Grasping futilely for the tissues

[madreen_rua]

 

 

THE SICK DAY MEME

RULES
► Post with your character, name and fandom in the header.
► They are now, for some odd reason, sick (headache, fever, runny nose, cough, whatever you want).
► Another character replies and is struck with the sudden urge to take care of them (bringing them soup, extra blankets, Sudafed, sexual healing, what have you).
► Go from there!

originally from mememaster!

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[disequilibrium]

[ Well done.

He raises a brow at her display, satisfied that the point has been made. ]

You’re a danger to yourself right now.

[ What? It’s true. He doubts any risk this planet may or may not have could prove worse than her obstinance. Kylo shifts forward a little, prepared for the next time she overestimates herself. Or ready to provide assistance she’ll never ask for. ]

If you want to leave, fine. But I'm coming with you.

[ekouden]

Do what you like, I'm not your keeper.

[ Rey sticks her chin out, her pride taking over. Had he not been there, she might have second guessed her plan to go out, tucked herself away and accepted the day she'd lose (and had she been back on Jakku, the food and water she'd lose), but with the snark he was giving her....

Rey forcefully grasps the doorknob, her face screwed up in concentration as she yanks the door open and strides out without looking at him. Let him worry for no reason. She'd manage just fine. ]

[disequilibrium]

After you.

[ It’s spoken with an eye roll to her retreating back, before he starts to follow. Any hope that his attendance would act as discouragement was clearly futile.

He allows Rey to set the pace, mostly content to walk in silence while remaining close enough in case of another incident. The locals give them a wide berth as they make their way, a courtesy likely aided by his presence (and glares). Finally, after a few minutes of relative calm, he speaks. ]

What’s so important that it couldn’t wait until you've recovered?

[ Obviously the answer is spite. But, besides that. ]

[ekouden]

Sitting around waiting to feel better has never benefited me.

[ She speaks honestly after a moment's pause, well as honest as she could be while leaving out her wounded pride. She runs her fingers through the loose hairs that were falling into her face, shaking her head as she tries to focus. Her pace is slowing, her head feeling hot and almost detached at the shoulders, and they've barely made it out of the populated area. She could already do for a sit under a tree and a ten...maybe twenty minute nap. ]

But you don't want to hear the boring details of life on Jakku.

[disequilibrium]

[ The access he’s had to her memories give plenty of context for the comment but those experiences were always focused more on the emotional than the practical. He understands the difficulties inherent in the way she’s lived but, well… he’s never given it much thought. Jakku and whatever existence she could have scraped out on it are in the past. She’s overcome them, became something more.

Still. There's a part of him that's interested in the details. There’s always been pieces missing in his understanding of her, gaps that the bond alone can’t fill. Outside of those brief moments in the hut, they’ve never been able to just talk. Perhaps this planet provides an opportunity.

And they could use the distraction. ]

Go ahead. [ For once, that’s not intended to sound like a demand. ] If you’d like to speak, I'll listen.