They couldn’t stand here forever, but he was loath to let her go in a state like this. He wanted to be with her for as long as he could; he knew he’d be able to think of nothing else all day, be too worried to concentrate on anything.
“Here, why don’t you sit,” Elias said, his hand trailing down until he found her hand, drawing her over to the couch with him and flopping down too, an arm still half around her. He ought to ask if she wanted something – needed anything – food, another blanket, some tea – but he hadn’t worked up the will to be out of reach just yet. That said, maybe that was selfish –
He glanced at her again, still concerned. “Does your family know?” What happened, he meant, though she must have gone to them in the night when she apparated; but also where you are now? She’d tumbled out of the fireplace in her nightgown, so he wasn’t precisely sure where she had come from. But everyone she knew would be worried about her, that much was obvious.
“Here, why don’t you sit,” Elias said, his hand trailing down until he found her hand, drawing her over to the couch with him and flopping down too, an arm still half around her. He ought to ask if she wanted something – needed anything – food, another blanket, some tea – but he hadn’t worked up the will to be out of reach just yet. That said, maybe that was selfish –
He glanced at her again, still concerned. “Does your family know?” What happened, he meant, though she must have gone to them in the night when she apparated; but also where you are now? She’d tumbled out of the fireplace in her nightgown, so he wasn’t precisely sure where she had come from. But everyone she knew would be worried about her, that much was obvious.
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3