[Any other time, his bending to her will might make her feel a sense of satisfaction. It might get her to smile or relax. But now, it feels like a hollow victory because she's upset that they're both caught up in this. He deserves a chance to rest.
He promises that things will be fine, and she wants to believe him. Her face is fixed in a well trained look of blank staring, but there's a twitching at the corner of her mouth and a glassy look to her eyes that says it's about to crumple away any second. In order to distract from that, she closes the distance between them, edging in close. Her hand touches at his arm and she just takes comfort in his proximity.]
Yeah. [She finally agrees, licking at her lips before nodding.] Things will be fine. We just have to stay out of trouble.
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He promises that things will be fine, and she wants to believe him. Her face is fixed in a well trained look of blank staring, but there's a twitching at the corner of her mouth and a glassy look to her eyes that says it's about to crumple away any second. In order to distract from that, she closes the distance between them, edging in close. Her hand touches at his arm and she just takes comfort in his proximity.]
Yeah. [She finally agrees, licking at her lips before nodding.] Things will be fine. We just have to stay out of trouble.
[Ha. Good luck with that one.]