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[personal profile] sobothersome 2020-08-04 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
"'Night, Madoka." He said quietly and said no more, afraid if he did he might force her to reply and delay her sleep. Instead he just went quiet and still and waited for his Eve to fall asleep... Only then did he feel it was save enough to let his arm loosen from around her and relax. Oh, he kept hold of her, but he knew if he held too tight it might cause her to have a restless sleep. He wanted her to feel safe not confined.

Maru lay there and, as he had promised, he watched the people milling about. Content for the moment, to know that Madoka at least, had escaped the mess that haunted the eyes of everyone else.