[ooc: After this]
Michelle runs across the grass, still trying to get a deep breath, still failing. But she needs to get to the tree, needs to be there. Because, Tony will be there, and she won't have to face this and he'll be reaching for her hand and then it'll be okay.
If she tries she can get away from her thoughts, but alcohol won't work and ( Read more... )

( Milliways was a lie )

[ooc: After this]
When Michelle steps through the door she expects to feel something. But, instead, it is like exiting any other room. Suddenly, the bar is gone and she finds herself in front of an unfamiliar apartment door. She's disoriented for a few moments as she tries to figure out how she got there and why. She's too logical to try and go ( Read more... )

Michelle wakes up in Tony's arms and holds him closer for a moment. She feels his breath against her skin, the way his head rests against hers, and she thinks that she's going to miss him.
She doesn't want to let him go, but she knows that she has to - knows that things have to happen in a certain order, in a certain way.
It's only about a month ( Read more... )

After this, Michelle comes into the room. She shouldn't have told Chris. What the hell was she thinking trying to convey it to Tony through stick figures and written words? She doesn't know. Part of her still can't and doesn't want to believe it.
She sits on the couch and waits for Tony to come back upstairs.