He doesn't give her an answer to that, but he does give her a final kiss before he gets dressed in the clothes Eta has laundered and heads out the door.
He's gone late, only sending Swann a text well after suppertime with at medic. i'll live. He doesn't respond to any other texts, either because he's busy or spiteful or because he doesn't want to explain why his phone keeps going off while dining with his mother. When he finally does get back to Swann's place, he lets himself in and throws his coat on the ground before making his way to her room.
There's a bandage on his cheek, and he all but bellyflops onto her bed. Underneath the fresh bandage are four stitches over a laceration like coiled spikes around barbed wire.
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He's gone late, only sending Swann a text well after suppertime with at medic. i'll live. He doesn't respond to any other texts, either because he's busy or spiteful or because he doesn't want to explain why his phone keeps going off while dining with his mother. When he finally does get back to Swann's place, he lets himself in and throws his coat on the ground before making his way to her room.
There's a bandage on his cheek, and he all but bellyflops onto her bed. Underneath the fresh bandage are four stitches over a laceration like coiled spikes around barbed wire.