[Relief sweeps through her like a wave when she takes his hand, skin on skin and the pain easing back to a dull ache at the back of her skull. It makes her breath catch, flow out of her again in a long exhale, small smile flitting at the corners of her mouth.]
So you're not just here to see me.
[It's meant as a tease, buoyed loose by the near-giddy rush of the pain retreating. She regrets it almost immediately. He'd said he was coming to talk, she knew that, and now she's just stomped over that to push on the cracks only just healing between them.
It's awkward. She drops her gaze, bracing herself for him to pull away again.]
action.
So you're not just here to see me.
[It's meant as a tease, buoyed loose by the near-giddy rush of the pain retreating. She regrets it almost immediately. He'd said he was coming to talk, she knew that, and now she's just stomped over that to push on the cracks only just healing between them.
It's awkward. She drops her gaze, bracing herself for him to pull away again.]