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Date Posted: 23:40:45 10/13/06 Fri
Author: Reese
Subject: inside
In reply to: Braden 's message, "inside" on 23:32:43 10/13/06 Fri

(If he had asked her her thoughts on remaining 'cooped up' in the apartment with him.. well, he probably would have been damned surprised to hear that she didn't really feel 'cooped up'. The truth of it was, that she was reeling from what had happened at headquarters.. and she wasn't all that ready to 'go on with things'. It wasn't like you could just take a horrendous moment in time and just.. shove it under the carpet and move on. No, it was always there, an elephant in the room that she wasn't altogether strong enough to deal with yet. She had almost died that day.. she could have lost Braden several times, not to mention the rest of her friends. Her eyes moved over him as he shifted onto his side, and she kept her lip between her teeth as her gaze came to rest on the bandage at his throat, fanning along the base of his neck. Her fingers brushed gently over the edge of the surgical tape and she sighed, her brow furrowing a little. It wasn't fair that shit like this kept happening to him.. he was a good man, a decent and honest man.. and she hated that she was now a part of his nightmares. She was now involved in those thoughts that made his eyes go dark and unreadable when he was stressed.. and that bothered her deep down. Something in her wanted to be a respit for him.. a place he could seek peace.. and now she too bore the scars of his work. She forced a smile and raised her eyes to his.) You look lazy. (She said softly, then let out a sigh and shifted closer to him, laying her palm against his chest and pressing her face to his shoulder, a quiet bid for comfort. She nodded with her face still pressed against him, making that muffled sound of agreement. Seeing Skeeter would be nice.)

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inside -- Braden, 23:56:23 10/13/06 Fri
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