Mary Margaret looked at Dr. Hopper, teary-eyed, because he'd stopped her, stopped them from walking. Because she couldn't stop herself. Even as she nodded, jaw momentarily locked and lips pressing together, trying very much to not let this go past teary into actually crying.
"No. It isn't." Her voice cracked a little, when she could manage words again. She swallowed and took in a breath through her teeth, ashamed for even admitting these things. "But it'll stay only that, now."
Because one of them had to be an adult. And only one of them was the confused patient in a hospital bed. Even if he said she was the only real thing in his entire world since waking.
One of them had to be the adult, to make the right decisions.
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Date: 2012-03-25 10:08 pm (UTC)"No. It isn't." Her voice cracked a little, when she could manage words again. She swallowed and took in a breath through her teeth, ashamed for even admitting these things. "But it'll stay only that, now."
Because one of them had to be an adult. And only one of them was the confused patient in a hospital bed. Even if he said she was the only real thing in his entire world since waking.
One of them had to be the adult, to make the right decisions.