please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere
'Well...!' The nurse's voice grows more shrill as she's challenged, but it's only as Finn taps his pocket that she properly shrinks back to her duties. As soon as his back is turned, she immediately hustles off to animatedly gossip about Finn.
The door clicks behind them, and Tobi is as confused by it as she is relieved. A quick prescription refill wouldn't require more than a moment or two between them, and a closed door might mean Finn wants to talk. But if so, is it only to tell her how badly she's messed everything up? Has he come to tell her off and kick her out of his life in person? "Wh—of course." Tobi immediately replies, the words rushing out of her mouth on the heels of an exhale that's louder than she meant for it to be.
Wait. He was apologizing to her?
The flush of worry and panic on Tobi's cheeks warms as she shakes her head, her eyes no longer owlishly large with alarm. "How am I? Finn, how are you?" Taking a step towards him, Tobi has to link her fingers together to keep from reaching out. All she can do is beam at him with relief and regret, her dark eyes somehow both joyful and filled with sorrow at the same time. "I thought...when I was finally released and I hadn't heard from you...and then when you didn't answer your door, and hadn't come by for your medicine..." Slowly she shakes her head, looking down at her palms. "..I'm so sorry Finn. I really screwed up."
The door clicks behind them, and Tobi is as confused by it as she is relieved. A quick prescription refill wouldn't require more than a moment or two between them, and a closed door might mean Finn wants to talk. But if so, is it only to tell her how badly she's messed everything up? Has he come to tell her off and kick her out of his life in person? "Wh—of course." Tobi immediately replies, the words rushing out of her mouth on the heels of an exhale that's louder than she meant for it to be.
Wait. He was apologizing to her?
The flush of worry and panic on Tobi's cheeks warms as she shakes her head, her eyes no longer owlishly large with alarm. "How am I? Finn, how are you?" Taking a step towards him, Tobi has to link her fingers together to keep from reaching out. All she can do is beam at him with relief and regret, her dark eyes somehow both joyful and filled with sorrow at the same time. "I thought...when I was finally released and I hadn't heard from you...and then when you didn't answer your door, and hadn't come by for your medicine..." Slowly she shakes her head, looking down at her palms. "..I'm so sorry Finn. I really screwed up."
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