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∗ 14﹕ sender places their head in receiver’s lap . @nashmed
a rare lull, caught between extremities of boundless chaos. IDLENESS WAS A CURSE for gloria. her body and psyche shaped by battlefronts and flipping off death in the midst of carnage. she’s molded into it, spine rigid with war and pushing through on the home front. loss gathers in her throat, clawing its way up until chokes it all back down. she’ll carry it home and fall apart, save anyone the burden of picking her off the floor. because if she sits with her sorrow long enough, it might bury her.
she’s about to move, about to shuffle back up when the slight weight of a head positions in her lap. she exhales an amused chuff. ❛ you good ?❜ instinctive in how her body shuffles to offer comfort to the other. back of her palm flat against forehead to check for fever — gloria was reminded of her grandmother then, all that was missing was a hearty slathering of vick’s to solve all manner of ailments. unfortunately, they never covered such methods in med school or combat training. ❛ or do you need another second? ❜