[Ethan disappears and Dorian considers climbing out the window and crashing at another apartment. Instead, he winds up staring into space, scrubbing at his wrists without even realizing he's still doing it. Then the water is off, Ethan is saying something, and his hand is being taken to lead him away. When he sits, he realizes there's a glass of ice in his hand. Oh. Smart. That water isn't sitting well. Dorian's never been so dehydrated during a time when ice was available. Ethan speaks again, and Dorian blinks at him.]
What? [There was something about doctor, "are you sure," and Dorian nods, figuring Ethan's probably asking something like are you sure you don't want a doctor?] Unlikely to be any doctors here. [A pause--not hesitation so much as a cognitive delay. Then, quieter:] I don't want anyone else to see.
[That he can be harmed, that he has been humiliated, the odd way he's acting, any of it.]
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[Ethan disappears and Dorian considers climbing out the window and crashing at another apartment. Instead, he winds up staring into space, scrubbing at his wrists without even realizing he's still doing it. Then the water is off, Ethan is saying something, and his hand is being taken to lead him away. When he sits, he realizes there's a glass of ice in his hand. Oh. Smart. That water isn't sitting well. Dorian's never been so dehydrated during a time when ice was available. Ethan speaks again, and Dorian blinks at him.]
What? [There was something about doctor, "are you sure," and Dorian nods, figuring Ethan's probably asking something like are you sure you don't want a doctor?] Unlikely to be any doctors here. [A pause--not hesitation so much as a cognitive delay. Then, quieter:] I don't want anyone else to see.
[That he can be harmed, that he has been humiliated, the odd way he's acting, any of it.]