[ the sound slips out from her open mouth, but it's choked off, caught and stopped by the thick lump that fills her throat, painful and impossible to push away. because he doesn't want to. he doesn't even want to be around her, even when it comes to something like this — even for something as simple as just escaping the cold.
he'd rather freeze to death then be around her. the realization of it is (appropriately) like ice water down her spine, and so caroline doesn't say anything at all. she can't. she just nods, a sharp dip of her head, and opens the driver side door to climb inside.
it's not until she hears his footsteps begin to move away that caroline lets her control slip, letting the floodgates of wracked sob after sob begin to roll through her. once it starts, she just can't make it stop. ]
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[ the sound slips out from her open mouth, but it's choked off, caught and stopped by the thick lump that fills her throat, painful and impossible to push away. because he doesn't want to. he doesn't even want to be around her, even when it comes to something like this — even for something as simple as just escaping the cold.
he'd rather freeze to death then be around her. the realization of it is (appropriately) like ice water down her spine, and so caroline doesn't say anything at all. she can't. she just nods, a sharp dip of her head, and opens the driver side door to climb inside.
it's not until she hears his footsteps begin to move away that caroline lets her control slip, letting the floodgates of wracked sob after sob begin to roll through her. once it starts, she just can't make it stop. ]