A Life Debt Repaid

Sam lay in bed, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep.

He somehow dozed off earlier as he merely stayed there, but now that he was in bed, he was wide awake.

He waited for Quinn, but she was not coming even after a long while.

As such, he quietly got out of bed and peeked through the door slit to find her still watching TV with a serious look.

He tiptoed back to bed, inwardly relieved.

He was not impatient—he was just worried Quinn would not return to his room.

Still, he tiptoed back and forth for a while to peek at Quinn, until he finally saw her turn off the TV.

Startled, he scrambled back to his bed to pretend to sleep.

Quinn returned to her room to wash up before heading into Sam’s room.

that he was asleep, pulling up the blanket to lay

to wake him but could not help shifting

getting nervous as he usually

her soft,

second, he really felt that it was worth staying alive-the

and Quinn were both busy, with Sam at work and Quinn helping Lindsay

did not have much time to spend together, and Quinn

return tiptoeing late into the night, gently pulling

gone by the next morning, which left Quinn feeling at a

also felt like he was deliberately hiding from her, especially since

waited for him to

tired from work,” he muttered at the time. “I need to get some

but did not press

the same excuse for

was not the type who could idle. And with Marvin’s