[It takes opiates to knock this kind of pain out, strong ones, and they knock him out, too. He really will rally in a minute. It was just the sudden drop from one life to another, right before the sudden drop that slammed his knee into the floor. Talk about shitty timing.
There's no time and no privacy to mourn for the things he's remembered he's lost, now. Leave that to later. He's acutely aware of Richie's discomfort, even through his own.
So, after a moment - another rallying breath -]
You could pick up my shoes.
[Despite everything, one corner of his mouth can't help tugging up with that. Richard Tozier, for fucks sake.]
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[It takes opiates to knock this kind of pain out, strong ones, and they knock him out, too. He really will rally in a minute. It was just the sudden drop from one life to another, right before the sudden drop that slammed his knee into the floor. Talk about shitty timing.
There's no time and no privacy to mourn for the things he's remembered he's lost, now. Leave that to later. He's acutely aware of Richie's discomfort, even through his own.
So, after a moment - another rallying breath -]
You could pick up my shoes.
[Despite everything, one corner of his mouth can't help tugging up with that. Richard Tozier, for fucks sake.]