[There's something to be said for how Elliot is able to handle this because this is pretty much every Tuesday.
But Elliot's touch, warm and gentle, gets his attention, eyes fixated on him as if using him as a lightning rod--grounding him and keeping him where he needs to be.]
RU campus...Yeah, that's right. Duh.
[He laughs to himself, unable to believe he'd forget something as simple as that.]
I just thought--
[He freezes again, this time the image of that door popping up in his brain, with that flower-like lock pulsating, each time like a heartbeat.
A hand goes to his head, wincing as he tries to bide that pain again.]
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But Elliot's touch, warm and gentle, gets his attention, eyes fixated on him as if using him as a lightning rod--grounding him and keeping him where he needs to be.]
RU campus...Yeah, that's right. Duh.
[He laughs to himself, unable to believe he'd forget something as simple as that.]
I just thought--
[He freezes again, this time the image of that door popping up in his brain, with that flower-like lock pulsating, each time like a heartbeat.
A hand goes to his head, wincing as he tries to bide that pain again.]