[ Daniel's gaze shifts. Not at Robby saying that he should rest, or that it's alright - it's before that. While lying on the bed, while staring at Robby.. It's the moment that the boy says he's real. It's hard to tell what the shift exactly is, considering how hazy Daniel's eyes seem right now, but it's still like something changes about the man just a little bit when he hears those words.
Even if it isn't clear how much he's processing them. But some part of Daniel must be, because his gaze shifts. Because his mouth moves, even if no sound comes out, like there's something he wants to tell Robby but can't. Even lip reading would be an impossible challenge with Daniel's current state, where he'd probably slur all the words together even if he had a voice.
Still, it's like he's trying to say something. Something he's desperately trying to convey to the boy, actively fighting the urge to sleep to try and say it instead, even in the face of an obvious failure to speak aloud.
Maybe that's why Daniel instead moves. His body is too heavy to fully move, but.. he shifts just a little on the bed, and a moment later it's mainly his arm that's making the bigger movement. It's no quick movement, nothing that would make someone jump, but even the slow movement is enough to bring Daniel's hand closer and closer to Robby's, until his fingers - clumsily - latch onto Robby's wrist.
It's not a tight hold, but Daniel seems to also be trying to do his best to not let it slip - either because Daniel himself can't keep his arm up, or because Robby might try to twist his way out of it.
He continues to hold the boy's wrist, something in the man's gaze pleading.
There's no words, but the implication might be obvious all the same. It's practically written in Daniel's eyes as he continues to look at the other, if Robby bothers to - or can at all - look at Daniel.
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Even if it isn't clear how much he's processing them. But some part of Daniel must be, because his gaze shifts. Because his mouth moves, even if no sound comes out, like there's something he wants to tell Robby but can't. Even lip reading would be an impossible challenge with Daniel's current state, where he'd probably slur all the words together even if he had a voice.
Still, it's like he's trying to say something. Something he's desperately trying to convey to the boy, actively fighting the urge to sleep to try and say it instead, even in the face of an obvious failure to speak aloud.
Maybe that's why Daniel instead moves. His body is too heavy to fully move, but.. he shifts just a little on the bed, and a moment later it's mainly his arm that's making the bigger movement. It's no quick movement, nothing that would make someone jump, but even the slow movement is enough to bring Daniel's hand closer and closer to Robby's, until his fingers - clumsily - latch onto Robby's wrist.
It's not a tight hold, but Daniel seems to also be trying to do his best to not let it slip - either because Daniel himself can't keep his arm up, or because Robby might try to twist his way out of it.
He continues to hold the boy's wrist, something in the man's gaze pleading.
There's no words, but the implication might be obvious all the same. It's practically written in Daniel's eyes as he continues to look at the other, if Robby bothers to - or can at all - look at Daniel.
Stay here.
Please. ]