Before The Separation

[Monty Green]

Monty actually approved of his friends choices with the last list of characters he'd given him, but then again he hadn't exactly given him a hard decision to make. When Jasper mentioned the names of three popular super heroes though, Monty paused for a moment before smiling "Now that's too easy" he chuckled "Fuck Catwoman, marry Batman and kill Superman" he wasn't a fan of superman, not compared to the other two and besides, Bruce Wayne was rich, if he had to spend the rest of his life with a Superhero and constantly be put in dangerous situations, as the lovers of superheroes constantly seemed to be, he might as well have a comfortable luxurious life to compensate for it.

Monty found that even as the game seemed to have just started, he was already feeling lighter, he wasn't as nervous about spending the night in the cell. This almost felt nervous, like he was just chilling in an empty room with his best friend and playing ridiculous games where they wouldn't be discovered for at least a couple of hours. "Fuck, marry, kill: Ironman, Supergirl and..." he took a moment to come up with the final name, it wasn't easy to pluck a name out of thin air "Charles Xavier" he knew where he would categorise each of these characters but the chances were that Jasper would have a very different opinion to him.

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Jasper made a face of disbelief as Monty rattled off who he would fuck, marry, and kill from the options Jasper had given him. Then Monty proceeded to give him names without acknowledging his face. "Whoa. Whooaaa. Hold on," Jasper said. He lifted his finger as if to make an important point. "Firstly, good call on Catwoman." Then he turned his finger to wag it in Monty's direction. "But marry Batman and kill Superman?!" His tone was over-dramatic outrage, and he couldn't suppress the smile on his mouth even as he tried to look deadly serious.

"Bruce Wayne is just a rich dude who broods and is miserable all the time!" Jasper exclaimed. "Seriously, would we even be best friends if I were moody and miserable all the time?! No way! You, Monty Green, need someone who brings excitement and charm into your life,.. much like a certain someone I know." He winked and clicked his tongue at Monty as he shot Monty with a finger pistol, a flirty gesture he knew Monty would probably roll his eyes at. "Clark Kent is affable and charming--and he's only ever loved one person, unlike Batman's multiple hookups--and he can fly, Monty. Dude can fllllyyyy. He could get us off this spaceship! Always marry Superman!"

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[Monty Green]

Monty was surprised when Jasper, instead of moving on with the game decided to question his decision to kill Superman instead of Batman. Just the tone of voice Jasper was using made Monty smile "I like his costume" he muttered by way of an excuse "Superman has a really boring costume, Batman has a freaking awesome costume!" now, he wasn't saying that the costume was everything, all he was saying was that if a superhero asked him to marry them and he didn't like their costume, there was a high possibility that he would decline their offer and instead put them into the 'kill' category.

Rolling his eyes at Jasper's flirty gesture, Monty pulled a face of disgust "well I'm not gonna marry you if that's what you're thinking!" he joked, making a gagging sound as if the thought revolted him. "I'm flattered that you feel that way Jas, but I'm way out of your league" a teasing smile appeared on his face as he nudged his friend with his shoulder "and if Superman was able to get us out of this place then I'd definitely marry him!" he was willing to admit that maybe Jasper was right in this instance, he'd give almost anything to get off the ark, especially now that their world just became a whole lot smaller after being confined to a cell.

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Jasper just laughed when Monty mentioned the costumes. He actually preferred the bright colors of Superman's costume, but he was too amused by Monty boiling his decision down to what the super hero was wearing to comment. He shoved Monty gently when Monty made gagging noises. "You could do worse. Besides, it wasn't an offer. I'd be afraid I wouldn't see you one day and step on you," he teased. Monty wasn't short, really, but Jasper had been the brunt of short jokes from Monty while they were growing up, as he'd been shorter and scrawnier for most of their lives... until about a year ago when he'd hit a massive growth spurt and shot up five inches in a year. Now? He would never let the short jokes die.

After a moment, he sighed. "If only," he said. If only Superman were real, they'd be off this metal tube and on to better things. Then again, they'd said Earth wouldn't be survivable again for another few years, and by that point, he and Monty might be floated. His smile slid off his face.

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[Monty Green]

Monty smiled as he heard Jasper laugh, he was deadly serious about the whole costume thing. The costume was an important part of any superhero, but he decided not to argue any further about it, the argument had the potential to stretch on for hours if they allowed it to. "Oh... The short jokes continue" Monty groaned as Jasper made a joke about accidentally stepping on him "I'm not even that much shorter than you!" he was shorter than quite a few boys his own age, that was true, but he also knew a couple that were shorter than him. He figured that he shouldn't have teased Jasper about his height when they were growing up, but it was just so easy to annoy him, especially if he poked fun at his height.

He instantly noticed when Jasper's smile left his face and the moment that happen, he felt his own smile disappear. "Hey..." he breathed as he watched Jasper "this isn't it for us" there was more, there had to be more. Monty had to believe that they'd get out of there "we get a trial before we're floated right? We could still get out" of course he didn't really believe that they'd be released and he knew that Jasper wasn't stupid, but it would be hard to remain in a good mood if they thought they only had death to look forward to.

