Binging a web series with a Star Child

The sun had begun to set under the waves of the Boiling Sea, casting the usually red skies with an orange glow.

Luz was in her room laying on her bedroll, having decided to turn in early, and just watch a few random videos on her phone. The light from the screen being the only thing illuminating the dark room. She scrolled through her library of downloaded videos, until she came to a folder that surprised her.

"Huh, since when did I download season 3 of Spellrun on here...?" Luz asked herself, not remembering doing so.

She shrugged, and decided catching up on binging her favorite web series would be a good way to unwind for the night.

Luz was looking for an episode to start on, when she heard her door creak open slightly.

There peeking through the now open doorway, was the Collector. He was holding Francois in his hands.

"Collector?" Luz asked, noticing the star child peeking into her room.

The Collector seemed taken aback by Luz noticing him. "O-Oh! Hi Luz..." The Collector stuttered out.

"Shouldn't you be asleep?" She asked him, putting her phone to the side for a moment.

The Collector rubbed his right arm hesitantly, and Luz realized what the problem was: He didn't HAVE anywhere to sleep.

Vee and Camila were sleeping on the couch, King, Raine, and Eda were sleeping in the latter's room, and there weren't many other bed choices for the Collector at that point. Luz thought for a moment, before she got an idea.

"Hey... Why don't you bunk with me for the night?" Luz offered, and the Collector looked up in slight surprise.

"You wouldn't mind?" The Collector asked, still clutching Francois.

"Not at all! I'm used to people sleeping with me." Luz claimed.

She really had to work on her wording sometime in the future.

"Well, okay then..." The Collector accepted, floating through the doorway.

He laid down onto the sleeping bag next to Luz, as the human picked back up her phone, and scrolled through the Spellrun episode list on her phone.

"What are you doing?" The Collector asked, curiously.

"Oh, I'm just trying to pick an episode to watch..." Luz answered, continuing to scroll as her eyes looked at the various thumbnails for each episode. "

The Collector seemed fascinated by the thumbnails. "These episodes look cool! Can I watch too?" He asked, a twinge of excitement in his voice.

Luz shrugged, "Sure... But you can't start from season 3, the story wouldn't make sense." she told him, as she scrolled back to season 1.

"It starts out kinda slow, but it gets a lot better the more episodes you watch!" Luz claimed, as she finally scrolled to the pilot.

"I can explain stuff as the episodes go on if you want." Luz offered.

The Collector nodded, "Okay! Now press play!" he said in reply.

Luz pressed play on the episode, and laid down on her pillow as they both began to watch. The Collector snuggled a little closer to Luz to make himself comfy, which made her glance at him slightly. Luz couldn't help but smile, as she turned back to the phone screen to continue watching.

***

"So... Kaitlyn is a human like you?" The Collector asked, to which Luz nodded.

"Yeah, she's an outcast who loves stuff like magic and the supernatural..." Luz explained, "But other people think she's weird for liking that stuff."

"Why? How's that weird?" The Collector questioned, confused.

"Well, that kind of stuff isn't really believed as real in the Human Realm." Luz answered. "So people like Kaitlyn tend to be made fun of by other people for believing it to be real."

"Oh... That doesn't really seem fair." The Collector said, frowning a bit.

"It's really not... But that's reality, unfortunately." Luz remarked.

"Doesn't make it any more fair..." The Collector claimed.

"Yeah... That's true..." Luz agreed, murmuring a bit as she did.

***

"Wait, why don't they let humans into the school?" The Collector asked, a scene of Kaitlyn being rejected from a magic school having just played.

"Because humans haven't really done magic in their realm before... So they don't see any reason to let her in." Luz explained, looking in her backpack for something.

"They're not even gonna give her a chance?" The Collector questioned.

"Nope... Well, not until later in the series at least." Luz answered, finally finding what she was looking for... A bag of cheesy curls.

She began to open it, when the Collector noticed her holding it. "Ohh, what's that?" He asked, curious.

"Cheesy curls! They're this snack from where I come from..." Luz answered, holding out the bag toward the star child, "Want some?"

"Sure!" The Collector took a handful of curls from the bag, and shoved them into his mouth. "Mmm, tasty!"

"Glad you like 'em!" Luz smiled, eating some herself as they both turned back to the phone once more.

***

"So, that witch is gonna teach Kaitlyn how to use magic?" The Collector asked.

"Yep! That's Azura! See, this web series is actually in the same universe as the Good Witch Azura book series, and it's set years after the events of the books... So Azura is old now, and is gonna be kinda a mentor to Kaitlyn!" Luz explained, eating the last of the cheesy curls from the bag.

"Ohh, that's cool!" The Collector grinned, "Like how Eda was to you?"
Luz chuckled, "Yeah, exactly!"

"Okay!" The Collector smiled, continuing to watch the phone screen.

***

"Aww, that's the end?" The Collector pouted as the credits rolled on the episode.

"Yep! Nice little way to wrap up the pilot of the show..." Luz remarked.

"But I wanna watch more!" The Collector whined, crossing his arms.

"Maybe in the morning..." Luz yawned, putting her phone aside.

"Awww, please can we watch just ONE more episode? Pretty please?" The Collector begged, giving Luz a puppy dog look.

Luz looked at the star child. God, for an omnipotent being... He could really be cute sometimes. She sighed a bit, before picking her phone up.

"Alright, one more episode... But that's it, okay?" Luz relented, pulling the web series back up.

"Yeah!" The Collector exclaimed, excited to watch more.

Luz pressed play on episode 2, and laid down on the sleeping bag with the Collector once more. This was fine, she thought.

What could one more episode hurt, anyway?

***

Camila had woken up early today. She wanted to get some shopping done before breakfast, as the food she brought from the Human Realm had all but run out.

As she walked down the hall toward the stairs, her eyes caught something that made her stop.

The door to Luz's room was cracked open... And inside, was Luz and the Collector. Both of them were asleep, cuddling next to each other. Luz's arm was around the Collector, almost in a sisterly sort of way.

Camila couldn't help but find the sight adorable. She pulled out her phone, and quietly took a picture.

"Looks like I just got my new phone wallpaper..." Camila smiled warmly, before quietly continuing on down the hall to let the two sleep.