[ Her overspilling rags jars him. It has to be the damn hormones. Igniting that change, that dynamite inside her. Except that's an unfair simplification. He's been wrenched out of her life so many times. Of course she's formed a habit of assuming the worst. A barrage of suffering endured in unaccustomed loneliness will do that to anyone. ]
[ His hands hover in the air, scant inches from her shoulders. He keeps his gaze level, hoping to curb her anger. ]
Something came up after my shift. I didn't expect it to take so long. Otherwise I'd have called.
[ The sentences are stacked up randomly, like wooden blocks. But everything important he says is underneath the words. I'm sorry I worried you. ]
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Date: 2015-02-24 12:57 am (UTC)[ His hands hover in the air, scant inches from her shoulders. He keeps his gaze level, hoping to curb her anger. ]
Something came up after my shift. I didn't expect it to take so long. Otherwise I'd have called.
[ The sentences are stacked up randomly, like wooden blocks. But everything important he says is underneath the words. I'm sorry I worried you. ]