Re: In-person: Holly W/Noah N
[It wasn't that Noah was wishy-washy. Maybe it would be more accurate to say that Holly was really fucking determined at the present moment. He'd been wishy-washy about it until now, right? Mentioning the Destiny thing and forgetting, because, yeah, okay, full disclosure? He didn't want Noah out of his head. It felt safe in this way he'd never experienced before, and the guy, Holly, was legitimately terrified about the military. So, yeah, he shoved it down until he couldn't even feel how scared he was, but having Noah there? Was like having someone in the dark with him, holding his hand, and maybe he needed that more than he was comfortable with. He sure didn't want Noah feeling the things he was feeling either, and right now? He just saw a place where Noah had to hit the drugs hard to cope.
The lights slid over him, and he stopped walking. He could hear the music, and he took a crazy deep breath as he stood there, like he was preparing for battle. He had actually just spun to look at the Jeep, at Noah approaching, but the guy was right there. And the hug? Wasn't the opening salvo he expected, so it threw him right the fuck off. He stood there for, like, a second, and then he wrapped his arms around the guy and, nearly immediately, shifted a hand to cup the back of Noah's head, fingers lost in those curls.] Hey. It's okay. It's okay.