[ Jim can see Zell giving up on the argument. Jim's desperate to know that his boyfriend will be okay if Norfinbury ever decides to claim him personally, but he can't make himself argue against that smile.
Instead he takes a deep breath - the kind that rocks his whole body as he slowly lets it out - and closes his eyes against the tears that threaten again. ]
[ He seems to relax at Jim seeming to concede. Brushing his fingers gently across Jim's cheek, and then tilting Jim's head down as he leans up to press a kiss against his forehead. ]
Come here. [ Hooking an around Jim to pull him against him. He buries his face against his shoulder. ]
Stay with me. [ It comes out muffled. It's not clear if he means that night, or if he's referring to long term. ]
[ Jim lets himself be pulled, and doesn't hesitate to hold tight to Zell. He's not sure which sense Zell means, either, but the answer's the same: ]
I'm trying.
[ If it's in Jim's power, he isn't going anywhere, and he hopes Zell knows that. Because there's nothing else to say, he starts to hum the same song he'd sung to Zell over the tablets the night they'd been forcibly separated. ]
[ He already knows he's not going to be sleeping tonight. Even with the comforting warmth against him singing a song that normally brighten his day. Zell is afraid of taking his eyes off Jim. Afraid the moment he does, this stupid place is going to take him away again. He'll dissolve into static and he can't really trust it yet. Can't trust letting go for the night.
Pressing a kiss against his shoulder. ]
That's good enough for me. [ With that, he starts humming along. ]
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Instead he takes a deep breath - the kind that rocks his whole body as he slowly lets it out - and closes his eyes against the tears that threaten again. ]
Okay.
[ He wants that, more than anything. ]
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Come here. [ Hooking an around Jim to pull him against him. He buries his face against his shoulder. ]
Stay with me. [ It comes out muffled. It's not clear if he means that night, or if he's referring to long term. ]
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I'm trying.
[ If it's in Jim's power, he isn't going anywhere, and he hopes Zell knows that. Because there's nothing else to say, he starts to hum the same song he'd sung to Zell over the tablets the night they'd been forcibly separated. ]
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Pressing a kiss against his shoulder. ]
That's good enough for me. [ With that, he starts humming along. ]