[He couldn't respond verbally. With his knowledge of half a dozen languages: The words didn't exist. So he nodded.
And carefully crossed around to her uninjured side. He thought for a moment before pulling off his jacket, and yet another before toeing off his boots. Part of him wanted to keep them on, as a signal that he was ready and willing to leave the moment she told him to; but he decided, even though any local dirt on his shoes wouldn't stand a chance against the antibiotics they'd surely have her on, it was still better not to push it, or make all the med units have fits.
And, more carefully still, he sat on the edge of the mattress, his eyes on her all the way; then laid himself down, facing her, not touching (yet), to fit himself in the spaces where she wasn't.]
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Date: 2020-02-12 07:10 am (UTC)And carefully crossed around to her uninjured side. He thought for a moment before pulling off his jacket, and yet another before toeing off his boots. Part of him wanted to keep them on, as a signal that he was ready and willing to leave the moment she told him to; but he decided, even though any local dirt on his shoes wouldn't stand a chance against the antibiotics they'd surely have her on, it was still better not to push it, or make all the med units have fits.
And, more carefully still, he sat on the edge of the mattress, his eyes on her all the way; then laid himself down, facing her, not touching (yet), to fit himself in the spaces where she wasn't.]