[reverse darkest timeline AU: cellthread #3]

[stilljustandrew]

It's been about two days.

Nobody's come for him.



Andrew's lying down, staring at the far wall.

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[stilljustandrew]

By this time he's eaten most of two sandwiches, and just about finished his tea. He's also starting to run out of steam, and can't think of anything else to talk about, but somehow he doesn't mind.



"Thanks," is what he finally says, softly. "For staying."

[gothamsheiress]

"I'm glad to help."

This is the easiest she's seen him since they met -- less hectic, less despairing.

[stilljustandrew]

He's aware, distantly, that this is the first time since being arrested that he's let himself be anything but miserable.

And it's not that he isn't, at some level, still miserable. It's just that he can put that aside and let it not matter for a little while.

He's always been good at that.

[stilljustandrew]

[Shortly after ...]