Her last sentences had him shiver again, only with emotion this time, and press his dry, rough lips to her palm, just resting there when she leaned over. Her touch soothed the last of panic away for the moment, which made just room for even more exhaustion. And he'd wake up with hell of sore muscles in his thighs tomorrow.
But he didn't move, not yet. He was too busy not losing it again, for more positive reasons this time. This... was maybe the most important thing she could have told him on this difficult evening.
"That's kind of new to me, you know", he whispered, with a voice that could really use a glass of water right now. "Usually things are of expected me, people expect me to function like I always did. Or they stopped expecting anything at all from me. It's nice... to have someone believe in you."
Somehow he managed a smile, a careful, still shy touch of her shoulder. It was hard to believe, they had been arguing that badly just a few minutes ago. And then again not at all. They had been through too much to be weathered so easily. And Natasha telling him that she wanted to continue that, that she wanted to be there for him, was all the reassurance he needed right now.
"Probably should take a shower myself", he murmured, just to say anything, because everything else was said for the moment.
Getting up turned out to be hell of a job that ended with him crashing on the tub edge, rubbing cramps out of his thighs.
"Remind me to have my next nervous breakdown on a soft underground."
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Date: 2014-03-28 11:06 pm (UTC)From:But he didn't move, not yet. He was too busy not losing it again, for more positive reasons this time. This... was maybe the most important thing she could have told him on this difficult evening.
"That's kind of new to me, you know", he whispered, with a voice that could really use a glass of water right now. "Usually things are of expected me, people expect me to function like I always did. Or they stopped expecting anything at all from me. It's nice... to have someone believe in you."
Somehow he managed a smile, a careful, still shy touch of her shoulder. It was hard to believe, they had been arguing that badly just a few minutes ago. And then again not at all. They had been through too much to be weathered so easily. And Natasha telling him that she wanted to continue that, that she wanted to be there for him, was all the reassurance he needed right now.
"Probably should take a shower myself", he murmured, just to say anything, because everything else was said for the moment.
Getting up turned out to be hell of a job that ended with him crashing on the tub edge, rubbing cramps out of his thighs.
"Remind me to have my next nervous breakdown on a soft underground."