[ He lets go easily enough. Rolled onto his side and slightly more awake, he watches Viktor shuffle out of the room before closing his eyes again. Nothing about this has him alarmed, he expects Viktor is only going to the bathroom and listens for the sound of the door - instead he hears the fainter sounds of footsteps on the stairs.
Even that doesn't get him to move immediately. He waits, maybe a half hour or so, for him to come back upstairs.
When he doesn't reappear on his own, Kyle slips out of bed and down to the workshop, barefoot and shirtless - and forcing back a sliver of anxiety that's been building off of the memories of that other life - an overreaction, he tells himself. This isn't like that. ]
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Even that doesn't get him to move immediately. He waits, maybe a half hour or so, for him to come back upstairs.
When he doesn't reappear on his own, Kyle slips out of bed and down to the workshop, barefoot and shirtless - and forcing back a sliver of anxiety that's been building off of the memories of that other life - an overreaction, he tells himself. This isn't like that. ]