger Things) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 2 - Explosion (Iron Fist) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 3 - Delirium #1 (Agent Carter) - On DW | On Tumblr
----- Delirium #2 (Punisher) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 4 - Human Shield (Alliance-Union) - Coming Around on AO3
Oct. 5 - Gunpoint (Iron Fist) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 6 - Dragged Away (Iron Fist) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 7 - Isolation (Alliance-Union) - Reference Points on AO3
Oct. 8 - Stab Wound (Iron Fist) - Deeper Cuts on AO3
Oct. 9 - Shackled (Iron Fist) - Shackles and Bows on AO3
Oct. 10 - Unconscious (Doctor Strange) - Pride Before a Fall on AO3
Oct. 11 - Stitches (Agent Carter) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 12 - "Don't Move" (Punisher) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 13 - Adrenaline (Stranger Things) - On DW | On Tumblr
Oct. 14 - Tear-Stained (MCU - Endgame spoilers) - On DW
Oct. 15 - Scars (Agent Carter/MCU) - Flesh and Blood on AO3
Oct. 16 - Pinned Down (Alliance-Union) - On DW
Oct. 17 - "Stay with me" #1 (Stranger Things) - On DW | On Tumblr
----- "Stay with me" #2 (Iron Fist/Jessica Jones, Ward/Malcolm) - On Tumblr
Oct. 18 - [skip day]
Oct. 19 - Asphyxiation (Agent Carter) - Down in the Dark on AO3
Oct. 20 - Trembling (Iron Fist) - Run Down on AO3
Oct. 21 - Laced Drink (Iron Fist) - Monochrome Delirious on AO3
Oct. 22 - Hallucination (Agent Carter) - On DW | On Tumblr
Complete list of prompts.
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Also, thank you so much!!!
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That was surprisingly sweet considering the content and prompt!! I really do love the image of Jack trying to stab Samberly with a spoon!!
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It's just such a perfect encapsulation of the whole Jack and Peggy dynamic that I adore, where despite all that surface bickering, they trust each other at their backs. <3