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The Perk - Saturday Morning

The last couple of days had been a lot and Liz was relieved that some of the burden had been lifted, that she had been able to admit that that she was struggling, admittedly that had been kind of obvious after she had passed out. She had also finally been able to get more than an hour of sleep two nights in a row … she was still tired but she was starting to feel slightly more alert than she had been in the past couple of weeks.

She was mostly embarrassed that she had let it get to the point that she had, she had never passed out from exhaustion before -even though she had also never had to deal with the trauma from experiencing and remembering a time loop before either.

She had decided to go to the perk and try and catch up on the admin work she was supposed to have done on Thursday before … everything had happened but she hadn’t wanted to work at the store or at her apartment so she decided to try a change of scenery and bring her laptop with her to the Perk.

Another thing she had decided to try was instead of her normal coffee, she opted for a tea instead so she wasn’t drinking as much caffeine at least until she could settle back into a normal sleep routine.

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Prompto had been pretty beside himself...with worry, with indecision, with helplessness...since Thursday, and he really didn't want to overwhelm Liz with one more thing added to everything else she was dealing with, but, at the same time, at this rate, both of them would end up not really sleeping much, and that woudln't be very good, either! Of course, it didn't really help much when he finally decided to swing by her apartment to check in on her and she was either not there or just not answering the door (and he definitely didn't want to keep bothering her if she actually was finally sleeping!), so that just made him even more anxious but also maybe a little hopeful, to the point where he was almost disappointed when he walked by the Perk and saw her in there, but also relieved?

Gods, this whole thing was turning him into mess! And though part of him wondered if she'd rather just be left alone, a bigger part of him knew he'd just spent the rest of the day feeling guilty about it if he didn't go talk to her, so he walked in and headed over.

"Liz, hey! So there you are!"

Did he sound like he'd been worried? Gods, he hoped he didn't sound like he'd been too worried, but he definitely probably sounded like he'd been worried...

[[ sp VERY likely, but I meaaaaaan.....]]

Liz did detect the worry in Prompto’s voice and felt guilty …on top of how guilty she already felt for the worry and concern she knew she would have been giving him already.

“Hi,” she said softly, “I thought I’d catch up on some work …since ..well…” she bit her lip, “not because I couldn’t sleep,” she added quickly, even though she knew she still didn’t look brilliant and it was likely going to take a while to recover. “I …I managed to get some sleep last night…”

“I’m sorry if I worried you though,” she said quietly, “and I’m sorry about Thursday,”

[no worries at all! :)]

Just as Prompto couldn't do much to mask his concern, the relief that came to hear that she'd gotten some sleep was evident as well, even if distress over the fact that she would feel bad about him on top of everything else swept in over top of all of just as clearly a second later.

"No!" he said, quickly, maybe a little desperately. "Don't be! You have nothing to feel sorry for. I'm just glad that...that I could help.."

And when that came out, it was almost a whimper, as he looked at her with his brow furrowed, wishing he could do more....

"Did you..." he started, stopping himself with a frown. "Would you, um....should I just...?"

He wanted to ask if she wanted to just be left alone, if she would rather just do her work, but he couldn't actually say the words, so he just kind of half-heartedly hitched a thumb toward the door to signal the potential exit that he really, really didn't want to make, but that wasn't his decision, especially if staying just wound up making it worse for her.

“Oh, no stay please,” she said quickly and moved her laptop and tea over to make more room in case he wanted to join her.

There was a pause as she looked at him, “I …” she hesitated, “I talked to Doctor Lecter yesterday,” she told him.

The flash of relief from a second ago was practically subtle compared to what washed over him just then, complete with a small, grateful smile, and he pulled out a chair at the table to sit down quickly, as if worried she might change her mind in the two-point-five seconds it would take for him to do so.

And then he scooted the chair a little closer.

"Yeah?" he asked. "How'd it go?"

Ugh. What a dumb question. Obviously it had gone well if she'd managed to get some sleep last night...But instead of beating himself up too much over it, he mostly just found himself looking at her hopefully to confirm as much.

