[Tim knew what had happened from the second she shifted tenses; he'd done that before, how many times had he done that? His head lowered a little, but he kept his eyes on her as she spoke, and went to sit next to her once the cat had moved.
And when she finally gets it out, Tim wraps an arm around her shoulders, pulls her toward him. He doesn't often initiate hugs, but he knows how hard this is, and how all he wanted to do by turns was shut the world out, then cling to it, to remind himself there were people around who still cared.]
I'm so sorry, [he murmured, and he hated those words because they aren't enough, they don't change anything, but there's never anything else to say.] You came back for him? [Because he would have, in an instant just then, and sometimes even now he wants to, but he's moved past that...for the most part.]
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Date: 2012-07-27 03:25 pm (UTC)And when she finally gets it out, Tim wraps an arm around her shoulders, pulls her toward him. He doesn't often initiate hugs, but he knows how hard this is, and how all he wanted to do by turns was shut the world out, then cling to it, to remind himself there were people around who still cared.]
I'm so sorry, [he murmured, and he hated those words because they aren't enough, they don't change anything, but there's never anything else to say.] You came back for him? [Because he would have, in an instant just then, and sometimes even now he wants to, but he's moved past that...for the most part.]