Re: Upstairs: Holly/Noah
Hey, Holly was all about giving Noah safe spaces, especially recently. It felt like the town was buffeting the guy endlessly, and Holly knew Noah was way more sensitive than he was; he loved that about the guy. But it also meant that Holly was, you know, fine. He didn't give a shit about Audrey being missing, and he knew Repose was fucked up... this Repose, and he'd just accepted it, you know, how he accepted everything. Survival was something Holly was good at, and he knew Noah was softer. And, man, he loved that so much. He wanted to protect it, you know? So it was good Noah felt safe and, you know, better being held under the blankets.
He looked at the guy, as the guy looked at him. Holly did lift a hand for a moment to touch Noah's tortured lip as the guy chewed on it; a reminder. And Noah wasn't acting like a baby; he'd experienced something massively shitty, and he didn't know where his friend was. Holly hated Audrey, but he understood that Noah cared about her, you know? "Yeah?" he asked of that 'okay' Noah finally voiced. Because, yeah, he had his opinion, but he also didn't want Noah to do something he wasn't comfortable with.