Time To Go Home ~ rp for lovely_msstone

[her_prettyboy]

(follows thisHe was still on for a few more hours, but was able to get out. Claimed it was a mini-emergency. It took him no time at all to pass through the locker room to grab his stuff, not bothering to change from his scrubs. Then he went back to Miranda. He took a moment to watch her before she realized he was there and he sighed deeply. He

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[lovely_msstone]

"Yeah," she said with a nod.

She shifted slightly, sliding off the top of the gurney and only pausing for a moment to get balanced on her feet, before moving closer and reaching for his hand. All she'd wanted to do was go home, and now that she was halfway there, she was feeling a bit better. Less like things were going to implode at any minute, and a lot safer.

She knew there was going to be a phone call to her shrink tomorrow, but for right now she needed was Jack therapy. And she had a feeling that he would be more than willing to help her out there.

[her_prettyboy]

His arm went tightly around her shoulders and he kissed the top of her head. "Okay, c'mon." He led the way out of the hospital and flagged them a cab. He helped her into it and gave the address to the cabbie, then leaned back in the seat again.

One arm around her shoulders still, the other went around her waist and he just pulled her close.

[lovely_msstone]

She curled into him, burying her face in his shoulder. She took a deep breath and just tried to get herself centered again, not fall apart on him. But she wanted to. Oh, she wanted to fall apart and cry for letting that asshole get under her skin like he had, but she couldn't, because that would involve explaining far more than she wanted to.

She took a deep, shuddering breath as she tried to get her eyes to clear, and the wrist with the bruises on it came up to swipe against the side of her face.

"I'm sorry just showing up like this. I just -- it was a really crappy benefit."

[her_prettyboy]

"I don't care how you show up," he murmured. He tightened his arms around her. "I'm sorry you had such a bad night, sweetheart. Everything's okay now."