[It comes out a little breathy, tense but relieved, because that's possibly the fucking weirdest thing she's seen since she's been here, but also the coolest- and he's been crying.
Fuck.
Fuck, be cool.
Ellie takes a breath, briefly considers just turning around and leaving, but that seems so unnecessarily fucking cruel. She knows what it is not to want others to see her miserable, though. It's a lose-lose.
Still. It's enough to make her forget the warnings about touch. She reaches out, offers him her her hand, to help him up.]
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[It comes out a little breathy, tense but relieved, because that's possibly the fucking weirdest thing she's seen since she's been here, but also the coolest- and he's been crying.
Fuck.
Fuck, be cool.
Ellie takes a breath, briefly considers just turning around and leaving, but that seems so unnecessarily fucking cruel. She knows what it is not to want others to see her miserable, though. It's a lose-lose.
Still. It's enough to make her forget the warnings about touch. She reaches out, offers him her her hand, to help him up.]
Sorry. Didn't mean to sneak up on you.