[ rough morning ]

[fanofthegenre]

[ after this ]

Beckett wakes to an empty side of the bed and a sledgehammer pounding on the inside of her skull.

Slowly, she eases to a sitting position, releasing a groan with the effort, and lifts a hand to her forehead while the other fishes around on the bedside table for that glass of water she clearly remembers being there.

Clumsy fingers unintentionally knock the cup over, the contents splashing onto the carpet as Beckett reels forward onto her feet with a wave of nausea and an "oh, God."

If anyone's looking for her, she'll be in the bathroom praying to the porcelain gods for the next couple minutes or so. After that, she looks in the mirror, sneering at her own reflection.

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[fanofthegenre]

"He's good. Better. A lot better, actually, which is why I'm so worried about breaking the news to him."

It took her father a long time to get sober again and stay sober. The fingers of one hand absently brush against his watch on her arm in thought, the other going to her mother's ring on the strand that dangles underneath her robe.

[trigger_man]

"It's going to be difficult, no matter what. But maybe this time he'll know how to handle it, if he's been able to work through things."

[fanofthegenre]

"Yeah," she says, twining the chain around her fingers.

"You're probably right."

[trigger_man]

"I guess...you just have to trust him, and be there for him if he doesn't deal with it well."

Not that he doesn't feel like a hypocrite telling her this, considering what he'd put Kim through after her mother died.

[fanofthegenre]

"Guess we'll just have to see what happens," she says, shifting her weight to her side.

"I'm glad you stayed."

[trigger_man]

Jack gives her a weak smile. "It was nothing," he says.

[fanofthegenre]

She smirks at the repetition of her earlier words, then slowly rises from the bed with every intention of showering. It'll make her feel a little better.

"Still."

[trigger_man]

"If you're that grateful, you can buy me breakfast."

[fanofthegenre]

That earns him a grin.

"Tell you what. I'll shower, and then you can order up as much gratitude out of me as you'd like."

[trigger_man]

He smiles back. "Sounds good to me."