the body swap meme

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BODYSWAP MEME

1. Post with your character, name and fandom in the subject.
2. Someone else replies to your character.
3. They are now in each other's bodies.
4. Have fun~

Comments

[blueeyedflyboy]

Tear--?!

<sub>[Reid, have a Very Offended Look. Balfour would not dare tear a page in such an old book. In fact, he's holding it very lovingly until he can sit down and spread the covers across his legs. And then, gently, he turns a page. Tear pages. Huff! Who did Reid think he was? He had books older than Reid! Older than himself! Huff!

Very. Offended. Look. Have it. Enjoy it.

Huff!!]</sub>

[garwin]

[Well, hey! He was just making sure! That book was really important. It wasn't like he thought that Balfour would actually rip a page or something. Either way, he resisted the urge to laugh at that look. Laughing wouldn't help anything, he was sure.]

I'm just being careful, Balfour.

[blueeyedflyboy]

I have books older than you. I'm not going to tear it.

_{[But this is said softly and reassuringly, not huffy at all. And he's so careful as he turns the page.]}

I love old books. They have a lot of character.

[garwin]

Well, this one's older than both of us. [Combined and then some.] It's also got a lot of power.

[He came over to stand next to Balfour so that he could see the pages too.] It's got everything; the history of the coven.

[blueeyedflyboy]

Sit down.

_{[He looks up at Reid and then nods to the spot next to him. He should be able to see from sitting there, and Balfour wanted to lean against him as he took this book in, reading the words that were presented to him.]}

[garwin]

[Reid did as Balfour said, sitting down next to him. It was easier to read now, though the old fashioned scrawl on the pages still gave him a headache sometimes. He wasn't even sure if there was anything helpful here; it had been years since he'd read the Book. This might take a while, especially if Balfour wanted to actually read things, while Reid just skimmed. See, there we went already, reaching out to flip the page.]

[blueeyedflyboy]

<sub>[And though Balfour had leaned against Reid, he promptly slapped his hand when he went to flip the page. Nope, he wasn't done yet. He was reading every word like it was gold, in fact, and it was a couple more minutes before he flipped the page on his own.

He stayed like that for a while, until finally, he had to rub at his eyes. Ugh, all this reading in this dull light made his head hurt.]</sub>

Your eyes are definitely not accustomed to reading in low light.

_{[Have a pout.]}

[garwin]

[Excuse you. Did you just slap his hand. Reid has a better chance of knowing around what section they could find something like accidentally changed bodies with someone than Balfour did. They'd be here all day, maybe all week if Balfour had to read every page like that.]

Why don't we take it upstairs then? There's better light there.

[blueeyedflyboy]

<sub>[Balfour is a bit particular when it comes to being bothered while reading. He has forgotten that they're looking for something and is, instead, reading the whole damn thing. So yes, hands will be slapped.

But at the idea of going upstairs where there was light had Balfour nodding and carefully marking his place before standing and holding the large book protectively to his chest.]

Yeah, let's do that.</sub>

[garwin]

[Not like they had time to read the whole damn thing. Besides, a lot of it was kind of boring-at least in Reid's opinion. Or maybe it was just because the book was so personal in so many ways, and the information that it held wasn't nearly always pleasant. The witch hunts, the origins of the Covenant, the things that had been done three hundred and however many years ago. He didn't know it cover to cover like Caleb did, he almost didn't really want to.]

It's like that book's your grandmother or something.

[Reid would have just tucked it under his arm and carried it like that, but. Instead he just shrugged and led the way back upstairs, where he turned on one of the lamps in the living room.]

[blueeyedflyboy]

It's an old book. It needs to be treated carefully.

_{[Balfour sighed and shook his head, following Reid. Honestly, what did he have against old books, anyway? He was careful as he laid the book out onto a table and sat down by it, fingers moving carefully along the pages.]}

[garwin]

Well, yeah. I wasn't saying it shouldn't be, just that.

[He shrugged before sighing, and then sat down next to Balfour.]

We'll be here all year though if you have to read every single page.

[blueeyedflyboy]

I don't have to, but I'd like to. Still...

_{[He settles the book carefully on the table and slides it over to Reid.]}

Maybe you should find what you need first. Then I'll read everything.

[garwin]

That sounds like a better idea. You can take all the time you want to read the book after we figure out how to fix this.

[Gratefully, he took the book and started flipping through the pages-still careful, but faster than Balfour had been going through them.]

I mean, if there even is something here that'll help.

[blueeyedflyboy]

I certainly hope there is.

_{[Oh, and now that his hands are free, he's grabbing at the clothing he's wearing, messing with the edge of the slightly dressy shirt. He will not pay attention to how fast Reid is flipping through those pages. He doesn't want to think that he might rip them.]}