‘ HEY. ’ introductions have always been her least favorite part : they weigh heavy on her tongue, right between where casual laughs and conversation should lie ( but trauma steals all, and she has plenty to owe her past. ). she allows for a smile, a sham of pleasantries, and darts her brows up. ‘ it’s nice to see a new face around here --- amanda, ’ she announces. a nod of her head elsewhere, a jerk toward metal folding chairs and a bubbling coffee maker and all the best parts, by process of elimination alone, of coming home shrouded in war’s shadows. ‘ i think we can have a few minutes of normal conversation before we have to sit down and divulge all our deepest, darkest fears to total strangers ; what d’you say? ’
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