[ There's still a delay in her responses, like she has to translate everything he says before she can understand it. And, in a way, she does; she feels like she's in a different world and only hearing echoes that she has decipher.
He reaches out and she turns her head to watch, her face red and swollen, swiping at her cheeks with one hand. She's not sure why she's surprised at the almost-cartoonish appearance of the sundae, but it somehow seems like an appropriate dish for the moment. Something wild enough to break through.
She can't exactly say she has an appetite, but her throat is sore, so she takes one of the long-handled spoons, a bite of ice cream that does go down cold and soothing. She knows that, if she just thought it hard enough, she would reset entirely -- no scratchy throat, no tender eyes, no tightness in the skin on her cheeks. It feels like cheating Lloyd out of her pain, though, like he deserves for her to actually hold this hurt for just a little bit. ]
Maraschinos are like the Kardashians of fruit. [ It's mumbled, in between another bite of ice cream. ] Fake as fuck, but pretty and popular 'cause of it.
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He reaches out and she turns her head to watch, her face red and swollen, swiping at her cheeks with one hand. She's not sure why she's surprised at the almost-cartoonish appearance of the sundae, but it somehow seems like an appropriate dish for the moment. Something wild enough to break through.
She can't exactly say she has an appetite, but her throat is sore, so she takes one of the long-handled spoons, a bite of ice cream that does go down cold and soothing. She knows that, if she just thought it hard enough, she would reset entirely -- no scratchy throat, no tender eyes, no tightness in the skin on her cheeks. It feels like cheating Lloyd out of her pain, though, like he deserves for her to actually hold this hurt for just a little bit. ]
Maraschinos are like the Kardashians of fruit. [ It's mumbled, in between another bite of ice cream. ] Fake as fuck, but pretty and popular 'cause of it.