Re: [Recovery: Marta & Hannah]
Hannah hadn't known Marta very long, but she kind of already knew Marta had a bad relationship with sex. She'd realized it at the bar, and maybe before at the party, and maybe before that on the forums. She understood a little, but not much specifically, about Marta's tendency to be hard on herself. But mostly she understood having a really, really complicated relationship with sex, because her own relationship with sex was really, really complicated.
But she did want good things for the girl in the chair, and she smiled wider in response to Marta's small smile. Hannah was fine with quiet, and she didn't need words to feel comfortable in a space and with another person. If Marta didn't flinch away, she took the girl's fingers and squeezed them lightly, reassuringly, before returning her hand to the arm of her chair.
She was quiet and quiet and waited to see if the s sound turned into anything, but there were words written instead, and Hannah understood them to be about Seven. At least she thought there were about Seven, and she once again thought maybe she should reach out to him. Marta couldn't call him, and she couldn't talk, and maybe someone should know. "But you have't talked to him since?" she asked.
If she'd realized that Si was a bad topic, she maybe wouldn't have mentioned him. But that maybe wasn't true, too, since she tended to talk about him a lot. But she did see how Marta's expression turned awkward, and she saw the flush at Marta's throat, and the tip of head returned. Curious, curious, and Hannah wasn't the type not to ask or comment. "It's okay. I know, and it's okay. Does it bother you?" she asked. Maybe that was it, maybe Marta was upset that she, Hannah, knew.