"Thank you either way. I guess I'd forgotten about that already.."
"I wanted you to even if it was for a minute and not the lifetime I wanted to give instead. Guess there's compromise." He popped open the bottle and took ten more pills with some whiskey.
"Stop drinking already. You should rest too. Morning will come faster than you want it to." Ari yawned, letting her eyes droop close. Listening to the fire crackling and letting it soothe her frayed nerves. Even though her body was exhausted, her mind was wide awake and trying to dwell on the horrors she'd seen. "Tell me about my father and how you knew him and how he's told you all these things. Maybe you'll bore me to sleep."
"Don't give yourself more nightmares. And I'm waiting for you to fall asleep." Mostly because he needed to keep his hands to himself; surprisingly the edge of the alcohol wasn't making him do stupid things but think rationally.
