[ this is hard. dextera doesn’t know what to do, when his dearest friend looks like this—because of him? because he can’t make a decision on something that should be so simple? guren seems to be tearing himself apart over this, and dextera would give anything to just be able to take away that pain and see guren relax. ]
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[ he covers guren’s hand on his knee, and he lets the two of them sit there in silence for a moment—just touching, just enjoying the company for some measure of enjoyment. it’s not just the drugs—it’s everything, this past week, and even if guren’s color is back he’s still obviously hurting.
slowly, he inches his fingers under guren’s, so that he can write a message that he hopes is something. enough. at least a little bit.
S-A-F-E.
a reminder, in a way, but he’s telling guren, too—dextera is safe. guren is safe. this place, between them, is safe, and their friendship is unbreakably safe as well.
maybe not all of that comes across specifically, but it’s his expression, too: peaceful, in consideration, and now he really is accepting guren’s apology the way that god forgives the faults of everyone around her. he’s channeling some of that warmth, slowly, soothingly writing out the letters that matter less than his manner. ]
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[ he covers guren’s hand on his knee, and he lets the two of them sit there in silence for a moment—just touching, just enjoying the company for some measure of enjoyment. it’s not just the drugs—it’s everything, this past week, and even if guren’s color is back he’s still obviously hurting.
slowly, he inches his fingers under guren’s, so that he can write a message that he hopes is something. enough. at least a little bit.
S-A-F-E.
a reminder, in a way, but he’s telling guren, too—dextera is safe. guren is safe. this place, between them, is safe, and their friendship is unbreakably safe as well.
maybe not all of that comes across specifically, but it’s his expression, too: peaceful, in consideration, and now he really is accepting guren’s apology the way that god forgives the faults of everyone around her. he’s channeling some of that warmth, slowly, soothingly writing out the letters that matter less than his manner. ]