[He can't blame her for still doubting his presence. It'd be hard enough to believe with just him there, but with all of that medication in her body? He'd be surprised if she knew it was him right off.]
Yeah. [His smile widens a bit before it fades, then disappears entirely as he glances down at her collarbones, just to break eye contact. There was... one thing that he wanted to try. One thing that might convince her... but what right did he have to do that? To kiss her, to do so for the first time in more than a week, let her feel a pleasant and warm touch... After all he's done, she might just turn her head away, and Luke isn't sure if he could take rejection like that.
He wants to apologize so badly. But as he looks up at her eyes again with another small, yet weak smile, and cups her cheek in his hand, he realizes that that'll have to come once she realizes that he's really back. That he said goodbye to that person he was once again.]
[Action; Evening of July 14th]
Yeah. [His smile widens a bit before it fades, then disappears entirely as he glances down at her collarbones, just to break eye contact. There was... one thing that he wanted to try. One thing that might convince her... but what right did he have to do that? To kiss her, to do so for the first time in more than a week, let her feel a pleasant and warm touch... After all he's done, she might just turn her head away, and Luke isn't sure if he could take rejection like that.
He wants to apologize so badly. But as he looks up at her eyes again with another small, yet weak smile, and cups her cheek in his hand, he realizes that that'll have to come once she realizes that he's really back. That he said goodbye to that person he was once again.]
I'm here.