She nodded, “I think it went okay ~~since the threads still being played out~~,” Liz told him softly, “we’re going to try a few different things,” she hesitated “but he wants me to try taking medication for my anxiety, to see if that will help,”

Prompto nodded a little, with that faint, encouraging smile that was starting to become a frequent expression. "It definitely wouldn't hurt to try," he said, especially considering he'd be ready to jump on literally any suggestion that might help, but especially one coming from a professional like Dr. Lecter.

“I’ve …ive never tried taking medication for it before,” she admitted, “I’m a little nervous , I know it will help me but…” she hesitated, “I guess it’s a bit daunting,”

"I can definitely get that," Prompto offered with that smile again, this time holding out a hand, palm up, between them on the table, if she wanted to take it, as well. "We gotta give it a shot, though, right? And, hey, no matter what happens, I'll be here....okay?"

She nodded and there was that small smile as she reached over and placed her hand on top of his palm, “I don’t …I’m not sure how I’ll be with the medication,” she admitted and there was another pause ,”he’s also helping me get a better sleep routine,” she revealed since she clearly needed one.

"Guess we'll just have to wait and see," Prompto responded softly back, and, now that he had her hand, he gave it a squeeze.

"Wanna maybe do something tonight?" he offered. "We can load up on turkey sandwiches, binge watch the most boring documentaries we can find."

His grin went a little crooked.

"I could record Ignis reciting the phone book; that could put anyone to sleep..."

Liz’s smile widened at that and she let out a small laugh.

“I’d…I’d like that,” she said softly with a nod, “I’d like that a lot, it would be nice, to spend the evening together,”

"...cool," said Prompto, who, in that moment, could only just appreciate that she liked the idea, that he'd managed to make her laugh, that she seemed to be doing, that she would be better and that this, right now, was just nice. "Then it's a plan."

She gave a smile at that, “I’m looking forward to it,” she revealed and then very quietly added, “thank you again, for everything…for being here, for not leaving,”

It was literally the least he could do!

Yet also one of the things he utterly failed at in his last relationship!

Sure, sure, it was mostly due to circumstances well beyond his control, but still! Progress!

Of course, Prompto wasn't going to say any of that. But what he was going to do was grin back over at her, maybe with a small preemptive smattering of a blush, and squeeze her hand.

"Yeah, right," he said, a little teasing, a little shy, "almost as if I just really like you, or something."

Oh look there was a very faint blush, since she was still pretty pale but it was still there.

She let out a nervous laugh, “I really like you as well,” she said rather shyly, biting her lip as she looked at him.

A look like that was a sure-fire way to get that faint blush that had started across Prompto's cheeks deepen, but it also made his grin grow even more with a sheepish laugh of his own.

"Well," he stated, "that's good to hear, because, otherwise? This next part is going to get really awkward."

Because there was no way he could sit there and have her look at him like that and not feel compelled to lean over to kiss her.

Liz had absolutely no objections to the kissing, it actually felt nice and comfortable and safe after everything.

So she leaned into the kiss and happily returned it.

And, after everything that had been happening recently, it felt almost as if there really had been much of the kissing, except for New Year's, and so Prompto was definitely going to enjoy the moment, maybe drag it out a little. His hand drifted lightly to her cheek, even, for a brief moment, before he pulled away...just a little...with a soft smile.

"Maybe," he said, "I should let you get back to your work..."

He...didn't sound too terribly concerned about her getting back to her work, really.

Liz smiled up at him, still with that very faint blush - almost like she had forgotten that she had been doing work and why she had come down to the Perk to begin with.

“I … I don’t mind,” she assured him, “it can wait, I caught up on most of it already,” she told him shyly.

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"Oh." Prompto had to grin at news like that. "Well...if that's the case..."

He could just go right back to that whole kissing thing again, then.

Funnily enough Liz was also quite happy to going back to the kissing thing again.

It had been a long while since she had felt this calm and content.

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