She was weak, for the first time he'd left her weak. It had never happened before. It was more why she didn't do anything to stop him when he slammed her against the tree. Just held his gaze. Held his focus and rode it out. Wanted him to get all the rage all the anger, and focus it on what she wanted for him, keep it there, keep it under the surface. As long as she focused on her.
There was a darkness in his eyes that told Ruby he was close, that soon she'd have to make her move, but for now, for this night, she'd just need to help him through it.
When he'd let her go and turned his back on her, Ruby took the few steps still between them and rested a hand on his shoulder.
"I didn't mean to leave you Sammy. Its the last thing I wanted. But its this world, its not ours, the rules are so different, everything is different. You think I wanted to be there? Back there? I hated it, every second of it"
She looked down at her arm, still bleeding and took the hip flask from her pocket.
"You won't be left without it again okay. Never again"