give me time I will be clear, given time you'll understand

[godtooksides]

The angel is sitting in a park. This, in and of itself, is not terribly surprising. What is surprising is that it's not actually Grant Park or any of the affiliated parks; it's actually a tiny little park with nothing more than a small playground on one end and some scraggly trees

Comments

[godtooksides]

He sucks in a long drag on the cigarette, eyeing the cookies in the basket. They do look delicious, in the weird way that he doesn't actually want to eat them, just look at them. If he could get his nutrients through just looking at food, he'd be set, though. Not that there are a lot of nutrients in the cookies at all

[idontlikecake]

Long minutes are fine. Hell, there have been hours where she's curled up, completely unresponsive. If anyone should have to handle this, she thinks, it's her. She stays still a bit further away, not wanting to stress him anymore than he already is.

"It's going to be okay," she repeats. Because it will be. She will make sure that he will be okay because if -- if he can't be how can she --

Without moving, just taking in a deep breath and focusing, she adds, "Can I touch you?"

She wished she knew him well enough to know exactly what to do. How to bring him down from this. Kaden always knew what to do with her. Always. Her wings twitch painfully as she thinks about it.

He's too far away.