Just not used to someone lookin' after me, I guess.
[ He watched her work and, when she was near done, reached out a hand to gently hold the tips of her fingers with his own. ]
Usually people don't get this close.
[ Or more accurately, he didn't let them get as close as Justine was now. He'd let doctors patch him up if he was close to dead, sure, but more often than not if he was in trouble, he'd drag himself back to wherever he thought was safe, sleep it off until he was reasonably back to rights.
That safe could be a person and not a place was a relatively new development. ]
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[ He watched her work and, when she was near done, reached out a hand to gently hold the tips of her fingers with his own. ]
Usually people don't get this close.
[ Or more accurately, he didn't let them get as close as Justine was now. He'd let doctors patch him up if he was close to dead, sure, but more often than not if he was in trouble, he'd drag himself back to wherever he thought was safe, sleep it off until he was reasonably back to rights.
That safe could be a person and not a place was a relatively new development. ]