[In the hospital room]unbrokenAugust 22 2006, 19:49:06 UTC
He comes and does just that almost immediately, finding her in the hospital room and wrapping his arms around her. He doesn't speak at first, other than to say, "Hi." He'll hold her close for as long as they're both comfortable.
He makes a bit of a pleased humming noise when she leans into him. If he knew what she was thinking, he'd agree that it's better than sleep.
"Full of kids and pets," he says eventually, smiling just a little. "It's kind of nice that way. It'll be better when you're there too, though...I think, anyway."
"Thank you. I only want to be there until we can find somewhere else, though."
A house full of kids and pets sounds...well, exhausting, but that also basically sounds like 'being awake' and at least being around other people might get her out of her head a little.
He nods, finally pulling away a little so he can look at her. "Yeah, I know. And if you wanted to stay on base until we find a new place, that'd be fine, too." He pulls a little piece of hair out of her eyes and sets it back behind her ears.
Then he looks more serious as he decides to just to get on with it. "I'll...um, try to make this quick, okay? I know you're not okay. I knew you'd have nightmares. And if you don't want to talk about them, that's all right. But if you think it'd help to get it out...please, tell me? I can't...you were there for so long..." He bites his lip and his hand slips under her hair, resting gently against the back of her neck. "I don't want to make anything worse for you."
He leans his cheek against hers for a moment, then pulls back and kisses it lightly. "Okay, Liz...I know you don't want to think about it. I don't want you to have to, either. But I think maybe sometimes...sometimes you won't have a choice, whether you think about it or not. If that happens, talk to me, okay? I'm still who I was."
He shakes his head a bit- that wasn't what he had wanted to say. "I mean, I'm not all that different, after that whole thing with Hermes. I can still understand. ....I don't know if you were wondering about that or not. But I'm here if you need me, okay? That's all I'm saying." He kisses her forehead lightly, too. "Which you already know, I'm guessing. I just had to get that out."
Liz is quiet for a long time when he finishes, visibly mulling over this lengthy declaration. "It isn't really about whether or not I can talk to you, Henry. I can, I know that. You are different, but that isn't what I mean."
She shifts so she can sit back against the pillows on the bed, tucking her knees up under her so she's as small as possible. "I just need to put it behind me. Behind us. There's too much else going on to worry about me right now."
He runs a hand over her shoulder, letting it rest on her upper arm. "Okay...yeah, I can understand wanting to put it behind you. It's...I hope you can do that. But if you need time to handle it, I'll make sure you have it, okay?" He leans down a bit to look into her eyes. "You're always my first priority, you know that..."
He wants to ask her what she means by him being different, whether there was anything bad to it. But she said she can still talk to him, and that's what's really important. So instead he leans down a bit and kisses her knee. "I love you, Elizabeth." We'll make it through this, too.
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"Full of kids and pets," he says eventually, smiling just a little. "It's kind of nice that way. It'll be better when you're there too, though...I think, anyway."
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A house full of kids and pets sounds...well, exhausting, but that also basically sounds like 'being awake' and at least being around other people might get her out of her head a little.
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Then he looks more serious as he decides to just to get on with it. "I'll...um, try to make this quick, okay? I know you're not okay. I knew you'd have nightmares. And if you don't want to talk about them, that's all right. But if you think it'd help to get it out...please, tell me? I can't...you were there for so long..." He bites his lip and his hand slips under her hair, resting gently against the back of her neck. "I don't want to make anything worse for you."
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This is the most she's said all day, and it seems to exhaust her. She closes her eyes and leans into his hand.
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He shakes his head a bit- that wasn't what he had wanted to say. "I mean, I'm not all that different, after that whole thing with Hermes. I can still understand. ....I don't know if you were wondering about that or not. But I'm here if you need me, okay? That's all I'm saying." He kisses her forehead lightly, too. "Which you already know, I'm guessing. I just had to get that out."
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She shifts so she can sit back against the pillows on the bed, tucking her knees up under her so she's as small as possible. "I just need to put it behind me. Behind us. There's too much else going on to worry about me right now."
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He wants to ask her what she means by him being different, whether there was anything bad to it. But she said she can still talk to him, and that's what's really important. So instead he leans down a bit and kisses her knee. "I love you, Elizabeth." We'll make it through this, too.
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