Elias looked at her. Her eyes and her nose were a little red, rubbed raw from crying. He felt a little distanced from himself, trying to escape his own concerns and look at the situation from afar. The kettle started whistling; she got up before he had registered it. He should have at least offered to make the tea.
He was still looking at Daffy’s back as she made it, at the way her stance had changed in the last few months with the added weight of pregnancy. Was this going to be about the baby, or the marriage, or something else? “No, no, here’s fine,” Elias agreed distractedly. Finally peeling his gaze away from the back of her, he tried to soften his expression and look a little more patient, to prepare himself for this. Better here than the sitting room, he supposed.
He moved some of the tea-things to the table for Daff, and pulled out a chair, forcing himself to sink into it in hopes that she would sit back down too, his jaw uncomfortably tight. “Are you – sure you’re okay?” She didn’t seem it, was all.
He was still looking at Daffy’s back as she made it, at the way her stance had changed in the last few months with the added weight of pregnancy. Was this going to be about the baby, or the marriage, or something else? “No, no, here’s fine,” Elias agreed distractedly. Finally peeling his gaze away from the back of her, he tried to soften his expression and look a little more patient, to prepare himself for this. Better here than the sitting room, he supposed.
He moved some of the tea-things to the table for Daff, and pulled out a chair, forcing himself to sink into it in hopes that she would sit back down too, his jaw uncomfortably tight. “Are you – sure you’re okay?” She didn’t seem it, was all.
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