{"id":3725,"date":"2018-09-19T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2018-09-18T19:23:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T23:23:11","slug":"forty-six-03-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3725","title":{"rendered":"Forty-six – 03"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Thom’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

As he limped into view, Marin nearly dropped the French press, her eyes widening at the sight of him. He managed a faint smile as she quickly set it down before she could either spill or burn herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re up,\u201d she said softly, gently, pushing to her feet and moving to intercept him. \u201cWhy are you up?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause it\u2019s morning,\u201d he said quietly, leaning down to kiss her gently, even as she wrapped her arms around his waist to help support him. He didn\u2019t waver on his feet, not yet, but the support wasn\u2019t unwelcome in the slightest. \u201cBecause my wife wasn\u2019t in bed with me when I woke up and you and Lin were gone and I was awake.\u201d Trapping his crutch under one arm, he reached up to run his fingertips along her face. \u201cAre you angry?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d she said, sighing. \u201cJust worried.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a usual state of being,\u201d Thom murmured, then kissed her gently. She laughed, squeezing him gently before she started to help him to a seat by the fire. J.T. grinned up at the from preparing a few skillets to start eggs and hash browns.<\/p>\n

\u201cFeeling adventurous?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Thom snorted. \u201cFeeling useless, like I\u2019ve been laying around for too long.\u201d He caught Marin\u2019s flinch out of the corner of his eye and winced. \u201cMar, I didn\u2019t\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u201d she said. \u201cI know you didn\u2019t mean it that way. It\u2019s all right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Truth be known, he wasn\u2019t quite sure what way he actually had<\/em> meant it, but at least she let it go. Small favors.<\/em> He watched as she returned to making the coffee, leaning back against the log bench she\u2019d seated him on, his bad leg stretched out before him and his crutches set off to one side.<\/p>\n

She smiled back over her shoulder at him. \u201cMaybe this is what we needed so things could get back to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe,\u201d he agreed quietly, watching her. His eyes began to sting unbidden.<\/p>\n

I am never going to give you up, Marin. Not now and not ever.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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