She wanted Isaac to stay. ...she wanted him to stay all night, but she couldn’t just kick Stiles out of their shelter like that, either. And beyond that, wanting to have Isaac staying the night with her was absolutely not an okay thing to want. Now...or maybe ever. Her stomach tumbled again as she gave him an apologetic look.
A huffed laugh escaped him when her nose wrinkled at the taste, and when he spoke it was with flat and sarcastic amusement. “Slow down, I know you like it but you shouldn’t like it that much, make it last.” He waited until she was finished before taking the cup and placing it down for her again, and when she continued only to tell him that he was going to have to go Isaac felt a surprising wave of disappointment that he hadn’t been expecting. It showed on his face although he wasn’t looking at her, instead busying himself with the cup before taking a deep breath through his nose to recuperate himself. “Yeah,” he agreed begrudgingly, already well aware that he didn’t want to leave. He didn’t care if she was going to get sick, Isaac could be around for that. He wasn’t here because he wanted to deal with the side effects of pregnancy, he did that all the time. He was here because he wanted to be around Lydia, he had realized. He didn’t really care what they were doing as long as he was beside her.
But she was right, and he was overstepping. “I can go,” he continued with more effort to make his voice casual, eyes moving back to her with a forced smile. “I’m sure you want to rest anyway.” He didn’t know why it made him so uncomfortable. He felt like a dirty secret, even though they weren’t doing anything. They weren’t anything significant, it wasn’t as if he was crossing any hard lines, and yet he understood. He didn’t belong here. It wasn’t his place. “If you need anything you know that you can reach out for me.” Of course she knew. It was as if he couldn’t help but say it, afraid that she would forget that she always had the option to see him whenever she wanted. Afraid that she would forget about him. It was ridiculous and he knew it.