The bed's the main piece of furniture in the room, and takes up a good portion of the space. It's the easiest place to sit.
He feels hollowed out, empty except for the leaden weight of the misery inside him. If there's help to be found anywhere, he can't see it yet; only time to reconcile themselves to the loss that will never go away, and that time seems very far in the future right now.
He toes off his shoes, moving as little as he can to try to keep from jostling Kate, and lies down carefully. She stretches with the movement, as silent as he, until her body is a comfortably familiar weight on top of him and her head still tucked against his shoulder.
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Date: 2007-08-26 09:29 pm (UTC)He feels hollowed out, empty except for the leaden weight of the misery inside him. If there's help to be found anywhere, he can't see it yet; only time to reconcile themselves to the loss that will never go away, and that time seems very far in the future right now.
He toes off his shoes, moving as little as he can to try to keep from jostling Kate, and lies down carefully. She stretches with the movement, as silent as he, until her body is a comfortably familiar weight on top of him and her head still tucked against his shoulder.
The ceiling holds no more answers than the stars.