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Shadows [Zitacamron95 and Faded Memory

Take your time! Just to let you know ahead of time, there's a comic con happening next weekend that I am going to, so I probably will not be replying next weekend at all, but the week after that is Thanksgiving break for me, so I'll be around a lot more. My semester is coming to an end, which means that all of the school related stuff is going to start slowing down, giving me more time online.

Shadows [Zitacamron95 and Faded Memory

Go ahead and edit, sorry about disappearing. I fully intended to reply a long time ago but the school struck me hard for a week with an essay and a test. Also, last weekend was pretty harsh for me and I couldn't manage to get online due to having a fight with my parents that caused my anxiety to get pretty bad and I couldn't really bring myself to do much at all.

Shadows [Zitacamron95 and Faded Memory

Aiden smiled and let out a small laugh, "It's an odd habit. You can just return it whenever your next shift is. I work everyday in the labs. Just ask anyone walking around there for me. They'll know where I am." He realized that this man didn't even know his name and would have no possible way of returning the sweatshirt without that small detail. "I'm Aiden Carter by the way," he added quickly. He wasn't quite sure what he was even doing anymore. He hadn't really offered his sweatshirt out before, it was just because he had panicked the moment he had uttered the first words. He couldn't help the fact that the first thing his brain came up with was to offer the one thing keeping him warm. He was lucky that he had decided to wear a long sleeved shirt that day, though it was only a white button up that didn't prevent him from feeling the chilly air. Though, it was too late to take back what he had just did, and he didn't plan on doing something so mean. He'd just have to take a walk in the cold until he got to his car. Admittedly, it would help him stay awake a bit and probably help him stay awake for the drive home. He would just have to act like this was what he intended to do.

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Aiden looked back over at the doctor when he spoke up again. It almost made him smile again to hear someone not agree with the fact that he had just spat out unneeded and unwanted information. He was used to people that rolled their eyes and gave a simple response, or just agreed to the fact that they did not actually care about that kind of stuff. He never expected someone that didn't know him, to be fine with something like that. He just expected them to have the same sort of reactions that just made him think he had just insulted another person's intelligence. He would have said something about that, but the doors opened up to the elevator and he was greeted with a chilled air hitting his face. it did wake him up a bit, but he wasn't sure if that would be enough. He would wait to decide whether or not he was capable of driving to home when after he had walked to his car.

Aiden walked out behind the other man and turned to him when he said his goodbye. "Oh, uh...wait..." Aiden said without thinking first. He was still kind of dazed from that first comment. He didn't want to just have the guy leave and think that he was someone that enjoyed being smarter than other people. But now that he had the man's attention, he had no idea what to say. He had to come up with something quickly. He realized that the doctor wasn't dressed up for the cold air and quickly came up with at least something to say. "Isn't a bit too cold to just be walking around like that? Why don't you take my sweatshirt? It might not be a perfect fit, but since it's a zip up, it'll at least keep your arms warm until you get to the car...and I've got a jacket right in my car, that's not too far away..." Aiden rambled on a bit as he took off his sweatshirt and handed it over to the other man.

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Aiden only glanced over when the man spoke up about over-working. Well, he wasn't wrong about that. Though, most of the time, they weren't the ones that got to decide how they spent their time. Their superiors were the ones that scheduled their work. In his case, he worked the optional over-time as something to do and then it was his own choice to go be a hero outside of work. That wasn't really something he was about to bring up, he was just planning to keep to himself. He didn't want to talk right now, with being tired and not knowing what to say most of the time. He wasn't really comfortable talking to people he didn't know, usually in fear that new people would just hate him immediately. He was too tired to worry about that kind of stuff, so he just decided not to respond to that comment.

Even though, Aiden hadn't responded to the first comment, the doctor decided to continue with speaking. The doctor suggested he get a cup of coffee. Aiden shrugged, "I don't like coffee. If the fresh air doesn't wake me up enough, I'll just take the bus or walk home. And warm drinks don't actually warm you up, it actually causes your body to think that you're too hot causing your body to try and cool itself down. The same thing with cold drinks, they don't cool you they cause your blood vessels to tighten and will warm your body up." He woke up a bit when he actually started talking about the drinks causing different effects than what most people think. He even perked up a bit, and looked over at the other man with a smile, but then he realized how that probably sounded really pretentious. He didn't really mean to sound that way, he just knew that interesting fact and he liked sharing those sort of things. He sighed, the smile quickly faded and his eyes shfted back over to the numbers. "And you probably didn't need to know that, or cared about that information. Sorry, it just slipped out, I'm tired."

