[Okay, but they have to hug train in someone else's room, he'll actually die for real if the whole gang is up in his space and can see his one (1) trinket—
Still:]
You're not gonna fall asleep on me, are you?
[He's kind of serious? She runs herself ragged with her leader behavior, and it would not be the first time someone here just whole-ass passed out on him, so maybe it's going to be a pattern. But it's also his little joke, because, like - yeah, obviously she can stay. He knows he's not the softest and cuddliest from their little team (literally), but if he seriously wanted her to let go, it'd be obvious.
Mercifully, he does not ruffle her hair again. It's fine to just sit like this, vaguely looking at the wall; if he had to look her in the face and see even the vaguest glimpse of tears he would absolutely freak out and he knows it, too, so - this, then, is best.
Maybe open sentimentality is fine, actually. He'll waffle back and forth about this a few more times before noon, certainly, because how can he really know that this is a thing he's actually earned? But all said,]
'S fine. ....If you're good, I'm good, so take your time...?
[no that sounds stupid as soon as he says it!! whatever.]
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Still:]
You're not gonna fall asleep on me, are you?
[He's kind of serious? She runs herself ragged with her leader behavior, and it would not be the first time someone here just whole-ass passed out on him, so maybe it's going to be a pattern. But it's also his little joke, because, like - yeah, obviously she can stay. He knows he's not the softest and cuddliest from their little team (literally), but if he seriously wanted her to let go, it'd be obvious.
Mercifully, he does not ruffle her hair again. It's fine to just sit like this, vaguely looking at the wall; if he had to look her in the face and see even the vaguest glimpse of tears he would absolutely freak out and he knows it, too, so - this, then, is best.
Maybe open sentimentality is fine, actually. He'll waffle back and forth about this a few more times before noon, certainly, because how can he really know that this is a thing he's actually earned? But all said,]
'S fine. ....If you're good, I'm good, so take your time...?
[no that sounds stupid as soon as he says it!! whatever.]