He turns slightly, his gaze slipping down past Gaeta as he thinks. The first thing his mind reaches for is, of course, the fear. That somehow, such a generous offer and arrangement will go hideously, bizarrely wrong, somehow. Some factor that they forgot to account for will slither through the cracks and bite them both. And if something external doesn't ruin it, maybe something internal will. There's nowhere to hide; Gaeta will see Mulcahy for who he is at the core, unadorned. He's not sure if he wants that pity.
But he is trying to help, and Mulcahy so badly wants to sleep.
"Are you sure? I wouldn't ask you to stay any more often than you are comfortable with, of course. Even still, we have no idea how long that dirt man will be around..."
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Date: 2024-08-08 03:58 am (UTC)He turns slightly, his gaze slipping down past Gaeta as he thinks. The first thing his mind reaches for is, of course, the fear. That somehow, such a generous offer and arrangement will go hideously, bizarrely wrong, somehow. Some factor that they forgot to account for will slither through the cracks and bite them both. And if something external doesn't ruin it, maybe something internal will. There's nowhere to hide; Gaeta will see Mulcahy for who he is at the core, unadorned. He's not sure if he wants that pity.
But he is trying to help, and Mulcahy so badly wants to sleep.
"Are you sure? I wouldn't ask you to stay any more often than you are comfortable with, of course. Even still, we have no idea how long that dirt man will be around..."