[A dangerous promise, but she's already setting up rules for herself. Friends. He's here as her friend, and she will respect that.
It's more exhaustion, than anything else, that tilts her head until its resting on his shoulder, almost slumped sideways against him - as if she'd been holding herself stiff and poised for days and finally released the tension to simply melt in at his side.
A voice chides her in the back of her mind. Half for taking advantage of his kindness and half for believing that it kindness at all - like a rabid dog circling and snarling and waiting once more to be loosed.
But she is too tired, and it has been so long since she allowed herself to lean on anyone, that she can't help herself.]
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It's more exhaustion, than anything else, that tilts her head until its resting on his shoulder, almost slumped sideways against him - as if she'd been holding herself stiff and poised for days and finally released the tension to simply melt in at his side.
A voice chides her in the back of her mind. Half for taking advantage of his kindness and half for believing that it kindness at all - like a rabid dog circling and snarling and waiting once more to be loosed.
But she is too tired, and it has been so long since she allowed herself to lean on anyone, that she can't help herself.]
I don't deserve it. But thank you.