@beastofdaylight // continued from here
“ and i’ll be here for you, when you need it, jim. “ claire moves closer, noticing how his eyes flickered down to their hands. they give him their hands to hold, and held back the shock that came from feeling their warmth. they had become so accustomed to cool stone when they touched jim’s cheek or hands ( well, the one bare three fingered hand ) that the warmth was... something they forgot how much they missed.
“ you’ve been through worse. i’m just... glad i could save you. “ she had been expecting jim to pop out of his statued state as his troll self, but her heart had been so weak when human, boy-next-door jim popped out, looking tired but human again. and her heart had fluttered out the very tiniest shred of glee that he’d become human again.