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Jasper just snorted when Monty protested his short joke. Monty knew he deserved it, and that the jokes would probably never stop. Monty, of course, picked up on his change in demeanor when Jasper's mind went to a negative place again, and attempted to reassure him. Jasper just shook his head.

"We didn't borrow something insignificant, Monty. That was Ark medical resources. They'll probably decide we're addicts and we'll just do it again once we're out." His vision swan a little as he kept talking. They would die in a year for getting high. Jasper slumped against Monty's shoulder again, refraining from saying what he was thinking, that he didn't want to die. He didn't want his body floating in space for eternity. "Maybe we should try to sleep," he suggested. There was no clock in here, but it had been later in the day when they'd been arrested.

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[Monty Green]

Jasper wasn't exactly making it easy for Monty to cheer him up, if anything he was making the task ten times harder which wasn't exactly what Monty was hoping for. Of course he knew that Jasper was right, stealing medical crimes on the Ark wasn't a petty crime and he didn't think the counsel would view it as one either. "Well wouldn't we just do it again if we got let out?" he asked with a smirk as Jasper slumped against his shoulder, it was a poor attempt at a joke, an attempt to lighten the mood but he was fairly convinced that it wouldn't work.

Sleep. He didn't feel particularly tired, but maybe that was just because he wasn't used to spending a night in a cell. It had probably gotten quite late, late enough to sleep, he didn't have a watch and the cell lacked a clock so there was no way of knowing the exact time but if they didn't at least try to sleep, the chances were that they'd just stay up the entire night talking about stuff that didn't even matter. Heaving himself off of the bed, he gestured towards the other bed that stood against the other wall "I'll take that bed, you just stay there" he muttered as he crossed over to the other bed and collapsed onto it with a sigh. He rolled over so that he was facing the wall and placed a hand on the wall to feel the cool metal beneath his palm.

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Monty's joke wasn't funny. Though Jasper wasn't sure anything could be funny right now, which was a somewhat unusual for Jasper. Jasper was used to finding humor in almost anything. he felt the loss of his best friend's presence when Monty stood and crossed the room. It felt a little colder, actually, and Jasper slightly regretted the suggestion to sleep. But maybe if he could sleep, his mind would shut off for a little while and he'd be better prepared to deal with their situation tomorrow.

He shifted onto the bed, tugging the covers over himself and turning to face the wall. For a while, he felt like his mind was racing too fast to sleep, but eventually he remembered a breathing and counting technique his mother taught him when he was little, for when he got too excitable. He wasn't sure how long it took to fall asleep, or how long he stayed asleep, but a nightmare about his own dead body floating in space woke him.

Tears flooded his eyes as soon as he opened them, and he rolled over just enough to see Monty was in his bed, motionless except to the rise and fall of his breathing. Jasper rolled back to face the wall. He couldn't seem to stop the tear suddenly, but he tried to stifle the noises he was making against his palm, both hands pressed to his mouth... which eventually made it hard for him to catch his breath.

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[Monty Green]

Monty managed to drift off to sleep eventually, it was a dreamless sleep and Monty didn't know how long he'd been asleep when he was awoken by a sound that he couldn't quite place coming from the other side of the cell. He didn't feel rested, so he figured only a couple of hours had passed since he'd fallen asleep. Rolling over in the bed, he turned to face Jasper's bed, which was where he thought he'd heard the sound coming from and his brow furrowed in confusion as he sat up on his elbows and stared at Jasper's back, he noticed that his friend was shaking slightly and it took him a couple of seconds to realise that he was crying. The noises that he'd heard were the sounds of barely stifled sobs.

Silently, Monty swung his legs over the side of the bed and felt them hit the cool floor as he forced himself to get up, despite the fact that his legs felt heavy and tired. The concern he felt for Jasper outweighed his need to sleep. Walking silently over to the other boys bed, he lifted the covers and climbed into the bed with him without asking permission, wrapping his arm around Jasper to hug him "You okay?" he finally whispered, his eyes closed as he pressed his forehead to the back of his friends shoulder, perhaps it was a stupid question to ask when he could hear him crying. The first night in the cell was probably going to be the worst, Monty knew that Jasper was understandably upset with being locked up with a death sentence hanging over their heads but he hadn't been expecting Jasper to wake him in the middle of the night with his crying.

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Jasper froze for a moment when he felt the covers shift and the bed dip under Monty's weight. I could only be Monty. But then Monty was snuggling up behind him and wrapping his arms around him, and Jasper stopped fighting the tears. Monty was the reason they were here. He should be mad at Monty, but he couldn't really be. Not when Monty was the only person, aside from his parents, that new how to make him feel better on the rare occasions he was upset or too excitable. When was the last time he'd cried? Jasper couldn't remember. It didn't matter. "I'm great," he sobbed.

He wrapped his fingers around Monty's arm where it was wrapped around him, clinging to it with both hands. "I hate the Ark," he managed, kicking the metal wall in front of him, and then whimpering at the pain as he let himself cry harder.

