"Yes, I know." ah and there is that disappointment again Holmes. Best not mention the obvious.
"What I want to know is whether you feel abnormal. Are you going to suddenly drop dead any second and leave me out of work? Because I hate job hunting."
She does not release him and instead gives him a swat back of her own to stop his meddling. She eventually let go of his arm though, satisfied and rested her forearm above his head, leaning over to check his eyes again now that he was awake. No longer constricted. That was good. It had been a few hours so now he was experiencing the opposite; pupil dilation.
The steady expression of the surgeon in her faded after a moment though and her eyes flicked over his face quickly as if she was remembering something- sometime before. But she simply said, "You still need a shower."
And then away she went, settling back against the wall (he had no headboard to speak of) and folding her hands in her lap as she stretched out her legs. Distancing herself in her own way and settling back into the role of "sober companion".
"It will help break the sweats. But if you want to sleep more I will go get my book." as in she will continue sitting. Right here.
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Date: 2012-12-09 09:25 pm (UTC)"What I want to know is whether you feel abnormal. Are you going to suddenly drop dead any second and leave me out of work? Because I hate job hunting."
She does not release him and instead gives him a swat back of her own to stop his meddling. She eventually let go of his arm though, satisfied and rested her forearm above his head, leaning over to check his eyes again now that he was awake.
No longer constricted. That was good. It had been a few hours so now he was experiencing the opposite; pupil dilation.
The steady expression of the surgeon in her faded after a moment though and her eyes flicked over his face quickly as if she was remembering something- sometime before. But she simply said, "You still need a shower."
And then away she went, settling back against the wall (he had no headboard to speak of) and folding her hands in her lap as she stretched out her legs. Distancing herself in her own way and settling back into the role of "sober companion".
"It will help break the sweats. But if you want to sleep more I will go get my book." as in she will continue sitting. Right here.