Agent Carolina says lots. She just doesn't use her voice.
She hugs back. She does nice things with her hand in his hair, and he sighs--it feels nice, but mostly that nice feeling makes him take a deep breath because he feels like the air is cleaner when he breathes it in, just outside and clothes and that vaguely girl smell. Nicer soap and nicer skin and even sweaty they don't smell as bad as guys do.
(The stage had lots of lights. Enough to make anyone sweaty.)
Point is, her nice smell and her hand in his hair and her hug say many things. Lots of things. When she talks without her voice, she's very loud.
She says she is sad. She says she's his teammate. She says she is glad he hugged her, because she needs to be hugged a lot...maybe not all at once, though.
She says she is very tired, and she does not feel safe.
...okay, she doesn't say that last part. Caboose just doesn't feel safe, either. That's why he's camping with such aggressive comfort.
Lifting his head, he shifts so he's holding on to her still, but resting his head on her shoulder instead so he can look at the fire.
"You can rest. If bad people come, I will think about..."
He knows what things can make him angry and mean. O'Malley things. Kittens covered in spikes--except now he has something else. Things he doesn't want to remember or think about, like the Halloween costumes on the stage that look like armor, and Carolina being sad while she was there, wearing those Halloween costumes and...
"...I will think about the music." he promises softly, relaxing against her a little bit more. "It will help me."
Nothing could make him angrier right now than the music. All that sad music and Carolina being right there with all that sad, sad music...that will make him angry.
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She hugs back. She does nice things with her hand in his hair, and he sighs--it feels nice, but mostly that nice feeling makes him take a deep breath because he feels like the air is cleaner when he breathes it in, just outside and clothes and that vaguely girl smell. Nicer soap and nicer skin and even sweaty they don't smell as bad as guys do.
(The stage had lots of lights. Enough to make anyone sweaty.)
Point is, her nice smell and her hand in his hair and her hug say many things. Lots of things. When she talks without her voice, she's very loud.
She says she is sad. She says she's his teammate. She says she is glad he hugged her, because she needs to be hugged a lot...maybe not all at once, though.
She says she is very tired, and she does not feel safe.
...okay, she doesn't say that last part. Caboose just doesn't feel safe, either. That's why he's camping with such aggressive comfort.
Lifting his head, he shifts so he's holding on to her still, but resting his head on her shoulder instead so he can look at the fire.
"You can rest. If bad people come, I will think about..."
He knows what things can make him angry and mean. O'Malley things. Kittens covered in spikes--except now he has something else. Things he doesn't want to remember or think about, like the Halloween costumes on the stage that look like armor, and Carolina being sad while she was there, wearing those Halloween costumes and...
"...I will think about the music." he promises softly, relaxing against her a little bit more. "It will help me."
Nothing could make him angrier right now than the music. All that sad music and Carolina being right there with all that sad, sad music...that will make him angry.