Quiet
He never really noticed it until he started working at the Library. Wherever he was, there was always something nagging at him, unnerving him. It wasn't that bad in the rural areas, but when he moved to town it was always there. The noise. Everywhere. People talking and fighting, dogs barking, traffic, sometimes even music was too much for him. All these things got stuck in his head, giving him a headache and a vague feeling that he was missing something. Sometimes he had trouble sleeping because even his thoughts seemed to be too loud.
He realized it when he arrived first at the library one day. It was quiet there.
Imagining that the noise had to stay outside was a comforting thought.
This was the reason why Jacob Stone always was the first one in the Library (apart from Jenkins, who obviously lived there). He cherished these first few minutes he had to himself, in perfect quiet, before a new day really began, with all the life-threatening action and saving-the-world kind of stuff. Today he had about fifteen minutes before Baird would arrive, always the second and absolutely punctual.
Stones grabbed one of the art portfolios and started reading.
A/N: This was something that got stuck in my head and I had to get it out. I think I will write a "day-starting-sequence" for everyone of the team. Hope this didn't seem too much OOC, but I felt it suited Stone somehow (and definitely more than the others...).
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