[ His hand moves to hold hers before Reggie can even think about the action more deliberately (let alone talk himself out of it), fingers curling through hers in a way that feels both so warm and familiar as well as vaguely... dangerous.
(For now, for this moment, Reggie chooses to ignore whatever that feeling is, he doesn't want to unpick and unpack all of what this change might mean going forward just yet. Not yet.)
Nodding slowly, he looks at her, dark eyes steady. Voice low, but even. ]
Sometimes people... they fall asleep here, and I mean like, for days, and then when they wake up again it's like they've been back home and back. [ He pauses, giving his head a small shake. ] I dunno how it all works or like, even what really happens, but it feels real. Like you've really... gone home again for all that time before you wake up.
Is that where you were? [ she sounds far away, quiet. cautious. ] ... How long were you gone?
[ her eyes flick across the rest of his face now, to his hands, his bare chest because reggie has never slept with a shirt on, she's quite sure, and not everything is as she remembers. little things. things that no one would notice one day to the next, but it has not been one day to the next. not this time. ]
[ He's quiet, brows knitting very slightly as he just sits there in contemplative silence while continuing to hold her hand; at some point Reggie's gaze drops briefly to their interlaced fingers, almost as if he's just now noticing for the first time, but he doesn't let go.
Doesn't pull away.
Just takes a deep, slow breath and swipes his free hand through his sleep-mussed hair, also trying to understand what just happened to him almost as much as Alina is, despite having been the one to have experienced it.
At length, in a lower, softer tone, he finally says: ]
... I dunno how to explain it, Alina. [ He shakes his head in a way that's vaguely apologetic, lifting his eyes back up to hers. ] I really don't.
[ she smiles. it's strained by all of the things that she doesn't understand after dumping herself on his floor and worrying over him for a day and a half, but —
but it's a smile. she releases his hand, stands. ]
I'll heat up something you can eat. I'm sure you're starving. And if you want to talk, we can talk, and if you don't, that's fine.
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(For now, for this moment, Reggie chooses to ignore whatever that feeling is, he doesn't want to unpick and unpack all of what this change might mean going forward just yet. Not yet.)
Nodding slowly, he looks at her, dark eyes steady. Voice low, but even. ]
Sometimes people... they fall asleep here, and I mean like, for days, and then when they wake up again it's like they've been back home and back. [ He pauses, giving his head a small shake. ] I dunno how it all works or like, even what really happens, but it feels real. Like you've really... gone home again for all that time before you wake up.
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[ her eyes flick across the rest of his face now, to his hands, his bare chest because reggie has never slept with a shirt on, she's quite sure, and not everything is as she remembers. little things. things that no one would notice one day to the next, but it has not been one day to the next. not this time. ]
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Doesn't pull away.
Just takes a deep, slow breath and swipes his free hand through his sleep-mussed hair, also trying to understand what just happened to him almost as much as Alina is, despite having been the one to have experienced it.
At length, in a lower, softer tone, he finally says: ]
... I dunno how to explain it, Alina. [ He shakes his head in a way that's vaguely apologetic, lifting his eyes back up to hers. ] I really don't.
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[ she smiles. it's strained by all of the things that she doesn't understand after dumping herself on his floor and worrying over him for a day and a half, but —
but it's a smile. she releases his hand, stands. ]
I'll heat up something you can eat. I'm sure you're starving. And if you want to talk, we can talk, and if you don't, that's fine.