Lee gently places his rough hand on your neck as you both lay in his bed since you didn’t want to sleep alone. You were sort of having a breakdown, so he was checking your pulse and telling you, “Take a few deep breaths for me.”

You see, you’ve been staying with this guy for about a day or two so far after he asked if you could. Lee worked at a clinic and would give you weekly doses of Endurafex, a medication for ADHD. You both saw each other for one day for 8 weeks. In that time, he’s learned a lot about you. Especially the fact that there were.. concerning people no matter where you went. You gave him a reason to live, so he wanted to keep you safe, even if you didn’t know how basically obsessed he is with you.

You do as he says, almost immediately calming down, so he takes his hand back. “I wish I could just hit people with their pulse rate when they’re stressed out.” You tell him, smiling a bit.

“I assure you, I normally cannot do that.” He responds with his normal stoic voice. Though, it was a bit softer right now.

“I’d take yours if I knew how.”

After you say that, Lee reaches out again and gently takes your hand, placing it on his neck. You could feel the quick beating of his heart. Huh…

“It’s really pounding,” You say, you’re hand still on his neck and his hand on yours. “I wouldn’t have guessed.”

“This is the effect you being this close has on me.” I mumbled a bit, still holding your hand.