[ She just shrugs, a tiny movement. It had been bad. She's sorry she'd seen it, too. But there's nothing either of them can do to undo it now.
She can feel the way he tenses up a little, like maybe it's a little harder to breathe, like maybe now he's remembering too, and she makes a helpless little sound against his chest. Parker's never been any good at comforting anyone. Before Hardison, she'd never had to learn. There had been no one she would have wanted to help that way, even if she'd been able to. Now, she wishes she know what to say. How to make him feel better, the way he always makes her feel better.
But she can't.
When he mentions remembering her memory, she stiffens a little, mind going blank with fear for a moment. But it's Hardison. It's okay. Whatever he'd seen, it'll be okay. He won't hate her for it.
Even so, she looks tense and wary when she pulls back her head just enough to look up at him, trying to think of what her equivalent to his memory might be. ]
When...when I was in the stall with the horse?
[ She'd been scared then, too. But it had turned out okay. ]
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She can feel the way he tenses up a little, like maybe it's a little harder to breathe, like maybe now he's remembering too, and she makes a helpless little sound against his chest. Parker's never been any good at comforting anyone. Before Hardison, she'd never had to learn. There had been no one she would have wanted to help that way, even if she'd been able to. Now, she wishes she know what to say. How to make him feel better, the way he always makes her feel better.
But she can't.
When he mentions remembering her memory, she stiffens a little, mind going blank with fear for a moment. But it's Hardison. It's okay. Whatever he'd seen, it'll be okay. He won't hate her for it.
Even so, she looks tense and wary when she pulls back her head just enough to look up at him, trying to think of what her equivalent to his memory might be. ]
When...when I was in the stall with the horse?
[ She'd been scared then, too. But it had turned out okay. ]