[She exhales; she'd hardly been aware she was holding that breath in.
But even with her eyes fixed firmly on the ground, she can't escape the weight of that question. It creates an automatic change in the air, one that presses on her shoulders with a force, practically crushes her. Since he came back to 12, since he started bringing bread to her house, their interactions have been minimal, superficial at best. Almost... delicate. As if she's ashamed of herself, shuts herself down more than she already has because she's ashamed of what she's become, that she's simply better off hiding away from the world. As if she has fears of her own, mixed in with the abyss of grief and loss.
All of this that she doesn't know how much longer she can bear alone. Not with that deeply-buried part of her slowly starting to surface more and more the longer she stands here. She's been alone for so long.
They've always worked better as a team.
In a split-second, she makes the decision before there's time to rethink it, and one word, the one word that holds so much power, tumbles past her lips in a soft whisper:] Okay.
[... Before she steps out to join him, and closes the door behind her.]
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But even with her eyes fixed firmly on the ground, she can't escape the weight of that question. It creates an automatic change in the air, one that presses on her shoulders with a force, practically crushes her. Since he came back to 12, since he started bringing bread to her house, their interactions have been minimal, superficial at best. Almost... delicate. As if she's ashamed of herself, shuts herself down more than she already has because she's ashamed of what she's become, that she's simply better off hiding away from the world. As if she has fears of her own, mixed in with the abyss of grief and loss.
All of this that she doesn't know how much longer she can bear alone. Not with that deeply-buried part of her slowly starting to surface more and more the longer she stands here. She's been alone for so long.
They've always worked better as a team.
In a split-second, she makes the decision before there's time to rethink it, and one word, the one word that holds so much power, tumbles past her lips in a soft whisper:] Okay.
[... Before she steps out to join him, and closes the door behind her.]