#;nicolas

Se acurrucó más contra su pecho, deleitándose con el sonido del latir de su corazón, acompasado, arrullador. Nicolás se sentía a salvo entre los brazos del más alto, como nunca se había sentido antes. Era como si su cuerpo estuviera hecho precisamente para él, para encajar en ese sitio, en ese momento preciso en el que ambos retozaban sobre la hierba verde, lejos de cualquier mirada acusadora o de murmullos que sólo contenían veneno.

--Quisiera que pudiéramos quedarnos así siempre. --murmuró, rompiendo con el suave silencio que los rodeaba. Un suspiro melancólico y anhelante abandonó sus labios al levantar el rostro para mirar al mayor. --Así no tendría que extrañarte nunca cuando no estás... 

[ Insomnia Starters ]@hxgure

     The sound of his voice had her turning around, smiling at the sight of him. “Oh, hi Nico.” She was handling blood samples and couldn’t put them down right then to sign her answer, so she kept facing him so he could read her lips. “You might want to ask Theo that.” Alice had some workaholic tendencies just like any doctor, and she often lost track of time when researching. But she valued her rest. Theo seemed to push himself a lot, and whenever she came by to exchange notes or chemicals with him, she often handled things for him so he could take a break.

“I just help out sometimes so he can get some extra sleep and Nina will have less to cover later.” She explained, turning back to the desk and safely putting the properly labeled samples away to be tested later. Taking off her gloves and discarding them, she rubbed some alcohol over her hands and fingers and plucked a fresh pair from a nearby box.

     There was something off about him today. For that handful of occasions in which their paths crossed, he’d always seemed sharp. Maybe even dangerously so. Unless he was standing next to Nina, then he was all softness. But that was an expected outcome. The thought made her smile inwardly, well aware that fondness for the little nurse was pretty much universal.

Today; however, he seemed unfocused. His usual guarded quietude replaced by a tiredness that weighed down the angling of his broad shoulders. It was also unusual for Theo himself to be absent from his own clinic, but she knew that she didn’t have to worry about the good Doctor. He could take care of himself. She was there for a special delivery, so she would be waiting for his return anyways. If she could help out one of his patients meanwhile, even better.

“Oh, whoops.” She repeated the corrected sign, as a way of saving it to memory and to apologize for the mishap. “I still get tripped up by American sign language.” She was a little better with British sign language, but not by much. “I am pretty good with Japanese, though.” Alice declared proudly with a smile. “Would that be okay?”

He seemed reluctant to discuss his health, which was fair enough. She was aware of Theo’s practice, and could very well be considered a partner given what she supplied him with. But none of his patients were aware of it. So she would keep it casual. I’m Alice. Deft hands moved in accordance to JSL with a lot more confidence than before, going on to explain that she was a colleague of Theo’s. She considered them more than that, but calling herself his friend sounded weird even to her own ears.

-Blinks- Thank you for the apology...I wonder why you find this so fascinating, hm? Would you indulge me with such an answer?

There are a few tender times with him that I treasure - be it the ones in the middle of our relationship or the final moments we shared at the end of it before we took our separate ways. Shall I indulge you with a memory? Towards the end of our relationship, there were many things that had to be said still and there were things of his that I had with me in London and things of mine that he had back at his place in San Francisco. I had made the decision to go see him in order to give his things back to him and to collect my belongs as well as to have a discussion with him about how things were going.

Things should have simply ended there, yes? A fade to black on an entire relationship or a simple goodbye and walking away after the brief time spent together with tears, happiness and such things but that is not how we work.