@"Paradox"
"Your eyes just leak automatically," Lochlann stifled another sob. He couldn't get her body to stop crying--he was just so, so tired.
"Loch, you can't."
He thought that would make him feel better but it didn't. Addy wrapped her arms around him but it didn't help. He was tired, he was annoyed, and he was confused. Feeling her arms--his own arms?--around him made him feel both safe and warm, but also horribly, horribly guilty again.
Without the booze, everything was just so intense. He rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand and broke out of her gasp, even though he didn't want to.
"I just...I just need a minute," Lochlann said. He took off down the hall his arms crossed, and then just shouted over his shoulder, "Just...just call me if you need me."
Lochlann stopped, ran back to Addy, and then grabbed his own wallet out of his pocket. He tucked it his pants and then headed back down the hall.
"Your eyes just leak automatically," Lochlann stifled another sob. He couldn't get her body to stop crying--he was just so, so tired.
"Loch, you can't."
He thought that would make him feel better but it didn't. Addy wrapped her arms around him but it didn't help. He was tired, he was annoyed, and he was confused. Feeling her arms--his own arms?--around him made him feel both safe and warm, but also horribly, horribly guilty again.
Without the booze, everything was just so intense. He rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand and broke out of her gasp, even though he didn't want to.
"I just...I just need a minute," Lochlann said. He took off down the hall his arms crossed, and then just shouted over his shoulder, "Just...just call me if you need me."
Lochlann stopped, ran back to Addy, and then grabbed his own wallet out of his pocket. He tucked it his pants and then headed back down the hall.