[Worry. About other people. When he wants to not care about them at all. It's then that he finally shifts, edging ever so close to taking her hand but hesitating at the skim of skin to skin. It's obvious he wants to pull away but they're trying to fight their instincts here. Or at least he is. He looks at her for a long, long moment.]
My wife never got to grow old either.
[So he sees that in her, too. Wants to protect it.]
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[Worry. About other people. When he wants to not care about them at all. It's then that he finally shifts, edging ever so close to taking her hand but hesitating at the skim of skin to skin. It's obvious he wants to pull away but they're trying to fight their instincts here. Or at least he is. He looks at her for a long, long moment.]
My wife never got to grow old either.
[So he sees that in her, too. Wants to protect it.]