stephanie nashton does it all (forthem) wrote in rooms,
Re: log: eddie/steph
When Stephanie was just about to reach her room, Dr. Coleman nodded and let her go ahead while he deviated towards the nurses' station. Probably to make notes in her chart to keep a close eye on her after the incident during their session. Stephanie waved at the nurses that she passed, slump in her shoulders and exhausted from getting her brain picked apart. They smiled back, something sweet and knowing and waved her towards the room. And when she finally reached her door, which was ajar, she only stared for a moment. Her shoulders straightened, heart thumping in her chest, and a smile slowly spread across her face. Little touches of home here and there. Splashes of color, a miniature Riddler trophy, the smell of grease pit burgers.
Stephanie smiled, big and bright, and even there on the other side of that tiny room he could see the tears pricking her eyes. "Hi," she breathed in surprise, then took a few quick steps until she could jump up onto him. Arms wrapping tight around his neck and legs around his waist, she pressed her face into the crook of his neck. He could feel the smile against his skin, as well as the dampness of her tears, and she sighed happily.
"I love you. I love you so much." She repeated the declarations again and again, digging her face into his neck like it was a safe haven. She left those demons woken up by her therapist somewhere between that door and here in his arms. All that mattered was him and how wonderful he was to her. How he felt as she held him close.