please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere
He tries.
He tries, and she can see that he is, but it isn't enough. How cruel it is for someone to give as much as they can, and to have it not be enough. How cruel to be given a lifeline, but have to refuse lest it drowns you both.
Tobi's eyes sting with fresh tears as Finn's cold fingers brush against hers. She had expected to feel...a jolt, butterflies, the feeling that things would be okay, but instead, she feels nothing at all. He might as well be the ghost she'd thought he'd been in the basement, for all the warmth and comfort she feels from him. But he's trying, and it's all she has.
Tobi's fingers twine against his own, shaking slightly and holding his far more softly than she'd like. But she's seen his bruises. Distantly, she wonders if even soft touches are enough to wound him. "I don't know." She whispers, swallowing hard. "I don't know what to do." I don't know how to tell you. I don't know how to help you. I don't know how to get up off of this floor.
He tries, and she can see that he is, but it isn't enough. How cruel it is for someone to give as much as they can, and to have it not be enough. How cruel to be given a lifeline, but have to refuse lest it drowns you both.
Tobi's eyes sting with fresh tears as Finn's cold fingers brush against hers. She had expected to feel...a jolt, butterflies, the feeling that things would be okay, but instead, she feels nothing at all. He might as well be the ghost she'd thought he'd been in the basement, for all the warmth and comfort she feels from him. But he's trying, and it's all she has.
Tobi's fingers twine against his own, shaking slightly and holding his far more softly than she'd like. But she's seen his bruises. Distantly, she wonders if even soft touches are enough to wound him. "I don't know." She whispers, swallowing hard. "I don't know what to do." I don't know how to tell you. I don't know how to help you. I don't know how to get up off of this floor.
October
