the heaviness of her heart was much like a stone fast sinking to a riverbed. noah’s gaze faltered and reached the floor, her empathy for them swelling and tickling at the backs of her tear ducts. she knew no details, but the weight of their tone rang with familiarity in her heart. it was a innate part of her nature to pick up on the feelings of others; she absorbed their strain and it lived in her pores as they sat shoulder to shoudler. “ actually, i’m quite good at keeping things to myself, ” she admitted in a mumble. “ i wouldn’t mind helping you shoulder a bit of that burden if you like... ”










