Science was a slow process. Progression by microns for years and then a sudden breakthrough of a yard before you were back to a increments a racing snail could do in a infinitesimal fraction of a second. So she didn't assume that because Petey said he'd talk, he'd meant he'd do it right now, or even that if he'd intended right now that right now would be measured in the usual length of a conversational pause. People weren't science, but trauma had a similar logic, she'd learned from her own therapy sessions.
So Kitty didn't fill the silence with words, or any overt action. She remained still in his arms and committed herself to being here as long as it took. And if it wasn't today, then she'd come back again and again as long as she needed to. He was one of her oldest friends and she'd been in love with him so long that even if they'd never be together, he was hers in every way that mattered.
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Date: 2017-07-04 07:40 pm (UTC)So Kitty didn't fill the silence with words, or any overt action. She remained still in his arms and committed herself to being here as long as it took. And if it wasn't today, then she'd come back again and again as long as she needed to. He was one of her oldest friends and she'd been in love with him so long that even if they'd never be together, he was hers in every way that mattered.