Who: Wee Jake and Sook Where: Sully house What: Power-absorbing When: Backdated! Rating: Low Open: Maybe? Status: Ongoing
In truth, the last two months or so had been the hardest of her life. She'd had to go through a lot as a kid but she always at least had her Gran and Jason to guide her safely through. There had always been someone by her side and there had been on the island until her rock and her heart had been cruelly ripped away. Her mind couldn't cope with the onslaught of grief from her adult daughter too, the painful thoughts invading her brain for weeks until she had to get alone time.
Except that she wasn't alone; as her pregnancy got further along, the more her own baby's thoughts became stronger and clearer. It was a double-edged sword - on the one hand, it proved to her that her baby was alive and healthy though it never gave her a moment's peace. It was impossible to block the very basic things coming from her own stomach. Sleep had been hard to come by normally. She was tired, she was thin in the face, pale and drawn out.
Maybe, just maybe, Jake could help give her a little quiet. Just an hour to lie on her bed and not think about anything. She wrapped her arms around her bump and looked up at him, "Are you going to be able to handle the telepathy?" she asked.