@evilslayr, ashley: i'll be okay now, i think.
❝ are you sure? ❞ herbert west: desperate for another's company, what a noteworthy occurrence, ❝ it's quite dark out now, and late, ❞ quick glance down, spindly hands both sitting past eleven, ❝ you could— ❞ should, ❝ —you should just the stay night. you live all the way across town and i just worry you may be too tired to drive safely, that's all. ❞ worry! he's worried for someone! another noteworthy occurrence. a bizarrely strong feeling, always inducing some mild form of paranoia for its duration despite his best efforts to quell it. he wonders why people subject themselves to such emotions voluntarily. in his defense, it had been a bit of a rough evening for both men, shirts decorated with broad strokes of still-dripping crimson, the rest of this failure still lying in a heap in the basement next to the floor drain. this worry was justifiable — rational, even.
❝ i could take care of that for you, as well, ❞ he gestures to stained apparel before quickly clasping hands together, ❝ if any of that's alright with you, of course. ❞ i owe him, that's all, nothing more. he blinks up at companion, green eyes wide and nervous.