Shadows [Zitacamron95 and Faded Memory

It's totally fine, Aiden wouldn't have actually said anything on that comment anyway.

Shadows [Zitacamron95 and Faded Memory

Yeah, but it's not a huge deal to me when we are writing something like this, so I don't mind if it's wrong information. Anyway, sorry about taking so long, this week was kind of stressful for no apparent reason.

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Aiden laid back against the wall of the elevator, allowing his eyes to close. If he stayed like this, he'd fall asleep. He was almost convinced that he should do that, then he'd be able to get some sleep. Though, it'd probably be weird to see one of the employees sleeping in the elevator and he'd probably get fired over something like that. He just need a few moments to allow his eyes to rest. He knew that was just an excuse and that he'd need way more than a few moments if he was going to allow his eyes to rest. He'd open his eyes when the elevator finally made it to the ground floor and he had to walk out to his car. The cold air outside would probably wake him up at least a little bit. He could use that to get himself wherever he'd need to go after this. He could feel himself relaxing a little too much as he thought about opening his eyes again and making sure that he wouldn't fall asleep. But, his eyes just didn't want to open, and he just wanted a few more seconds.

Suddenly the elevator stopped moving, Aiden's eyes snapped open. He glanced up at the numbers over the doors. He hadn't gone that far, one floor down to be exact. He almost fell asleep in just a few seconds. He was sure that not even a minute had passed between going one floor down. He really did need to buy himself some caffeine pills and hope those helped him stay awake when he had to do this kind of stuff. He ran a hand through his hair as the doctor walked into the elevator. At least, he assumed the man was a doctor, he looked like one. He could have easily been a nurse or really anyone else that worked in the hospital. He didn't really put much thought into it. He watched as the doors took their time closing and started on its way to the ground floor again.

He was almost startled when the other man talked to him, He wasn't really expecting to have to deal with some small talk on the elevator. He still managed to put on a tired looking smile, "Oh, yeah, I had to work over time in the labs." That was only a good reason for why he was still at the hospital so late, it didn't really answer for how tired he was. That didn't really matter much though, he didn't have to explain to anyone why he didn't sleep on a regular schedule. He ran a hand through his hair and let out a yawn. He kept his eyes on the numbers that lit up as the elevator hit the next level. He was trying hard to keep his eyes open while they continued down, and the best way to do that was to concentrate on something.

Shadows [Zitacamron95 and Faded Memory

Your post was great! And it's totally fine that you get knowledge of the medical hierarchy from TV shows, I do the same thing most times.

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Aiden Carter was a scientist, a medical researcher to be exact. His job was to find new medications and find new ways to cure the deadly diseases of this country. He wanted this job from the very beginning because he always wanted to feel like a hero. This job did just that, especially when they were on the road to finding a new medicine that could help out thousands of people. He stayed rather late at work, and usually skipped dinner. This left him feeling extremely tired and hungry, but he had a job to do. He looked around the nearly empty lab; all of the other scientists went home hours ago. He really didn't need to stay and work after five o'clock. He just had nothing else to do at home until nightfall.

Aiden leaned back in his chair, and stretched for a moment, listening to the soft pops from his joints. He let a yawn escape his lips, and checked his cell phone for the time. It was about time to head out. He was hesitant to move from his seat, though. He really had no idea how he kept up with all of this work, having two jobs really took its toll on him. There were dark circles around his blue eyes and he always woke up with a headache. His performance at work had to be suffering too, though nobody seemed to say anything about that if they had taken notice. He'd never get home until one or two o'clock in the morning, and then he'd only get five or six hours of sleep before he had to get up and do it all over again. It was worth it though, he saved lives in two ways: by stopping diseases, and by fighting crime. Though, it wasn't like he had to go out and fight crime every night, just when he was called upon by the person that gave him his powers. Though, it was frequent enough to mess with his sleep schedule and his personal life.

Finally, he moved from the chair, he pulled off the lab coat that he had to wear and hung back on the wall with the others. He readjusted his glasses and then headed out the door. Maybe, he'd be able to get some sleep tonight and not have to go out and fight crime. That would be a pleasant change. Though, he'd feel terrible if someone got hurt because he wasn't out there to save them. The scientist walked to the elevator and pressed the button, he couldn't really risk going down the stairs, he was too tired for that. He was too tired for a lot of things, but he really couldn't risk falling down the stairs because his motor skills stopped working. He ran a hand through his already messy, shaggy, brown hair and took a deep breath. He could do with a day off, but that wasn't going to happen any time soon, he didn't like taking time off from either job.

The elevator beeped, and the doors slid open. Aiden looked up and stepped inside, pushing the button for the ground floor.