please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere
A relaxed sigh slips traitorously from Tobi's lips as they sink into and against one another. There's too much wrong such that the flickers of relief she feels are immediately tainted by guilt. But Finn is back, and gods she can't help but hold tightly onto that.
'You said you ached all over.' Tobi argues, though there isn't much bite in her words. As a doctor, she would have been more forceful in trying to rid Finn of this pain. But as his friend? Well. He knew the option was open to him.
As the conversation turns, Tobi exhales against Finn's chest and swallows. "Just one thing, I think." He'd missed any number of things of course, but in the grand scheme of what Finn might care about, there was probably just this. "But it's a big thing, and I don't know that you'll want to hear it right now." She can feel that he's looking down at her, but she keeps her cheek pressed against his chest just the same, worried that if he sees the expression on her face, he'll feel compelled to ask whatever the consequences.
"I can't really tell you anything else without...telling you. But it's about me, and..you. But it's nothing that has to be delt with right this second." Closing her eyes, she shakes her head slightly against him. "Sorry. That's a really awkward way of saying that you don't need to know right now, but you will eventually." But, in the interest of Finn deciding what's best for him, Tobi adds: "I'll tell you, whenever you want."
'You said you ached all over.' Tobi argues, though there isn't much bite in her words. As a doctor, she would have been more forceful in trying to rid Finn of this pain. But as his friend? Well. He knew the option was open to him.
As the conversation turns, Tobi exhales against Finn's chest and swallows. "Just one thing, I think." He'd missed any number of things of course, but in the grand scheme of what Finn might care about, there was probably just this. "But it's a big thing, and I don't know that you'll want to hear it right now." She can feel that he's looking down at her, but she keeps her cheek pressed against his chest just the same, worried that if he sees the expression on her face, he'll feel compelled to ask whatever the consequences.
"I can't really tell you anything else without...telling you. But it's about me, and..you. But it's nothing that has to be delt with right this second." Closing her eyes, she shakes her head slightly against him. "Sorry. That's a really awkward way of saying that you don't need to know right now, but you will eventually." But, in the interest of Finn deciding what's best for him, Tobi adds: "I'll tell you, whenever you want."
October
