“I meant that she needed you more than I did,” she mumbled.
When Cassidy pulled her hand away from her face, she looked up at him, eyes large and unblinking. He looked as uncomfortable as he felt, even with his hand brushing over her hair. The position was familiar, comforting even, something she remembered he used to do until she fell asleep when the nights were really bad. “You think that-“ Never mind, she cut herself off because the answer was obvious. That panicked feeling clawed at her again, the knowledge that they hadn’t been as connected, Tammy felt like she couldn’t come to Sandy or Cal, Cas felt like he’d lost his sense of purpose and she supposed Tammy had always given him something to protect…
She opened her mouth to say something else when she caught a stray thought. She frowned, seeing him shake his head to dislodge the thought but it was too late.
“What hadn’t been anything?” She asked, pushing herself up a little bit. They hadn’t really ever kept secrets from each other. “Probably why you what? What happened?”