A need to save everything that was lost

[loadedparadox]

Who: Arthur and acleandive
What: Continued on from here
Verse: Love Stories

Arthur moved around the loft, ensuring all windows were locked, the bars still on the windows. It had been for his own safety before, but now there was the worry about what would become with Mallorie trying to leave, to return to Dom.

After a bit she curled up in the corner and he was okay with that. He could handle her if she wasn't near the door, wasn't fighting him. Yet even as she dozed, he couldn't. He'd fall asleep, wake with a start. Come to and then drop off again. I was going to wear thin quickly but he hadn't had time to think when he realized what was to come, only react.

He watched her, never once truly looking away from her, even when his eyes fell shut. Always he was oriented on her.

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[acleandive.livejournal.com]

She pulls back, nods meekly like a child learning a lesson. "Of course."

[loadedparadox.livejournal.com]

Leaning in, he kissed her brow softly. 'Thank you." Stepping back, he moved to get the dishes and clean up from their meal.

[acleandive.livejournal.com]

Curling back around the chair, Mal props her chin on the back of it and watches him, lost in her own thought sand feelings, keeping her hands firmly wrapped around the edge of the chair so she doesn't fidget.