Skyfall ☾Flarke AU [SLOW UPDATES]

6; strange things did happen here

Sunday, 2:07 PM

Finn sat in the bay window in the lounge of Clarke's house, his eyes looking at the horizon. The forest facing the house had practically entirely been ravaged, and the trees that would still stand were partially burnt and covered of ashes. The fire had continued its trail further down in the forest, and now only faint flames and glowing ashes remained in the dirt covering the ground. It was actually really heartbreaking to observe, and he wondered when it would finally rain to stop the fire. He also wondered if it was like that everywhere else in the world, if there was anyone else alive somewhere in Washington, waiting to be saved. Maybe there were other survivors like them who were wondering the same thing. But now they had to stay here, for another few hours at least.

Monty seemed to be alright, but sometime he would start shaking a bit, and would mutter incoherent things. Of course, Clarke didn't leave his side even after she was done cleaning his wounds. She wanted to be there when he would wake up, and even though Finn had told her that she could rest and he would watch, she wouldn't listen to him.

But from the window where he sat, he watched as her eyelids closed and then flew open again, not allowing herself to fall asleep. It was obvious that she needed to sleep.

Wells leaned down on one of the couches across the room, his eyes closed; he seemed sound asleep.

After a while, Finn balanced his legs off the bay window and stepped further into the room, toward the couch where Monty laid and the chair where Clarke desperately tried to stay awake. His lips curved to a smile as he watched her eyelids close again for the hundredth time in less that one hour. When he got close enough, he carefully placed his hand on top of her shoulder and looked down into her eyes, wanting to obtain her attention. "Hey," he muttered as their eyes locked.

Clarke jolted up a bit as she felt Finn's arm on her shoulder; she wasn't expecting him to be there. She sighed longly before running her fingers across her hair, struggling to hold in a yawn. "Hey." She replied.

"You gotta rest yourself a bit now, I think you've done enough for today." He told her, smiling weakly.

Clarke immediately shook her head. "No, I can't do that. I need to stay awake to-"

This time, Finn gripped her arm with his hand and gently forced her up from the chair. She didn't really try to pull away as she felt drained from all energy. Once she was up, she stared up to his eyes, a frown covering her features. "Alright, now do you need me to lead you to your bedroom or you're enough of a big girl to do that by yourself?" Finn asked with a grin, his eyes not leaving hers.

Clarke released an annoyed sigh before freeing herself from his grip and broke their gaze. "If I'm going to sleep, it certainly won't be upstairs. I'll be too far when Monty wakes up." She stepped toward a comfy looking padded sofa and crumbled down in it, her eyes still not leaving Monty. She felt really tired, but she didn't want to give in yet.

"Clarke, let go." Finn told her, his arms crossed.

Eventually, she gave in. Tiredness overwhelmed her entire self and she couldn't really hold in any longer. But she trusted Finn, and maybe after all he was right and that sleeping a bit wouldn't hurt her.

Finn couldn't help but felt his lips tug apart again as her eyes closed for good, this time observing her chest moving to a slow and peaceful pace, hinting that she was beginning to relax. Finally, he made her sleep.

Sunday, 5:50 PM

Finn's eyes flew open and found himself almost in tears, sweat covering his forehead. Cassie was there running across the fields, and the next minute she was laying in the middle of the road, a puddle of blood expanding around her small body. He would see it happen over and over again, and he didn't know for how long he would have been able to handle it.