on occasion, dennis whitaker will ground himself with⊠the ground. growing up with hardwood floors, it wasnât uncommon for him or his brothers to splay out on the floor to try to escape the summer heat. nowadays though, he just drops to the carpet of the apartment whenever he feels homesick.
the first time he was a little nervous, turning to trinity and asking, âhey, is it cool if i like⊠lay on the floor?â
âumm, sure? i donât care, man.â
it becomes one of those behaviors of his that trinity deems slightly weird. eventually she gets used to it, and doesnât even bat an eye when she has to step over him, sprawled across the kitchen floor, to get to the fridge. sometimes he falls asleep, most times itâs just for the comforting familiarity.
baran, however, does not have the same knowledge, and one afternoon, about 2 months into dating trinity, she opens the apartment door with trinity in tow carrying groceries. thatâs when she finds dennis inexplicably laying loose-limbed along the living room floor.
immediately considering the worst, a habit sheâs picked up since working at the pitt, she braces herself to face whatever may be wrong with him. looking back at trinity, she whispers, âdonât go in there⊠let me take care of this.â locking the door behind her, baran anxiously creeps towards dennisâs slack body.
confounded and worried, trinity sets down the bags and searches for the spare key under the mat. then, she cracks the door open to peek inside and sees the scene playing out. silently laughing to herself, she sneaks up behind baran, whoâs about to check for a pulse, and gently tosses a loaf of bread at dennis. it lands right on his sternum, and heâs suddenly resurrected.
simultaneously, baran and dennis sigh out the words, âwhat the fuck.â baran out of confusion, dennis out of annoyance.
unable to hold her laughter back anymore, trinity starts heading to the hallway to get the rest of groceries, âwe got white bread for the white boy!â
dennis groans out a thanks, and baran, trying to regain control of her breathing, flops down next to him on the floor.
