[it's not fine, but his injured shoulder isn't hurting him the most, right now. If anything Dazai's hand is soothing, but that feeling is confusingly at odds with the rest of him, with hurts that are far deeper than just physical. The touch draws his attention into his body, though, the ache of his limbs, the weight of exhaustion set into his bones. He hadn't had to feel it before, not while he was moving...
A little shake runs through him, and for a moment Dazai might feel the knit of Linneus' brow, the twist of an expression hidden away. It's a moment more before he can steady himself, pulling back but only enough so that he isn't mumbling into Dazai's shoulder, his forehead still rested there.]
May we just...
[...not sure how to finish the question. They can't stay here, though they may want to, and the sound of the water, and the low light, it's all so much softer. But he needs to take his weight from his body, if only for a little while, even if sleep didn't come...]
...I'm tired.
[and even in this state, it registers he's never spoken in such a plaintive voice in all his life]
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[it's not fine, but his injured shoulder isn't hurting him the most, right now. If anything Dazai's hand is soothing, but that feeling is confusingly at odds with the rest of him, with hurts that are far deeper than just physical. The touch draws his attention into his body, though, the ache of his limbs, the weight of exhaustion set into his bones. He hadn't had to feel it before, not while he was moving...
A little shake runs through him, and for a moment Dazai might feel the knit of Linneus' brow, the twist of an expression hidden away. It's a moment more before he can steady himself, pulling back but only enough so that he isn't mumbling into Dazai's shoulder, his forehead still rested there.]
May we just...
[...not sure how to finish the question. They can't stay here, though they may want to, and the sound of the water, and the low light, it's all so much softer. But he needs to take his weight from his body, if only for a little while, even if sleep didn't come...]
...I'm tired.
[and even in this state, it registers he's never spoken in such a plaintive voice in all his life]