She seemed confused. Elias supposed this made sense, given the accident she had had, but he felt his stomach drop out at her first sentence anyway.
And then she said his name. He let out a quiet gasp without meaning to, and with it let out a rush of built-up tension in him, something calcified in his chest. The fear of losing her. The fear of losing her entirely, not just the way he already had.
Irene looked like she was in pain too, but hers was of a different magnitude and, right now, certainly a different cause. “You’re in St. Mungo’s,” Elias explained, doing his best to sound steady. “You were coming home, into London on a ship.” He hadn’t been there to explain the rest to her, the near death experience, but he had to say something about just how long it had been. “They – weren’t sure that you’d wake up again,” he said quickly, exhaling heavily again. “It’s been months, Irene. But you’re...” here, he wanted to say, when he meant awake.
And then she said his name. He let out a quiet gasp without meaning to, and with it let out a rush of built-up tension in him, something calcified in his chest. The fear of losing her. The fear of losing her entirely, not just the way he already had.
Irene looked like she was in pain too, but hers was of a different magnitude and, right now, certainly a different cause. “You’re in St. Mungo’s,” Elias explained, doing his best to sound steady. “You were coming home, into London on a ship.” He hadn’t been there to explain the rest to her, the near death experience, but he had to say something about just how long it had been. “They – weren’t sure that you’d wake up again,” he said quickly, exhaling heavily again. “It’s been months, Irene. But you’re...” here, he wanted to say, when he meant awake.
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