[ Oh. Oh god. It's worse than he thought? Infinitely worse, feeling those mists again, seeing Jonah caught in them. He knows too well the misery of being so numb and lost that you can't seem to find yourself.
At the same time ... good lord. Tobias had been a snack, a side salad. Something that had reminded him that he was hungry. This is a better meal than anything he can remember. All the colour washes out of him in an instant, his freckles dulled to static and his copper curls faded into smudges of brown. Jonah's touch leaves a streak of pink against the unrelenting grey, and ...
And that would be all, except that last part. Jonah remembering him. Jonah searching for him again, despite him being firmly gone. He'd been the one to help him. Even without being there, he'd ...
He leans against Jonah, pulling him in close. The greyness fades slowly, spreading from where Jonah touches him like flame spreading across paper. ]
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At the same time ... good lord. Tobias had been a snack, a side salad. Something that had reminded him that he was hungry. This is a better meal than anything he can remember. All the colour washes out of him in an instant, his freckles dulled to static and his copper curls faded into smudges of brown. Jonah's touch leaves a streak of pink against the unrelenting grey, and ...
And that would be all, except that last part. Jonah remembering him. Jonah searching for him again, despite him being firmly gone. He'd been the one to help him. Even without being there, he'd ...
He leans against Jonah, pulling him in close. The greyness fades slowly, spreading from where Jonah touches him like flame spreading across paper. ]