"They give good painkillers, too," Robbie says conversationally. He'd tried to decline them, actually, but the look he'd gotten in response had him take the pills docilely. He wasn't fond of how well they worked on him - what if he did something stupid and it didn't hurt?

But he can keep Vance from doing something stupid. "And I could use the practice observing you, if we're doing this. I think I'm supposed to stare wistfully when you're not looking."

Robbie marches them up to the first nurse he sees, shifting his hold on Vance so it looks far more intimate, with his hand resting on Vance's hip. He's hoping to use the gossipy nature of the staff against them. "We were told to ask for 24 hours worth of our medications. We're being released on the condition we come back tomorrow for a check-up and take it easy. I promise no gymnastics."

And then he winked at the nurse.