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Haru gets a text in the late afternoon.
Hey I think I might be awakening. And also my TA. We’re both having some kind of weird psychotic break that reduced in intensity after I more or less abducted her for implausibly pleasant snuggles for several hours. HELP
"iffyouuuusaaaaaysoooooooo..."
She halfheartedly tries to increase her amount of skin contact with Lucy, but Cara hasn't slept in 40 hours and her meds are wearing off, so she's out like a liiiight.
Aw. Cara’s really cute.
Lucy snuggles up, pulling out her phone to read something since she isn’t ready to go to sleep yet herself.
zzzzz. Cara is a bit of a clingy sleeper.
About an hour in, she starts murmuring. "didn't mean... please don't..."
Oh no!
Lucy presses herself closers against her and if that doesn’t help after a few minutes she’s going to have to take more drastic measures.
The increased contact does seem to help (though it does also increase Cara's clinginess). The traces of stress and fear leave her sleeping face.
Clinginess is fine. Goodness knows she’s been on the other end of the sleepy octopus situation often enough.
Over an hour later, Cara starts twitching in her sleep again. This time, she jolts and startles awake before her murmurs become intelligible.
"Wuh-"
Cara lets out a sob and clings to Lucy, trying not to tremble too much. "s-sorry, I,"
Snuggle pet pet. Slow strokes of Lucy’s hand down Cara’s spine, from between her shoulders to the small of her back.
This is an effective way to calm a scared Cara! The sobs stop, and her breathing becomes more regular.
"t-thank you."
'want' is hard to evaluate but the words come pouring out so apparently she is going to!
"I was - I was watching myself tell my parents that I was trans again, for the first time, but I was backlashed and so when they told me to be quiet, to let them explain how wrong I was about myself, that I was their beautiful son and that they loved me so much, I just - I couldn't -"
clingclingcling
Bleh. She shouldn't overstate it, they're really not that bad.
"They - I think they do mean well, in their own way, but - they don't get it at all, and when they don't get something, they get really - defensive, especially when they think I'm ignoring them recklessly."
Lucy takes Cara’s chin in one hand, tilting her head to examine the tear tracks, and then texts Haru asking for water.
Haru appears presently with a glass of water; he opens the door without knocking because the established reason to text was if Cara was asleep.
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