//int. ruth's place - late morning after reception. @ruthellerymd
Ash had just dropped March off at the airport, feeling the weight of the world pushing down on his shoulder as reality was sinking in that he now had to deal with it all. He had been putting it off, wanting to make sure the precious time he had with March wasn't wasted on stressing about it all, but now that he was gone, it was sinking in fast. He still didn't know what to do, the entire drive back to Carroll was honestly painfully stressful, he couldn't help but let his mind wander to all the worst things that could happen. The silence was honestly too nerve-wracking because his thoughts was all he could hear, but turning on the radio was a back choice, the Tea was the first thing on and it was recapping everything from the night before, starting with his own piece of news flash, blasted out as a recap from last night. "Ugh.." Ash cringed as he changed the channel almost immediately, playing whatever music the next radio channel was playing. Even then his mind couldn't stop crashing out with stress, he wanted to not have to do this alone, he wanted his sister with him for a little bit. So when he drove, he made a turn for Ruth's.
He didn't say much at first when he appeared by her door, they didn't really need to say much to understand each other, he came in and sat with some tea, simply watching her pack for a long shift ahead at the CMC. He hadn't felt ready to talk about it all yet, but simply being in Ruth's presence was more than enough. So he lifted one of the granola bars, "..these are long expired," he simply murmured, clicking his tongue disapprovingly, putting them far away so she doesn't pack them into her back, "I don't think these are good for you for a 12 hour shift."
