[This is just the life she is resigned to by surrounding herself with tall friends. She doesn't mind, anyway. Tall friends give good hugs.
It's not so much the vulnerability that she tries to avoid by wiping her tears (though there is still the instinctual reaction to shy away from that.) She just doesn't want to bring her own feelings into this too much when Alex is the one having such a hard time. He doesn't need to be worrying about all the stuff swimming around inside of her, not right now.
Man, she should have brought tissues. Maybe she should put together a friend emergency kit.
She tilts her head a little as she looks back at him, once she's reasonably sure her eyes aren't going to start leaking again. Her fingers lace together as they come to rest by her knees.] You know, you can always message me if you're ever having trouble sleeping and wanna talk. I'm...
[It feels silly to hesitate in saying this, because it's not like he doesn't know, but.] I'm still up late a lot too so I don't mind.
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It's not so much the vulnerability that she tries to avoid by wiping her tears (though there is still the instinctual reaction to shy away from that.) She just doesn't want to bring her own feelings into this too much when Alex is the one having such a hard time. He doesn't need to be worrying about all the stuff swimming around inside of her, not right now.
Man, she should have brought tissues. Maybe she should put together a friend emergency kit.
She tilts her head a little as she looks back at him, once she's reasonably sure her eyes aren't going to start leaking again. Her fingers lace together as they come to rest by her knees.] You know, you can always message me if you're ever having trouble sleeping and wanna talk. I'm...
[It feels silly to hesitate in saying this, because it's not like he doesn't know, but.] I'm still up late a lot too so I don't mind.