[ no, wait, that's not the right way to handle this. Matt's voice is a little more like gravel than it normally is, like his words are scraping against their throat, resisting being formed. he smooths hair away from Archie's forehead, feeling the clamminess of his skin and the cold sweat he's worked up. matt wonders if he would feel better in the water, sitting at the bottom of the river and sitting with him in the peaceful silence. he doesn't suggest it. ]
Why're you feelin' like this? What's happened, man? I don't-- I don't wanna make you feel guilty, but I've been worried as shit, and now you're all... like this...
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[ no, wait, that's not the right way to handle this. Matt's voice is a little more like gravel than it normally is, like his words are scraping against their throat, resisting being formed. he smooths hair away from Archie's forehead, feeling the clamminess of his skin and the cold sweat he's worked up. matt wonders if he would feel better in the water, sitting at the bottom of the river and sitting with him in the peaceful silence. he doesn't suggest it. ]
Why're you feelin' like this? What's happened, man? I don't-- I don't wanna make you feel guilty, but I've been worried as shit, and now you're all... like this...