Promise

I promised." I broke away from him, ran my hand over his stubbly cheek. The blond shadow of the beard was barely visible, but the dark circles under the eyes emerged very clearly. And also the pale skin color. He wasn't doing well, but I couldn't tell if it was because he had just stabbed his pet because I didn't like it, or the injury and the medication. But I knew one thing very well. "You belong in bed."

"I've been in bed all morning." His hand also came to rest on my cheek, the hand with which he had just stabbed so coldly.

I had to pull myself together hard not to shrink from it. “And with good reason. Come on, we'll put you under the covers again. "

He chewed his lips briefly, looking in my eyes for an answer whose question I didn't know. "Will you stay with me?"

That was probably the first real smile he got from me today. "Naturally. That's why I'm here, right? I lie down with you. "

"OK."

Since he didn't move, I took his hand a