[ But she doesn't want him to suffer in silence on the off chance that she could get hurt. She's a big girl, she'll do what she wants and what she wants is to help him if he needs it. What she wants is to do what she can, but sometimes he makes it very difficult.
She stays leaning close towards him the whole ride, trying to breathe, not quite touching in any respects but her hand in his because she's not sure how touch sensitive he is right now and she knows he's bruised. She doesn't want to do anything to hurt him further, but her entire body is angled towards him, almost close enough to touch but not quite Today has been long, and unpleasant, and she's fairly certain it'll have pushed her nightmares back to something regular for a little bit, and the fact that she hasn't freaked out yet is due entirely to first the need to keep him safe and then his presence.
Which makes the medics first attempt to touch her result mostly in one of them coming very close to a broken wrist, her turning to watch as the fingers of her free hand tighten around Tony's hand. ] No. [ And that's all she's saying for now, letting go of the medic's wrist but still watching. She's not okay with people touching her right now. ]
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She stays leaning close towards him the whole ride, trying to breathe, not quite touching in any respects but her hand in his because she's not sure how touch sensitive he is right now and she knows he's bruised. She doesn't want to do anything to hurt him further, but her entire body is angled towards him, almost close enough to touch but not quite Today has been long, and unpleasant, and she's fairly certain it'll have pushed her nightmares back to something regular for a little bit, and the fact that she hasn't freaked out yet is due entirely to first the need to keep him safe and then his presence.
Which makes the medics first attempt to touch her result mostly in one of them coming very close to a broken wrist, her turning to watch as the fingers of her free hand tighten around Tony's hand. ] No. [ And that's all she's saying for now, letting go of the medic's wrist but still watching. She's not okay with people touching her right now. ]