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iamthefirechild:

‘it did help. when you pushed me away it felt like distrust. how can you keep me safe if you don’t trust me?’ Slowly, so he could see every motion, she reached up and pushed her fingers against his frown, trying to smooth it away.

“You learn how to trust, it doesn’t just come overnight. I keep people I don’t even like safe and I don’t trust them, but I do it because I don’t want to see anyone else die.” He raised a brow at the feel of her fingers. “What are you doing?”

‘no frown’ She pulled her hand away, tilting her head. ‘I trusted you right away. who died?’ He was just so confusing; it made her head hurt. She marked out the last sentence, not liking what she felt from him. ‘how will you keep me safe?’ she put instead.

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dalphahale:

iamthefirechild:

She didn’t remember that. ‘I want to understand you then. you pulled away from me but you held me after bad dreams. you say I will stay but I don’t know why’ His expressions just seemed to be at such odds with his behavior — and with what she sensed from him. She couldn’t even decide if he liked her or just felt sorry for her.

‘I need to understand’

“I thought it would help,” he said softly, eyebrows together. “I’m not one who is used to company, but I am willing to try this with you. I want to make sure that you are safe. Can’t you see that?”

‘it did help. when you pushed me away it felt like distrust. how can you keep me safe if you don’t trust me?’ Slowly, so he could see every motion, she reached up and pushed her fingers against his frown, trying to smooth it away.

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dalphahale:

iamthefirechild:

It might not be safe here, but it was safer. She would live with that. So after a long moment, she nodded. It took another long moment for her to remember where she’d left the notepad and pencil. ‘am I staying with you?’ A yawn caught her off-guard.

Derek’s eyebrows were together, his expression showing that he didn’t understand. “Yes? That’s why you are here. I told you that you could stay until we found you a place of your own.”

She didn’t remember that. ‘I want to understand you then. you pulled away from me but you held me after bad dreams. you say I will stay but I don’t know why’ His expressions just seemed to be at such odds with his behavior — and with what she sensed from him. She couldn’t even decide if he liked her or just felt sorry for her.

‘I need to understand’

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dalphahale:

iamthefirechild:

His smile made her want to trust him; her memories made her shy away. She compromised by giving him a grave nod and eating his food. He was a pretty good cook — but then if he lived alone she supposed he’d have to be, or starve. And he obviously didn’t starve. She made herself eat slowly, keeping an eye on him all the while.

When she finished, she took her plate to the sink and rinsed it off, obeying some old habit, before turning to look at Derek again. Now would he let her leave?

Derek ate his own food, trying to not notice how she was staring at him the whole time. She obviously didn’t trust him, which he couldn’t understand. He hadn’t done anything that wasn’t trustworthy. She finished before him and he watched as she went to the sink, his eyebrows furrowing when she looked at him. “What?” he asked, standing up. “Is there something you want to ask me?”

It might not be safe here, but it was safer. She would live with that. So after a long moment, she nodded. It took another long moment for her to remember where she’d left the notepad and pencil. ‘am I staying with you?’ A yawn caught her off-guard.