[fic] The Fix: We Don't Need No Education (2/7)

Title: We Don't Need No Education (Part 2 of 7)
Fandom: The Dresden Files
Characters: Donald Morgan, Anastasia Luccio, Rashid, Claire Bernier (OC), Svetlana Ivanova (OC), others
Word Count: 4,286/~24,000
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A week with the Warden trainees, medical seminar. Author's Notes in Part 1.
Part 1 || Part 2

Claire woke up to the sun shining through the narrow window at the top of the opposite bunk straight into her eyes, and the sound of someone swearing under his breath below her line of vision. Beneath her, she could hear the soft sound of Sveta's breathing, but the bunk across from her was empty. She wondered if Luccio had been to bed yet.

Landing softly on the balls of her feet made Morgan startle and look up though not, she noted, with a sword in his hand or any sort of weapon. Either he wasn't as hair-triggered as she'd half expected him to be or he'd heard her waking up. And either way it was probably for the best, since he was or had been rubbing his wrist with his good hand.

"Painful?" she asked, with an arched eyebrow and what would have been a cool look had she not yawned immediately after the question.

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