the way he told the story, in particular the fact that he couldn’t tell it without immediately bursting into laughter made her calm demeanor shift to amusement almost instantly. her smile cracking wider until she was laughing right along with him. since she worked from home, she didn’t have to deal with the bots that also took calls, she had no real opinion on them like he did. but his disdain for all things AI was charming, in a strange way.
by the time he made it to telling her about the gurney, she had her head thrown back and her arms holding her ribs because they hurt so bad. but all the rumbling laughter quickly shook the tickle in her lungs, and she was leaning forward to let a round of cracking coughs loose, one hand covering her mouth, the other bracing herself on the couch to try and stay steady.
“oooof, sorry.” she finally rasped, clearing her throat and reaching to pick up her mug of tea, taking a long drink. god it was awful, but it did help. “I can’t imagine watching them rush a bot off to medicentre. they’re just short of doing CPR on them at this point, I swear.” she added, making sure to quickly return to the topic at hand,
richard didn’t normally laugh this hard . not very often at all not every day . maybe not even every month . but always on call . his muscles , clearly unused to the strain of a grin that wide , pained him to the point he had to raise the side of his hand and mess with the side of his cheek and jaw . damn .
wouldn’t be all that long before he’d realise that lydia was coughing again . the laughter had gotten the better of her , it seemed . god , he hated that . hated this cough she had . something chronic , something painful . he could tell by the way it sounded , the way she always struggled to breathe afterwards . his smile faded : he had her to thank . his face was aching terribly anyways .
he waited a few moments , 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 . he knew her well enough to know she probably didn’t want to talk about it , so he relented , relinquished his worry , and continued , looking much graver than usual . ❝ i’ll quit my job if they start doing cpr on bots . that’ll be the day . ❞
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