The causeway, Saturday evening

[nadiathesaint]

Playing with wee!tiny Wilson and Aziraphale had done quite a bit to calm Nadia down about her appointment at the sleep clinic.

All that nervousness was back now in force. She shoved her hands deep into her coat pockets. The taxi hadn't quite arrived yet, and she was definitely considering fleeing back to the dorms and pretending the whole problem could just go away.

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Click

Hiss

Chink

Lighter lit, cigarette lit, lighter closed.

Walter came down the hill to the causeway to join Nadia. "Ready?"

[nadiathesaint]

"No." Nadia turned and started pacing. "Can I just go back to the dorms? I promise I'll try really hard not to fall asleep any more."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter shook his head and watched her pace. "You know it's not that easy."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shook her head. "I know. But neither is this. They're going to poke at me and test things and stick . . . needles. . . ."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"And I'm going to be there. I won't let anyone do you any harm." The question was whether he'd recognize it if they tried anything.

[nadiathesaint]

"I know, I just . . . ." She waved her hands about vaguely, then stuck them back in her pockets. "I don't know if I can do this."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"You can do this," Walter assured her. "You've faced worse and kicked it in the teeth."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia laughed softly. "I don't think this has teeth."