When Steve doesn't wake up in the morning, B has a moment of panic, but it isn't a long one. Past experience means panic can be safely smothered into a simple background anxiety, and B is good at keeping anxiety masked. Steve has done this twice before since he's met him, after all, and it's probably lucky that he's gone this long without a coma.
His inmate doesn't know that, though. And she needs to, or she'll worry, too.
B gets the dogs, cats, and a pair of the goats settled at the kennel with the rest of the staff for the morning, then heads for Laura's cabin to knock. He doesn't know what time she and Steve usually talk, but he's kind of hoping he's caught her before that time.
It's still early, and Laura's nursing her first cup of coffee in the new living area of her newly redesigned cabin and feels substantially better about being in it now. There is no lingering Shadow memories stalking around in the corners and it well and truly feels like she can be someone else who isn't constantly surrounded by her past.
The knock on the door has her narrowing her eyes at it. Most give her a heads-up text that they want to stop by. All the same, she gets up and answers and freezes when she sees B.
This cannot be good.
"Please don't tell me Steve is gone," she says quietly, her eyes filled with worry.
"No, no, god. I'd be much more of a wreck if Steve was gone," B says with a little shudder. "No, he's just in a coma. I didn't want you to worry-- he's done this twice before since I've been here, and apparently a lot before, too." Which is not to say B is not a little stressed about it, sure, but it's definitely not that level of awful.
Laura let go of the breath she hadn't realized she was holding and her shoulders visibly relaxed. There was no way in hell that she would take well to learning he was anywhere but, and yet, she was still very much worried that even after he got up, somehow the Admiral would force him out and once again, she'd be flailing around trying to pick up the pieces of losing yet one more person she was aware of caring a lot about.
She opens the door a little wider and motions for him to come in; the layout new and completed just a few odd days before.
"I'm still trying not to get worked up about comas even if they happen as often as they do," Laura confesses, unknowingly wringing her hands. "Do you want me to let the barge know? I put a message out."
She wants to do something. He's done so much for her already in the short time since they were paired.
"You can if you want," B shrugs, looking sympathetic to her distress. "You can visit if you want. He won't know you're there, but sometimes it helps me feel better. First time he did it when I was here, I spent-- probably eighty percent of my free time at his bedside." B was also not the most stable at the time, and Lark had failed to mention Steve coma'd regularly.
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His inmate doesn't know that, though. And she needs to, or she'll worry, too.
B gets the dogs, cats, and a pair of the goats settled at the kennel with the rest of the staff for the morning, then heads for Laura's cabin to knock. He doesn't know what time she and Steve usually talk, but he's kind of hoping he's caught her before that time.
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The knock on the door has her narrowing her eyes at it. Most give her a heads-up text that they want to stop by. All the same, she gets up and answers and freezes when she sees B.
This cannot be good.
"Please don't tell me Steve is gone," she says quietly, her eyes filled with worry.
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She opens the door a little wider and motions for him to come in; the layout new and completed just a few odd days before.
"I'm still trying not to get worked up about comas even if they happen as often as they do," Laura confesses, unknowingly wringing her hands. "Do you want me to let the barge know? I put a message out."
She wants to do something. He's done so much for her already in the short time since they were paired.
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