[ marta doesn't consider how long she might have been gone until she walks back into a silent room, the eerie peace such a stark contrast to the tumultuous emotions she'd left with, that for a moment she wonders if each step had taken years, not seconds. everything else in the room is the same as she'd left it, save for the man now dozing quietly on his side. she can tell he isn't faking it, either, the deep lines on his face smoothed out in a way that doesn't seem calculated or forced, breaths even and deep.
slowly she enters further into the room, setting her medical kit down on a nearby table. she briefly considers just coming back another time, leaving him to this momentary peace he'd found for himself. but if there's anything she knows about him, it's that his peaces never seem to last for very long. in which case...
her sigh is quiet as she takes a seat on an empty spot along his bed, lacing her fingers together and tucking her hand between her knees. instead of steps this time she counts the steady rise fall of his chest. breath in, breath out. one, two, one, two. ]
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slowly she enters further into the room, setting her medical kit down on a nearby table. she briefly considers just coming back another time, leaving him to this momentary peace he'd found for himself. but if there's anything she knows about him, it's that his peaces never seem to last for very long. in which case...
her sigh is quiet as she takes a seat on an empty spot along his bed, lacing her fingers together and tucking her hand between her knees. instead of steps this time she counts the steady rise fall of his chest. breath in, breath out. one, two, one, two. ]