Implied/referenced drug use
Spring 2010
Roy throws his wet jacket over the back of one of the computer chairs and gestures for Kaldur to do the same, "Listen, I know that you like the cold water, but I personally? Am freezing. I'm going to take a quick shower and I'll be right back. Make yourself at home." Roy leaves then ducks his head back in the room a second later, "There are clean towels in the upright cabinet if you want," He says and then disappears again.
Kaldur isn't bothered by being left alone in Roy's room, he's visited several times in the last three years that he and Roy have been friends.
It does feel strange that Kaldur would become close friends with Roy and stay only acquaintances with his brother, but no one is bothered that Kaldur seems to like one Roy more than the other.
Knowing that he's welcome to anything in Roy's room, Kaldur opts just to get a towel and dry himself off a little while he waits for his friend. Opening the cabinet, he grabs the first towel he sees and flips it open, running it over his arms and chest before hanging it over his shoulders.
Kaldur looks towards the mirror to check his face. He's not a vain teen, but the bruise that's slowly blossoming on his cheekbone looks impressive. It'll look even more impressive tomorrow.
A large coin tied up in a length of thin leather hangs from the corner of the mirror, catching his attention, and Kaldur studies it. It's strange to him, something he's not seen before. He knows what most currency looks like and this, he thinks, does not look like currency.
Stamped on one side of the coin is a triangle with the roman numeral I in the centre. Around the three edges of the triangle are the three words: Unity, Service, Recovery. Around those words near the edges of the coin it says: To thine own self be true.
Kaldur reaches out and lifts the string from the mirror so he can look at the coin closer. It's fairly heavy in his hand and he turns it over, studying the plain back.
"Kal?" Roy's voice sounds a little choked and Kaldur looks up from coin to see what's wrong with his friend. Roy is staring at the coin in his hands wide eyes and Kaldur looks back down at it.
"I'm sorry," He moves to put the coin back up, "I did not realize that I should not have touched this."
"No," Roy reaches his side quickly and folds a hand over Kaldur's, stopping him from hanging the coin back up, "No, it's... okay. I just. It's important to me."
Kaldur stares at their hands for a moment before asking, "Can you tell me about it?"
With a sigh, Roy ducks his head and purses his lips before taking a deep breath and straightening up. "Yeah. Yeah, I can tell you." Roy tugs on Kaldur's hands and pushes him to sit in one of the computer chairs while he tosses his jacket off the other and pulls it close before sitting across from Kaldur. "What exactly do you know about the drug heroin?"