Damn it all to hell, he doesn’t want more fretting, is that so much to ask? But no, Rama had to do the clever thing and call him out on his white lies.
His movements are hesitating and stiff as he pauses and turns towards the pan, not so much focused on the task at hand but the way Rama is crouched down beside the fire. He knows he can’t do that in this state; hell, he can barely get himself in and out of a chair today. But if he gives in now and admits that he’s in pain, then Rama will most assuredly: 1. be angry at him for hiding it, and 2. refuse to touch him ever again.
So Crozier takes a very confident step towards the pan and Rama. “Of course,” he says, voice struggling to remain neutral. “Not a problem at all.”
But it is a problem, a very big problem, and it’s apparent as he takes that second step, then the third. He’s in agony, and not the kind he can usually push through to get something done. He’s worked muscles that haven’t been used in years on top of those still-healing, very tender injuries, and now every step is just proving that he absolutely should not try to do this. He pauses in the fourth step, face falling.
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Damn it all to hell, he doesn’t want more fretting, is that so much to ask? But no, Rama had to do the clever thing and call him out on his white lies.
His movements are hesitating and stiff as he pauses and turns towards the pan, not so much focused on the task at hand but the way Rama is crouched down beside the fire. He knows he can’t do that in this state; hell, he can barely get himself in and out of a chair today. But if he gives in now and admits that he’s in pain, then Rama will most assuredly: 1. be angry at him for hiding it, and 2. refuse to touch him ever again.
So Crozier takes a very confident step towards the pan and Rama. “Of course,” he says, voice struggling to remain neutral. “Not a problem at all.”
But it is a problem, a very big problem, and it’s apparent as he takes that second step, then the third. He’s in agony, and not the kind he can usually push through to get something done. He’s worked muscles that haven’t been used in years on top of those still-healing, very tender injuries, and now every step is just proving that he absolutely should not try to do this. He pauses in the fourth step, face falling.
“I-I can’t.”