Marvelous does notice the way Don flinches when he first walks in, but he knows what it's like to be injured and protective over that part of yourself even if it's causing you pain, so he simply registers that Don does it but doesn't react to it.
Don recovers himself fairly quickly from that, but he's visibly upset; tears spilling down his cheeks as he stammers his words. Marvelous wants to scoop him up and hold him tight, and he will, but that won't actually help anything right this second. He crouches down and brushes Don's hair away from his forehead. His skin is pale from shock.
"Don't move," Marvelous insists. Don is always apologizing for things that aren't his fault! He doesn't have worry about getting up if he physically can't because of the pain, that would be a ridiculous expectation. And it may be obvious from the tightness in his words, but even though it hurts that much he doesn't complain. "You're being really brave."
He hopes he sounds reassuring because he hasn't got a clue what to do now. The last thing he wants to do is touch Don's ankle when he isn't a doctor. It might hurt him more. But then something Don says makes him forget he's supposed to be doing something anyway.
"The chair?" He asks in confusion. "What chair?"
He knows what chair, but he hadn't been thinking about that at all! Why is Don?
"I don't care about that," he says, gesturing in the general direction of it without bothering to look at it. His eyes are on Don right now. "I can replace a chair. We can't replace you."
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Date: 2012-07-10 08:28 am (UTC)Don recovers himself fairly quickly from that, but he's visibly upset; tears spilling down his cheeks as he stammers his words. Marvelous wants to scoop him up and hold him tight, and he will, but that won't actually help anything right this second. He crouches down and brushes Don's hair away from his forehead. His skin is pale from shock.
"Don't move," Marvelous insists. Don is always apologizing for things that aren't his fault! He doesn't have worry about getting up if he physically can't because of the pain, that would be a ridiculous expectation. And it may be obvious from the tightness in his words, but even though it hurts that much he doesn't complain. "You're being really brave."
He hopes he sounds reassuring because he hasn't got a clue what to do now. The last thing he wants to do is touch Don's ankle when he isn't a doctor. It might hurt him more. But then something Don says makes him forget he's supposed to be doing something anyway.
"The chair?" He asks in confusion. "What chair?"
He knows what chair, but he hadn't been thinking about that at all! Why is Don?
"I don't care about that," he says, gesturing in the general direction of it without bothering to look at it. His eyes are on Don right now. "I can replace a chair. We can't replace you."