It is, but that doesn't make the pain of it any less acute.
[ She looks up, and she finds she does not want to look away from him — he's become an anchor of sorts for her in ways she could never have predicted, and in the immediate aftermath of such a gaping absence, she doesn't think she can be blamed for wanting to reach for something that still remains steady.
After a moment, she stretches out a hand across the space between them, settling it over his. ]
If you would rather not speak on it directly right now, I understand. We don't even have to speak at all, we can just... [ She trails off, rather than coming up with an alternative. ]
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[ She looks up, and she finds she does not want to look away from him — he's become an anchor of sorts for her in ways she could never have predicted, and in the immediate aftermath of such a gaping absence, she doesn't think she can be blamed for wanting to reach for something that still remains steady.
After a moment, she stretches out a hand across the space between them, settling it over his. ]
If you would rather not speak on it directly right now, I understand. We don't even have to speak at all, we can just... [ She trails off, rather than coming up with an alternative. ]