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[Monty Green]

Monty felt it the moment Jasper stopped fighting the tears and allowed himself to break down and admittedly he wasn't sure what to do, he couldn't remember the last time that Jasper had cried like this. He remembered crying as a kid, he remembered Jasper crying too, but not recently. "I'm great" he heard Jasper reply to him and the sob that shook his body made Monty want to take away all of his pain, it hurt to see him like this, especially as it was his fault they were in this situation in the first place and there was nothing he could do to alter their fate. Instead of stating the obvious and telling Jasper that he wasn't fine, Monty opted for a different approach "did you have a nightmare?" he asked him, his voice coming out gentle in the hopes of calming his friend.

He felt Jasper's hands cling to his arm and he let out a soft sigh into his shoulder as he heard the words "I hate the ark" leave his friend, before he felt Jasper move and the dull thud on the wall followed by a whimper and he both heard and felt Jasper begin to cry harder. Instinctively he tightened his grip on the other boy and shuffled closer to him so that there wasn't any space separating them "I know..." he mumbled, unable to find anything else to say to him "I'm sorry" the ark wasn't his fault, he couldn't control where they'd been born or that the earth was uninhabitable but he was the one who'd got them locked up, he was the one who screwed up and Jasper was now suffering because of him. "I'm here... I'm not gonna leave you" he didn't know if Jasper would appreciate his words, or think that he was getting weird on him but he'd willingly stay in his bed, holding him as he was until he fell asleep if he wanted him to.

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Jasper listened to Monty's words, not really finding the breath to speak back for a while until Monty offered to stay with him. Just feeling Monty pressed against him like this was calming, grounding. "Please stay," Jasper said, his voice wobbling as tears continued to run down his face. "I need you. More than ever." They very rarely said mushy things like this, but tonight, of all nights, it seemed appropriate.

He lay still for a while before answering Monty's first question. He didn't really want to think about it, but he couldn't stop. "I was floating," he said, his voice cracking. "In my dream. I was in space. Frozen. Dead. But... I was trying to get back on the Ark. Like my mind was active, but my body was frozen," he said, starting to lose his breath again. It had felt like being trapped. Jasper hated feeling the confinement of the Ark. Being confined to only his own mind was the tightest confinement he could imagine, and it was terrible.

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[Monty Green]

Monty nodded silently in response to Jasper asking him to stay and he swallowed back the lump that had formed in his throat, hearing Jasper admit to needing him almost made him want to cry as well. He'd always known that they needed each other, he couldn't imagine life without Jasper but they rarely said it aloud, he figured that they both just knew how the other felt. He just wanted to be able to make Jasper stop crying, but he didn't see that happening any time soon, maybe it would just be better if he was the supportive shoulder to cry on.

As he listened to Jasper describe his dream to him, he felt a shiver run up the length of his spine. The fact that his dream might actually come true for them was terrifying but Monty put on a brave face for his friend, even if his back was to him. "It's not going to be like that Jasper" he tried to reassure him, there was little they could do to actually avoid getting floated but Monty doubted that they'd be able to continue to think and to feel after they died, death was supposed to be peaceful, that's what his mother had told him anyway when he'd asked out of curiosity as a child. "It was just a nightmare, it's over now... Just remember to breathe" he could hear how Jasper sounded breathless and he was worried that he might have a panic attack if he didn't calm down.

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Jasper nodded when Monty told him to breathe. "I'm trying," he whimpered. He needed to calm down. There was nothing he could do about their situation now. Their fates were out of their control. Somehow, those thoughts didn't help. He gripped Monty's arm a little tighter.

Eventually, with Monty holding him, he started to recover his breath. He was still a little shaky, but he could breathe in and out slowly and deliberately. "What do you think it's like, Monty? Being floated. Is it over in a second, or does it take a while?"

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[Monty Green]

Monty hated seeing Jasper like this, especially when there was nothing he could do to help him, not really unless he had a magic wand, then he could just magic them out of the Ark and somewhere else. He felt his friend's grip tighten around his arm but he didn't even care, it didn't hurt and if it helped Jasper to cope just a little better then he had no complaints.

Jasper's question surprised him although he figured that it shouldn't have really, but he didn't really know how to answer him. His first instinct was to protect his friend, to tell him that it would be over in the blink of an eye and he wouldn't feel anything but the other part of him was also curious, he had no idea what it would be like, he'd never been floated before and obviously nobody had ever survived being floated to explain how it felt. After a moments hesitation, Monty finally answered the other boy "Nobody really knows what it's like, but I believe that it's over before you even realise that it's happened and once it's done, it's over, there's no pain" he didn't know if this would reassure Jasper, he didn't even know if he was saying it just to reassure him or if he truly believed the words that he spoke.

"I don't know what comes after death, but there must be something more, I don't think our minds stay awake in our bodies so that they can see and feel everything that is happening" surely if that was the case then they'd have been signs. The idea of the mind staying awake for hours after the body had died seemed ridiculous to Monty and he didn't want to believe it.

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