Room 406, very, very, early Saturday morning

[izzyalienqueen]

Morning light was only just starting to shine through the window when Isabel woke up. The first thought that crossed her mind was dorm room? This was followed by a succession of feelings, warm, nice, comfy. Then the memories of the night before started to replay themselves and she whimpered.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Why?" Isabel asked as she moved her hand to rub his arm. "Have things really changed that much?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

He laughed at that. "Yeah, they kind of have. People are a lot more sexually flexible, for a start, and not just about gender. Most humans have at least a bit of alien in them. And the few that don't - me, for example - are designed that way, with any stray DNA filtered out."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Don't say that to any of our loony conservatives. They'd freak," Isabel replied with a laugh. "I understand the flexibility part, but I still don't understand why you wouldn't want something special with one person. Or even two OT3 it that's what worked for you."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"As if I'd ever do something like that," he said innocently. "You want what you grew up with, maybe? You want what your parents have - which is so sweet, by the way." He tweaked her nose and grinned at her. "I haven't got any parents, so I ended up wired differently, I guess."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel stuck her tongue out at him. "It's nice, is what it is."

"You don't? What hap...Oh, I get it. I think," she said as what he'd said earlier about being designed started to make sense.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Hey, I said it was sweet. And it is. It works for you." He considered her carefully, weighing it up, then asked quietly, "You want the whole story? It's not very interesting."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"If you want to tell it, I'll listen," Isabel said with a reassuring smile. "It's your choice."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Okay." He shifted onto his back and wrapped his arm around her, tucking her against his side. "It's pretty simple really. Two people ordered a kid, dropped off their DNA, and never came back to get him," he said matter-of-factly, but his voice was very quiet. "So, no family, but I did get this incredibly handsome face out of the deal."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel was quiet for a few minutes, resting her head against his shoulder. "It's a very handsome face," she finally said. "But it still sounds like you had a pretty crappy childhood."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Thank you." He smiled and kissed the top of her head. "It wasn't so bad. I had a lot of freedom."