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This was certainly a bit forward for Moiraine, at least in Thom’s experience. Not that he minded in the least. He was used to her, wrapped in a blanket, silently curling up against his side- maybe this wasn’t such a stretch. But even that was always behind closed doors, when they were alone, not out in the open in a makeshift camp by the hastily-thrown-together fire. Either way, he was certainly not going to complain. Maybe this was just her way of showing she was getting a little more comfortable with physical contact, with affection.

Wrapping his arms around her waist, Thom placed a light kiss on Moiraine’s shoulder. He gave her a curious look, eyebrows raised. “Comfortable?”

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He wasn’t getting much in the way of answers from anyone. He had caught a glimpse of Moiraine upon her return before her Warder had ushered her away, to her room he presumed. She was alive. That in itself brought some relief. Thom had sought out Lan, but their conversation had ended quickly. He seemed worried, distracted, and hadn’t answered any of Thom’s questions. Despite the Warder’s insistence that Moiraine needed rest, once their conversation ended, Thom was heading straight to the Aes Sedai’s room.

He stopped outside the door, knocking urgently. With no response, he knocked again, waiting several minutes, then again. Finally, and maybe against his better judgement, he pushed the door open. His eyes fell on her, and immediately any anger and frustration left him, the thought of demanding answers fading away.

Something was wrong, he could tell that right away. It made his blood run cold. He hadn’t ever seen her look so...broken. She looked like she had been crying. She hardly even looked like herself. It was disconcerting. He couldn’t even quite place it, but something was definitely off.

He closed the door and approached her slowly, then finally spoke her name quietly, feeling like even the smallest sound would startle her. “Moiraine?”

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The door opening and more people walking in was far from out of the ordinary, but Thom still couldn’t help but look over each time it happened. It was an old habit he never really got rid of. No one whose bad side he was on was likely to walk into the common room of an in way out in essentially the middle of nowhere, but it never hurt to be careful.

Thom was finishing off a drink and about to get up to play another song when the door opened again, and again his eyes darted over towards it. He recognized her immediately, but the only sign he gave of recognition was the slight raise of his brows. Moiraine. Light, it had been ages since he had last seen her. She looked different. Ill, or overtired, he wasn’t sure, but he could hardly not notice the young man all but keeping her upright. It seemed she could barely even stand by herself.

He shook his head. He had to let it go for now. It was hard to keep the worry and curiosity out of his mind, and even as he played he kept glancing over in their general direction. And once he was done, he made a beeline for them. He sat, looking at the young man who had been supporting Moiraine when they walked in, and nodded towards the Aes Sedai who was now slumped over the table. “Everything ok?” he asked, eyebrows raised. She definitely didn’t seem ok from what he could tell.

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@moirainescdai​ - plotted starter

He felt awful. In fact, Thom couldn’t remember the last time he had felt so ill. It had been a while, clearly. The coughing had let up some at least, but even absent that a general aching feeling had settled into all his muscles and his head was pounding something awful. Maybe some more of those foul-tasting concoctions he had been so opposed to earlier would be better than this. No, he quickly decided. He’d rather try to tough it out. If he could just get some sleep, maybe he’d feel a little better in the morning.

Sleep wouldn’t come easily, of course. He had hoped to just drift off, instead he spent who knows how long tossing and turning-- not an easy feat considering just how achy he was. The last thing he wanted to hear then was exactly what he heard: the sound of the door opening.

“I told you, no more--” he started, turning onto his side to face the door, irritated. But he stopped when he saw the small blue-clad figure moving from the doorway and across the room. “--Moiraine?” He tried to tell himself he wasn’t happy to see her. He wanted to be angry with her, but it was easier said than done. He had tried not to worry about her, but that hadn’t been easy either. But even if he couldn’t quite manage anger at the Aes Sedai, he could at least be grumpy with her for having left without a word.

“Nice to see you’re still alive.” At least that part he managed to get out semi-coldly.

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Thom had only been in Fal Dara for a few days when the news had reached him of their arrival. And the news had spread to him quickly, it seemed. It hadn’t been hard to find them once he knew they were there either. After some time spent catching up, some time spent hearing about their plans- or Moiraine’s plans, rather, Thom saw himself out, a bottle of wine in hand, and headed towards Moiraine’s room, its location given to him quite freely by Egwene.

He hesitated for a minute outside the door. This wasn’t going to be an easy reunion, with tomorrow’s what seemed like impending doom hanging over their heads. He doubted he could talk her out of it, wasn’t sure he’d even try. He would see how it went.

Shaking his head, he held back a sigh, knocked quietly, then waited.

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Distract me, she had said. Thom was trying his best, but he wasn’t sure how good of a job of that he was doing. He had thought to teach her to throw knives at first, but quickly decided against it. He wasn’t sure he wanted to trust her with anything sharp, even if under close supervision. Sure, it would be useful for her to learn how to defend herself without being able to channel, but Thom would leave that to Lan and his practice swords. Much less risky that way. No, reading to her had seemed a much less dangerous option for now.

So they had ended up as they now were, Thom reclined on Moiraine’s bed, the small Aes Sedai wrapped in a blanket and curled up against his side, her head resting on his shoulder. He kept one arm around her in a way that was protective more than it was affectionate, his other hand holding the open book he was reading from.

Only when he heard the door open did he stop reading and look up. He greeted the Warder with a nod. “Thought you’d be off with the Wisdom somewhere” he commented. Not that he had any issue with that, he was more than happy to keep an eye on Moiraine to allow Lan some time to himself.

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today on let’s give my rp partners whiplash: cute and fluffy but kinda angsty to DARK AS HECK in .02 seconds

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thom @ moiraine: i’m following you around 24/7 now, don’t mind me