[ her injuries, it seems, are minimal. a mild bruise or two she didn't have before, ways she moves that mean she either needs to stretch or might be sore in the morning. she did protect herself, as best she could. it could have been a lot worse.
and carolina really doesn't want to talk about it, so wash follows her and she ignores him, planning to just undress and shower and try to forget about what just happened with maine, until he touches her. wash is familiar, by now, with the undercurrent of anxiety that carolina has motivating her so much of the time. he's helped her after nightmares, too, so he knows what it feels like when she's shaken, when memories were just a little too much, the dreams were just a little too real.
afraid is new, though. if there's been flickers of it before, it's never lasted, carolina's never let it last. she's too stubborn for that. but she's panicked and shaken and scared of maine, and her emotions are all so much that she doesn't realize wash is touching her until she feels better, his concern a soothing thing.
which means that he can feel her and there's a rush of guilt as carolina pulls back from him, stepping to the shower, as far into the little room as she can get. ]
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and carolina really doesn't want to talk about it, so wash follows her and she ignores him, planning to just undress and shower and try to forget about what just happened with maine, until he touches her. wash is familiar, by now, with the undercurrent of anxiety that carolina has motivating her so much of the time. he's helped her after nightmares, too, so he knows what it feels like when she's shaken, when memories were just a little too much, the dreams were just a little too real.
afraid is new, though. if there's been flickers of it before, it's never lasted, carolina's never let it last. she's too stubborn for that. but she's panicked and shaken and scared of maine, and her emotions are all so much that she doesn't realize wash is touching her until she feels better, his concern a soothing thing.
which means that he can feel her and there's a rush of guilt as carolina pulls back from him, stepping to the shower, as far into the little room as she can get. ]