[He does not look up, so he missed the biggest eye-roll ever. It's large enough to rival Elizabeth Thompson's, the older of his two weapon partners and the one who tolerated far less of his eccentricities. T
He nearly jumps out of his skin when she pats his shoulder, jerking to look up at her when she starts to hum. Sitting beside her, at first the humming is louder in one ear than the other. Imbalanced and asymmetrical and all sorts of out of order--he can't tolerate such hideousness, no matter how pleasant the song. However clumsily he makes quick work of moving to sit in front of her instead of beside her, still listening intently, until he could hear the tune exactly the same in both ears.
The humming did, in fact, drown out the crying. Eyes closed, the teen's breathing was the slowest it had been since he'd started rambling about the odd sounds in the house, tension diminishing. He stays silent and with his eyes closed, simply listening, with no intention to interrupt her. It's the first peace in the house since lockdown, and Death himself won't disturb it.]
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He nearly jumps out of his skin when she pats his shoulder, jerking to look up at her when she starts to hum. Sitting beside her, at first the humming is louder in one ear than the other. Imbalanced and asymmetrical and all sorts of out of order--he can't tolerate such hideousness, no matter how pleasant the song. However clumsily he makes quick work of moving to sit in front of her instead of beside her, still listening intently, until he could hear the tune exactly the same in both ears.
The humming did, in fact, drown out the crying. Eyes closed, the teen's breathing was the slowest it had been since he'd started rambling about the odd sounds in the house, tension diminishing. He stays silent and with his eyes closed, simply listening, with no intention to interrupt her. It's the first peace in the house since lockdown, and Death himself won't disturb it.]