she squeezes his hand the best she can. it hurts. itβs laborious - but she wants him to know sheβs there. oh, how she wishes she could cry.
a tiny noise leaves her throat. it sounds painful. sheβs so thirsty.
with what little movement she can have on her own, she shifts her hand, and it touches his. a promise and an apology all in one.
she misses her husband - somewhere deep in her blurred mind, she wishes they wouldβve taken that vacation.
her baby. she wishes she could hold him, somewhere within her mind - wishes she could protect him from having to be so grown-up so quickly.
her lips part. sheβs so thirsty.
her head turns, just barely, almost imperceptibly so - eyes glazed over and seeing nothing. itβs an unintentional reaction, a bodily response to an ache in the neck that no spell can stop.
they look at each other, but they donβt see each other.
everything is consumed by HER.
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his fingers twitch against the table, the only betrayal of the battle unfolding beneath his skin. he wants to look at her. to tell her he understands, that heβs still there, somewhere.




