Firefly Run
“She rubbed her arms against the goosebumps peppering her exposed skin.
She froze when Reed wrapped his arm around her shoulder, but a memory, so bright and clear it could have been playing on a screen in front of her, helped her relax and lean against him. He’d held her like this the day of Troy’s funeral. She’d already cried so much she could barely see out of her swollen eyes, and if Reed hadn’t held her upright, she would have crumbled on the ground beside Troy’s grave. It had been Reed who’d known she couldn’t handle the sight of Troy being lowered into the maw of the earth and dirt being tossed onto his coffin, so he’d led her away.
And here he was again, giving her strength when she needed it most.
Overwhelmed with worry and appreciation, she lowered her head to his shoulder, and he rubbed up and down her arm like she had moments before.
"Thank you," she said.
"I don’t mind lending a shoulder." "You’ve given me a lot more than a shoulder. I would have never survived those months... after Troy’s death without you." He stiffened, though he didn’t increase the pressure squeezing her.MoreLess
She froze when Reed wrapped his arm around her shoulder, but a memory, so bright and clear it could have been playing on a screen in front of her, helped her relax and lean against him. He’d held her like this the day of Troy’s funeral. She’d already cried so much she could barely see out of her swollen eyes, and if Reed hadn’t held her upright, she would have crumbled on the ground beside Troy’s grave. It had been Reed who’d known she couldn’t handle the sight of Troy being lowered into the maw of the earth and dirt being tossed onto his coffin, so he’d led her away.
And here he was again, giving her strength when she needed it most.
Overwhelmed with worry and appreciation, she lowered her head to his shoulder, and he rubbed up and down her arm like she had moments before.
"Thank you," she said.
"I don’t mind lending a shoulder." "You’ve given me a lot more than a shoulder. I would have never survived those months... after Troy’s death without you." He stiffened, though he didn’t increase the pressure squeezing her.MoreLess
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