Re: in-person: holly/noah
[Noah felt like he'd been smiling, like, a pretty good amount. A lot more than Holly. A part of that was him trying to coax the same out of the dude and/or just make him feel better or less bad. He was glad when Holly smiled back and Noah wrinkled his nose for that last tug of his beard.] Luckily, [Noah said as he stood,] it can grow back, so you can be as fickle as you want. [He tried to loop Holly's arm around him, but he was reprimanded. Noah just laughed, the sound thinning as pain shot through Holly as he worked to stand.
When the dude's weight was against him, Noah started them out of the sitting room and toward the bedroom. It wasn't so far, but distance was relative to pain, that was for sure. But, they'd done this a few times, so it was just a matter of getting there.—When they were close enough to the bed, Noah, if he was allowed to, helped ease Holly against it, so he could get in.]