[ When he arrives, it's with food and drink in hand anyway— Alhaitham may not want anything, but his brain is all over the place, and he thinks the sugar rush and the food might help keep him grounded when he's trying to speak about things of which he's terrified to speak. He balances the bag carefully over one wrist and knocks on the other's suite door— ]
It's me.
[ —and then waits for him to answer, pacing, more than once thinking even in the short time he has about just fleeing so that he doesn't have to face the inevitable end of their rekindled friendship with such abruptness.
It's bad enough in fact that if Alhaitham does open the door for him, it's liable to be at any moment where Kaveh is faced away from the door, poised as if about to run. ]
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Date: 2024-04-15 12:31 pm (UTC)I'll be there soon.
[ When he arrives, it's with food and drink in hand anyway— Alhaitham may not want anything, but his brain is all over the place, and he thinks the sugar rush and the food might help keep him grounded when he's trying to speak about things of which he's terrified to speak. He balances the bag carefully over one wrist and knocks on the other's suite door— ]
It's me.
[ —and then waits for him to answer, pacing, more than once thinking even in the short time he has about just fleeing so that he doesn't have to face the inevitable end of their rekindled friendship with such abruptness.
It's bad enough in fact that if Alhaitham does open the door for him, it's liable to be at any moment where Kaveh is faced away from the door, poised as if about to run. ]