[That's the most honest answer he can give right now. He certainly doesn't feel okay, but he's not sure if that's from having spent the past few days in captivity or if it's from Steph being as close as she is and him knowing what he thinks he knows —
He shouldn't have listened to that message as many times as he did. It's replaying in his head, over and over, and he keeps getting caught on that one syllable: I. I. I.
He presses a kiss to her temple and when he finally speaks again, after a long moment of just standing there and holding her, he sounds scared.]
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[That's the most honest answer he can give right now. He certainly doesn't feel okay, but he's not sure if that's from having spent the past few days in captivity or if it's from Steph being as close as she is and him knowing what he thinks he knows —
He shouldn't have listened to that message as many times as he did. It's replaying in his head, over and over, and he keeps getting caught on that one syllable: I. I. I.
He presses a kiss to her temple and when he finally speaks again, after a long moment of just standing there and holding her, he sounds scared.]
Steph, what were you gonna say?