[ She was sitting at her desk reading her weathered copy of Wuthering Heights for what was probably the hundredth time. Back home Lily hadn't been sure if she even liked the book, but here it was a source of familiarity and comfort. Two things she seemed to need a good deal of in the days following her return to her own shape.
Sitting up when he turned she returned the smile before looking at the tray he set down for her curiously, her face softening as she recognized the soup. ]
Oh, El.
[ It was a small thing in the scale of everything they went through, but she couldn't help be moved that he bothered to travel across town for, especially given the state of things. ]
Bit rude to go to all this trouble when I'm making my best attempt to take care of you.
[ Marking her page and putting her book aside, Lily turned enough to hide behind her hair as she blinked back tears. It was a sweet gesture in a very tiresome world, and she appreciated it more than she had the words for at that moment.
Rising from her seat a little more easily than she had been moving with the last few days she wrapped her arms around Eleven's middle and pulled him into a hug. ]
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Sitting up when he turned she returned the smile before looking at the tray he set down for her curiously, her face softening as she recognized the soup. ]
Oh, El.
[ It was a small thing in the scale of everything they went through, but she couldn't help be moved that he bothered to travel across town for, especially given the state of things. ]
Bit rude to go to all this trouble when I'm making my best attempt to take care of you.
[ Marking her page and putting her book aside, Lily turned enough to hide behind her hair as she blinked back tears. It was a sweet gesture in a very tiresome world, and she appreciated it more than she had the words for at that moment.
Rising from her seat a little more easily than she had been moving with the last few days she wrapped her arms around Eleven's middle and pulled him into a hug. ]