when you bury your pain
He lets himself smile a bit, to hear her reaffirm that she's there for him. It helps more than he expects it to, and even if his heart is pounding hard in his chest, he still feels in control. Or at least, more in control than he has done recently.
"I will do my best," he says, nodding to her and letting out a shivery sort of sigh. "There will be enough to do without my making it more difficult." He won't always be able to help it, and the storm brewing on the horizon of his come down from the snapdragon is enormous and terrifying, but that's not a problem for right now.
Speaking of which... "I will need to detox more quickly than planned," he mumbles. "How do we arrange that?"
Only Tobi is asking him something completely different, and stormy eyes shift from her face down to her belly. "Oh, is it...? I... yes, okay." It's the drugs that make him agree, but before Finn knows it he has shifted to sit closer, offering a small smile as he holds out his hand for her to place it. "After this, are we still going for breakfast?"
Because obviously that is something his routine is still expecting.
"I will do my best," he says, nodding to her and letting out a shivery sort of sigh. "There will be enough to do without my making it more difficult." He won't always be able to help it, and the storm brewing on the horizon of his come down from the snapdragon is enormous and terrifying, but that's not a problem for right now.
Speaking of which... "I will need to detox more quickly than planned," he mumbles. "How do we arrange that?"
Only Tobi is asking him something completely different, and stormy eyes shift from her face down to her belly. "Oh, is it...? I... yes, okay." It's the drugs that make him agree, but before Finn knows it he has shifted to sit closer, offering a small smile as he holds out his hand for her to place it. "After this, are we still going for breakfast?"
Because obviously that is something his routine is still expecting.
THE SPYGLASS
you only strengthen its roots
