In the apartment
Michelle's sitting on the couch, her eyes are dry, but she's staring at the blank television screen. If anyone was with her, they might be worried.
She doesn't expect Tony to walk into the apartment, she understands that this isn't something she can solve or investigate, if he disappeared the way that Gil said he did, he is beyond her right now.
Out of all the ways she thought she could lose him, she never thought anything like this could happen, that she'd wake up, spend a few hours with him and then...he'd be gone.
He's not gone, he's just disappeared, he'll come back, don't let yourself even think about that possibility
She reaches for the book he was reading, a sci-fi novel about multiple worlds, and she runs her fingers over the raised letters. You're stronger than this, a book isn't going to break you, he's only been gone an hour or so, pull yourself together, Michelle. You have to tell people, you can't just sit here quietly trying not to throw up from worry. Proactive, be proactive, not reactive.
As she puts aside the book, she notices her laptop computer and pulls it closer to her. After a few minutes she has a note written, but she'll have to go into the bedroom to get the printer. She stands and walks down the hall, when she opens the door to the bedroom she sees the long sleeved Cubs shirt that Tony took off this morning and tossed on the bed.
You're stronger than this, it's just a shirt.
But she can't stop herself from pulling off her sweater and slipping his shirt over her head.
He's coming home, you're being maudlin, stop it.
She breathes in and out and puts back on her sweater, it's too cold for just one layer. The printer's nearby and she grabs it, leaving the room before the urge to lie down becomes impossible to resist.
He'll come back.
Putting a note on the board is the cowardly way to handle this, but she doesn't want to see anyone's reaction to the news, because that would make it inescapable. Now, he's just missing, just misplaced...and he'll come back. There is no other possible outcome.
She doesn't expect Tony to walk into the apartment, she understands that this isn't something she can solve or investigate, if he disappeared the way that Gil said he did, he is beyond her right now.
Out of all the ways she thought she could lose him, she never thought anything like this could happen, that she'd wake up, spend a few hours with him and then...he'd be gone.
He's not gone, he's just disappeared, he'll come back, don't let yourself even think about that possibility
She reaches for the book he was reading, a sci-fi novel about multiple worlds, and she runs her fingers over the raised letters. You're stronger than this, a book isn't going to break you, he's only been gone an hour or so, pull yourself together, Michelle. You have to tell people, you can't just sit here quietly trying not to throw up from worry. Proactive, be proactive, not reactive.
As she puts aside the book, she notices her laptop computer and pulls it closer to her. After a few minutes she has a note written, but she'll have to go into the bedroom to get the printer. She stands and walks down the hall, when she opens the door to the bedroom she sees the long sleeved Cubs shirt that Tony took off this morning and tossed on the bed.
You're stronger than this, it's just a shirt.
But she can't stop herself from pulling off her sweater and slipping his shirt over her head.
He's coming home, you're being maudlin, stop it.
She breathes in and out and puts back on her sweater, it's too cold for just one layer. The printer's nearby and she grabs it, leaving the room before the urge to lie down becomes impossible to resist.
He'll come back.
Putting a note on the board is the cowardly way to handle this, but she doesn't want to see anyone's reaction to the news, because that would make it inescapable. Now, he's just missing, just misplaced...and he'll come back. There is no other possible outcome.