[ It's not the whole family, but it's some, and there's a selfish part of him that tries to focus just on that instead of the fact that Charles Wallace and his beautiful wife are yet to be seen. He has Meg - wonderful, helpful, stubborn, clever Meg, and they're safe from the It. For now.
He can think of a way to somehow get the rest of his family here, and he constantly is in the back of his mind, but he can't possibly sit in a lab with everything going on. Besides, if there's one thing Floridians know about it's flooding. Meg's helping out, too, and Alex glances over from where he's giving someone else a hand just in time to see a familiar pair of glasses barely peeking up above the huge amount of blankets she's carrying.
It's hard not to grin as he excuses himself and moves over. ]
You're allowed to ask for help, Meglet. [ He doesn't take any of the blankets from her-instead he motions that he can, and waits for her to make the decision herself. Wounded pride isn't what he wants, just to take a load off of her. ] May I?
disaster relief - also spoilers for awit
He can think of a way to somehow get the rest of his family here, and he constantly is in the back of his mind, but he can't possibly sit in a lab with everything going on. Besides, if there's one thing Floridians know about it's flooding. Meg's helping out, too, and Alex glances over from where he's giving someone else a hand just in time to see a familiar pair of glasses barely peeking up above the huge amount of blankets she's carrying.
It's hard not to grin as he excuses himself and moves over. ]
You're allowed to ask for help, Meglet. [ He doesn't take any of the blankets from her-instead he motions that he can, and waits for her to make the decision herself. Wounded pride isn't what he wants, just to take a load off of her. ] May I?