[He looks up at you at that, and knows, of course, that he ought to smile or maybe do or say something that can show you how grateful he is that you're with him. He can't bring himself to.
Swallowing the lump in his throat now, and breaking away to move off.]
I'll be done in a bit.
[Which actually ends up becoming a little over thirty minutes. The tears come again, sometime after he's curled up against one side of that tub. It takes a whole lot of effort, keeping that quiet. The walls are thin.]
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Swallowing the lump in his throat now, and breaking away to move off.]
I'll be done in a bit.
[Which actually ends up becoming a little over thirty minutes. The tears come again, sometime after he's curled up against one side of that tub. It takes a whole lot of effort, keeping that quiet. The walls are thin.]