[for cameron] I took my love and I took it down

[fallen_ancient]

When she rose from her meditation that morning, Morgan knew it to be time. She had known since after the afternoon spent with Bill, but she had waited out of prudence. She had moved hastily in initiating a romantic relationship with Cameron and hurt them both thereby. In ending it, she wanted clarity, certainty, and wisdom. She wished to act from a

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[sgmitchell]

No, he wasn't about to admit it to Reese, because she'd drugged him, but the...thirty-odd hour sleep had helped. No, the memory hadn't faded any more than it would have over the week, but it helped him to not be so singularly focused on it. The sleep, and the food she'd forced on him in the morning, had given him energy and...not exactly hope, but a short-lived fortitude

[fallen_ancient]

Mind and heart settled, Morgan smiled warmly. She loved him still and always would and there could be no cause for being anything other than patiently kind and serene.

"Good morning, Cameron," she answered without rising, so as not to give out false impressions of her emotions upon seeing him again. "Are you well?"

[sgmitchell]

It still reminded him of then, but it was not that day. He hadn't fallen through time. Things weren't as clear and easy as they had been. He wasn't certain when they would be again.

Still he offered her a small smile, considering what to say. It was not a question of whether to tell her what happened after she left--that much he would. He knew she'd figure something out. It was...a question of when, and how much to say.

For the immediate moment, he wasn't so bad, and the rest could come later. "I'm...alright. How are you, Morgan?"

[fallen_ancient]

A slight pause in his speech alerted her to the lie in his words. As his lover, she might pry into that gap, inquire as to the cause of it. Yet if they would disentangle their lives, she would have to become accustomed to not having that privilege. So she let her eyelashes dip in a small nod of acknowledgment.

"I'm well, thank you," she answered, more than polite, but certainly not intimate. "The time away has helped clear my mind and heart."