Normally opening up can be so excruciatingly painful, both giving or receiving, but practice has made it easier with Cosima, tempered by elfroot and wine alike in some of their looser and more informal evenings. The more often you take a path, the more well-trodden it becomes and the easier it is to walk.
One of the harder lessons for him to learn: maybe you do actually need to lean on friends, sometimes.
“Oh, thank god, weed changes the equation entirely.” Stephen cracks a smile at her, though; he would’ve said yes either way, but it’s easier with chemical assistance. “A break’s good anyway. Fire away.”
So he puts down the last of the books and shoves the box off to the side, pulling up a chair instead and sitting down with a sigh. Work mode deactivated, Provost and Head Healer hats fully removed, now they’re just Cosima and Stephen. He’ll let her roll the joints; her hands are steadier, and maybe it’ll give her something to fidget with as she broaches whatever she needs to broach.
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One of the harder lessons for him to learn: maybe you do actually need to lean on friends, sometimes.
“Oh, thank god, weed changes the equation entirely.” Stephen cracks a smile at her, though; he would’ve said yes either way, but it’s easier with chemical assistance. “A break’s good anyway. Fire away.”
So he puts down the last of the books and shoves the box off to the side, pulling up a chair instead and sitting down with a sigh. Work mode deactivated, Provost and Head Healer hats fully removed, now they’re just Cosima and Stephen. He’ll let her roll the joints; her hands are steadier, and maybe it’ll give her something to fidget with as she broaches whatever she needs to broach.