[The sight surprises Luke, jolts him to freeze. And it's good that he did that, otherwise he would've moved forward and touched Guy's shoulder and maybe make him feel shame and embarrassment on top of everything else.
Something about this makes Luke kind of... afraid. Afraid to move, afraid to do anything at all. He's never seen Guy like this before. It makes distress and pain rise in his chest, and it's all he can do to at least look and see the cause of it -
The journal's laying open. And Luke can barely see it, but... that's his handwriting. Sort of, since he had to write with his right hand...
... Right. Those are the messages he wrote.
Was Guy doing... this... over those? Is he seeing them for the first time...?
...
Quietly, Luke steps out of the room, his fist clenched and shaking at his side. As much as he wants to go in and touch him, give Guy some kind of sign that he's there and it's okay... this is a highly vulnerable moment for Guy. And he's sure that he wouldn't appreciate the very cause of that vulnerability to let him know that he saw it.
So he stands in the living room and looks down at the floor. He gives it a few more minutes.
Then he goes to the front door, and he unlocks, opens and shuts it again, this time a little louder. He... presses his hand against the door for a moment, to compose himself, to give Guy time to register that sound, if he even heard it.
Once he counts to three and ensures that the burning in his eyes has relaxed a little, he steps inside again, tells Star to shut up again (which causes a "mieu?"), and stops just a few steps away from Guy's room.]
Okay we can go with that
Something about this makes Luke kind of... afraid. Afraid to move, afraid to do anything at all. He's never seen Guy like this before. It makes distress and pain rise in his chest, and it's all he can do to at least look and see the cause of it -
The journal's laying open. And Luke can barely see it, but... that's his handwriting. Sort of, since he had to write with his right hand...
... Right. Those are the messages he wrote.
Was Guy doing... this... over those? Is he seeing them for the first time...?
...
Quietly, Luke steps out of the room, his fist clenched and shaking at his side. As much as he wants to go in and touch him, give Guy some kind of sign that he's there and it's okay... this is a highly vulnerable moment for Guy. And he's sure that he wouldn't appreciate the very cause of that vulnerability to let him know that he saw it.
So he stands in the living room and looks down at the floor. He gives it a few more minutes.
Then he goes to the front door, and he unlocks, opens and shuts it again, this time a little louder. He... presses his hand against the door for a moment, to compose himself, to give Guy time to register that sound, if he even heard it.
Once he counts to three and ensures that the burning in his eyes has relaxed a little, he steps inside again, tells Star to shut up again (which causes a "mieu?"), and stops just a few steps away from Guy's room.]
... Guy? Are you awake?
[Of course he is.
But Luke doesn't have to know that.]