[She sounds so calm. That silences him as much as the finger on his lips. He watches her while she traces his mouth, allowing the touch and her general air of patience to bring him back down to Earth.]
Okay.
[Shut up. Be still. Give her space. In the silence, Cassidy takes his hand off of her knee and switches on his heartbeat. It gives him something to focus on, to track the passage of time.
One. Two. Three. Four.]
You want summore coffee? [He still hasn't finished his, but her cup is empty, and there's plenty left in the batch.]
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Okay.
[Shut up. Be still. Give her space. In the silence, Cassidy takes his hand off of her knee and switches on his heartbeat. It gives him something to focus on, to track the passage of time.
One. Two. Three. Four.]
You want summore coffee? [He still hasn't finished his, but her cup is empty, and there's plenty left in the batch.]