[ His lips form a thin line. Don't. Don't say it. Don't let the words come out. They come out, you accept them. You accept them?
There's no point.
So he won't. Not now. Not... not yet.
I'm okay... he mouths it softly. I'm going to be okay. Just like he repeats over and over in his head, even as Nicole wants to take hold, wants to drag him underneath again and swallow him up in the dark. Breathing in. Breathing out. One. Step. At. A time. ]
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There's no point.
So he won't. Not now. Not... not yet.
I'm okay... he mouths it softly. I'm going to be okay. Just like he repeats over and over in his head, even as Nicole wants to take hold, wants to drag him underneath again and swallow him up in the dark. Breathing in. Breathing out. One. Step. At. A time. ]