[ he rocks her carefully, kissing the top of her head as she starts to breathe a little easier. this is a new thing for him, this comforting someone on the end of a panic attack. but he's got memories of yancy quieting him after a nightmare when they were kids. and there was that time just before the wall that the owner of the cafe he'd be washing dishes for helped him breathe when he started to panic when a patron mentioned knifehead. apparently that's enough experience that this comes almost naturally to him. ]
You've got nothing to be sorry for. [ not her capture, not the sleepwalking, and definitely not the smoking.
yeah, he's going to start bothering her about quitting at some point. he doesn't like the fact that she's smoking, and it makes him terrified that she'll go the same way his mother did. but she doesn't have to apologize for the fact that her way to cope maybe isn't the best one. it could be worse. raleigh fucked off to one of the most dangerous jobs out there and refused to get back in contact with the remnants of his family when things went south for him. so she's got a one-up on him there. ]
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You've got nothing to be sorry for. [ not her capture, not the sleepwalking, and definitely not the smoking.
yeah, he's going to start bothering her about quitting at some point. he doesn't like the fact that she's smoking, and it makes him terrified that she'll go the same way his mother did. but she doesn't have to apologize for the fact that her way to cope maybe isn't the best one. it could be worse. raleigh fucked off to one of the most dangerous jobs out there and refused to get back in contact with the remnants of his family when things went south for him. so she's got a one-up on him there. ]