The Perk, Friday afternoon

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

He had postponed this long enough, but now Simon sat at the table composing a short letter to Serenity, describing the situation with River. In fact, it turned out extremely short; the words just refused to appear in his mind. Eventually he sighed and pushed the sheet of paper away from him and turned to absentmindedly stir his tea.

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[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

Tully needed coffee. There'd been an "Adventures in Paradise" marathon on last night and he'd stayed up rather later than he'd intended.

It was a bleary former fugitive that came in in search of caffeine. He nodded to Simon absently.

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

Simon looked up and gave a smile and a nod in reply, noting that the man looked tired.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Morning." Tully said, then frowned and checked his watch. "Afternoon I mean. Damn."

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

"Late night?" He didn't need to ask, but the distraction of conversation was good.

[And I need to sleep. SP?]

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. I forgot I'm not 19 anymore."

[SP is my middle name. Well not really but yeah that's fine:)]

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

Simon hadn't exactly been the partying type at 19 - or ever - but he nodded. "A lot of people here seem to like caffeine."

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"It does help. Especially when all that's wrong is fatigue. For actual hangovers, I find that pancakes work better."

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

He raised an eyebrow. "It might be just placebo, but if it works for you, why not." He looked amused.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"They soak up the leftover alchohol in the system." Tully said, a trifle defensively. It did work, so there.

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

Simon chose not to argue. "I hope at least it was worth it," he said.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Well it does add another reason to eat pancakes."

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

He laughed. "You need reasons for that?"

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

Tully thought about that. "Not particularly." he admitted. He stuck out his hand. "Tully Mars, lighthouse keeper."

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

Simon shook his hand. "Simon Tam, doctor."

[bedtime, woe!]

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

Ah, so this guy would know about placebos then. "Nice to meet you Doc. How's business?"

[Sleep well!]

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

"Not too busy here, which I should consider a good thing." He smiled. "How is lighthouse keeping?"

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Pretty busy. I'm restoring the light, and the house back to working order. It's a big job."

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

Simon couldn't say he knew much about lighthouses, so he just nodded in reply. "I assume you've done that kind of work before then," he said.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Yeah before here I helped restore a light in the Caribbean Islands called Cayo Loco."

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

"That's... south from here, if I'm not mistaken," Simon said. Earth geography was a subject he hadn't studied yet.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Yeah that's right. I take it you're not from here?"

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

"No. I'm from the future, from a different solar system." It still felt odd to say.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Really? Are you an Alien?"

[fancypantsdoc.livejournal.com]

"Uh, no. Where I come from humans emigrated. Earth got overpopulated. We haven't found any alien life forms though."

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Huh. That doesn't surprise me sadly."