𝒪𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓉 🏛️

[indigently]

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[ tighnari's lips form a thin line. of course he won't tell anyone if that's what kaveh wishes, but.. he still hopes that a time will come when kaveh is not ashamed of these facts anymore, a time that he knows and understands full well that none of this is his fault. it never has been, and it never will be. ]

I understand.

[ he says, and draws away to collect and strain the tea, which has finished steeping by now. carrying it back, tighnari sits at the edge of the bed and hands it down. ]

This will help. I'll prepare a concentrated tincture that'll be easier to take. Get some sleep, Kaveh.

[indigently]

Thanks.

[ It's barely even a whisper. He can see from the thin line of Tighnari's lips that it's not what the other wants from him, but he can't bring himself to promise anything else right now, not when he is barely holding himself together as it is.

And then his friend leaves, and comes back with the tea, and Kaveh can only say the same word again. He sips at it quietly, eyes low, nodding. ]

Yeah... I'll try.

[ When the tea is finished, he'll lie down and cocoon himself in the blankets, eyes closed, focusing on his breath.

Day Zero. ]