"Charles, I..."

"Oh, Noelle." Charles chuckled softly, pulling her into a warm embrace and gently rubbing her back. "I'm right here, and I always will be."

Feeling the warmth of his hug, Noelle's anxiety began to melt away. She nodded against his chest. "Yeah." She knew he would always be there for her.

"Ready to talk about it now?" Charles's voice was soothing, like he was comforting a little kid, and he was drawing calming patterns on her back. However, Noelle stayed quiet.

He glanced down and caught the turmoil in Noelle's eyes. He got the message. "Can't figure it out yet? That's okay. Just sleep on it. When you're ready, you can tell me, alright?" "Thank you, Charles," she whispered, grateful for his understanding.

Then, she heard him whisper, "Go to sleep now. When you wake up, everything will

pang in his heart seeing her so scared and vulnerable, but

night wide awake. Part of it was the constant threat of being spied on, but most of it was the annual bout of insomnia he always got around New Year's. He had tried everything to fix it, but sleep was a rare guest, and a

his arm in the snowy night and

was so silent at night that you could hear a pin

craving was hitting him hard. He toyed with a cigarette for what felt

was shrouded in darkness when steady footsteps from upstairs broke the silence. Sean narrowed his eyes, and just like that, the room was flooded with

like

pulled out a cigarette and offered it to Charles's eyes widened just a fraction before he flashed a wry smile. "Rough

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