[She started out trying to cry silently against the dog's fur, but at some point she turns and then it's Duke's shoulder she's sobbing into, Duke she's holding onto while Brownie rests her head on Allison's knee. She's surrounded by warmth on all sides, and somehow it only hurts more at first...like ripping off a Band Aid, it hurts because she needs it so badly.
To be held. To feel safe. To forget, for a second, how lost and angry and guilty she feels.
It takes a while, but she slowly stops crying and just keeps hugging him, one hand drifting to rub Brownie between the ears again.]
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To be held. To feel safe. To forget, for a second, how lost and angry and guilty she feels.
It takes a while, but she slowly stops crying and just keeps hugging him, one hand drifting to rub Brownie between the ears again.]