He hummed softly at the kiss to his forehead.
“Brave? Why?” Jack blinked at her, eyes wide with surprise and curiosity. “All I did was fall off a roof…” how was that brave?
She smiled softly, staring down at him. “You can’t see it I guess but I can..You were the one in pain yet you stayed calm. I was a mess when I saw how hurt you were and I was fine,” she tried to explain, hoping this information helped, though to her it was true.
“And not just today but I can just…see everyday how calm you are..you don’t buckle under pressure like I do. All I can do is cry about things but you…you pull strength from somewhere and give me kind words, soothing words…You’re brave, Jack. You are. I admire you so much.”
He blushed purple at her words, and squirmed gently in the bed, wishing to move, wishing to really look at her but knew he couldn’t thanks to his neck. Stupid neck brace. Why can’t it be four days already? Instead his hands pressed against her gently, trying to convey how much the words touched him because, truly, they did.
“I’m just. Used to the pain like that. I know it sounds horrible but, but this got me through this. Having you there got me through it so-so calmly because I saw you looking so afraid, so scared. I can’t. I can’t be the source of your fear, Katelynn. Not now, not ever.”
Jack Maple 