Feeling Cole's heartbeat calms Ben down considerably. He takes his time, and Cole doesn't rush him, just focusing on the steady beat of it. Cole's hand in his is warm and solid and real.
It's been a while, since he had a dream that vivid, that lingered with him even after he woke up. It tapped so directly into so many of his worst fears. Being a ghost once more, the people he cares about being hurt, violence, failure, loss.
But Cole can feel that everyone is safe and Ben trusts Cole. So he exhales slowly, trying to push all that lingering worry out with it.
"Thank you."
Ben smiles back at Cole, a little and lopsided thing.
"Will you come with me? I mean, um - if you want to?"
Now that Cole's here, Ben wants him to stay very much, but he realizes halfway through the invitation that Cole might not want that. He might have only shown up because Ben was distressed, and now he might want to go back to whatever he was doing before, or maybe he hates the spa, or he could be getting tired of Ben always wanting to spend so much time with him...
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It's been a while, since he had a dream that vivid, that lingered with him even after he woke up. It tapped so directly into so many of his worst fears. Being a ghost once more, the people he cares about being hurt, violence, failure, loss.
But Cole can feel that everyone is safe and Ben trusts Cole. So he exhales slowly, trying to push all that lingering worry out with it.
"Thank you."
Ben smiles back at Cole, a little and lopsided thing.
"Will you come with me? I mean, um - if you want to?"
Now that Cole's here, Ben wants him to stay very much, but he realizes halfway through the invitation that Cole might not want that. He might have only shown up because Ben was distressed, and now he might want to go back to whatever he was doing before, or maybe he hates the spa, or he could be getting tired of Ben always wanting to spend so much time with him...