"A certain level of alone time is natural. It's normal. I'm not about to begrudge you that," she tells him.
"But when you're alone more often than not, when that starts to become the norm - you'd better just get used to the fact that I'm going to want to make sure it doesn't happen with you. Because you're my friend, Jack."
She almost moves to reach out, and then stops, fingers curling in against her thigh.
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Date: 2010-12-31 05:06 am (UTC)"But when you're alone more often than not, when that starts to become the norm - you'd better just get used to the fact that I'm going to want to make sure it doesn't happen with you. Because you're my friend, Jack."
She almost moves to reach out, and then stops, fingers curling in against her thigh.
"And because I care about you."