Ennis squeezes back, almost embarrassed to be so grateful for the touch. He opens his eyes, shining from the tears (from the coughing, y'know, throat may be dry but tears always find their way out somehow) and looks up at her and that smile's long gone, replaced with nothing but a serious look, a grown-up look, one he wouldn't normally be giving somebody that age.
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Date: 2006-10-10 02:44 am (UTC)And he nods at her.