[It's not fair, putting all of this on her when she's still so devastated by the loss of the children. He almost goes back to his rooftop after dropping things off so his worry does not add to her stress. But then.... if he doesn't go home (when had he begun to think of her apartment as home?) she's just going to worry about him anyway. Grudgingly he does return to the apartment, hating the fine tremor in his hands, the silence in the apartment that seems so oppressive now without the herd of delicate little fairy creatures, the fact that he's been so caught up in his head and not able to really enjoy the time they did have with them.
Not the way she did, throwing herself wholeheartedly into tending them while he and Taner stayed out of the way playing board games and lazing about during the day while awaiting the cover of darkness for Khalid to go to work and Taner to shift his attention back to Momma.
He's quiet as he steps in, closing the door softly and pausing there to lean heavily against it.]
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Not the way she did, throwing herself wholeheartedly into tending them while he and Taner stayed out of the way playing board games and lazing about during the day while awaiting the cover of darkness for Khalid to go to work and Taner to shift his attention back to Momma.
He's quiet as he steps in, closing the door softly and pausing there to lean heavily against it.]