there is room here to expand | Glowfic Constellation

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Juliet flies to the correct floor, walks to the correct door, opens it.

"Is she - gone - or just tucked away again?"

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"Gone. There didn't seem to be any point in waiting."

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Bella swallows. "Okay."

She sits next to him and hugs him.

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He hugs her back.

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"Is it better now?"

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"I don't know."

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Bella squeezes him and sighs.

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Sherlock also sighs.

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"I wish, I wish, I wish I knew how to help," Bella murmurs.

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"So do I."

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"I'm sorry."

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"I know."

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"If this were me I would be finding someplace quiet to process everything by myself so I'd have something coherent to present to everyone else. But that's Bells." Pause. "Right?"

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"...I think I might want to lock myself in here and play needlessly melancholy violin for a few hours," he admits.

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"Okay," Bella murmurs. She kisses his forehead. "Let me know when you want me around. I love you."

And she teleports home.

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