[ she looks pleased by that — because she is. a guarantee that he's going to stay is all she wanted, because even if he'd said as much earlier...she still worries. that he'll think she's better off if he's gone, that she'll be safer. obviously, she wholeheartedly disagrees.
but something makes her pause, a little bit of hesitation creeping into her expression before she speaks again. ]
Stay...here?
[ she glances down towards her bed as an explanation. she's settled now, but she also isn't...quite ready to be left alone in the dark, not after something so violent and intense. ]
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[ she looks pleased by that — because she is. a guarantee that he's going to stay is all she wanted, because even if he'd said as much earlier...she still worries. that he'll think she's better off if he's gone, that she'll be safer. obviously, she wholeheartedly disagrees.
but something makes her pause, a little bit of hesitation creeping into her expression before she speaks again. ]
Stay...here?
[ she glances down towards her bed as an explanation. she's settled now, but she also isn't...quite ready to be left alone in the dark, not after something so violent and intense. ]