Her chest ached when he took the box away, bled when the safe door closed shut. It had been so good to see, but now that it was gone again, she was feeling the loss as keenly as if she'd just given it up. Her fingers twitched to feel the pages. How had the story about the baker gone? She knew, she knew that she knew, but she wanted to find out again.
It had still been worth it.
It still hurt.
"Thank you," she managed, well aware he hadn't needed to do that. Now that it seemed he had, in fact, remembered her, she was sort of aware that she'd been kind of an asshole. He'd been a bigger one four years ago, but... Well, she was settling a bit more firmly on the "he'd been very drunk" theory. It was about the only thing that made sense. Not like that made it better, because 'drunkenly tormenting a teenage girl' isn't a better look than doing it stone cold sober, but it at least explained some things. And confused a lot of others.
"Oh, um..." She blinked a few times, then straightened herself. She forced the shift back into Bridget Corey: intern and aspiring librarian. It was a much easier, much more professional role to fill than Bree: feeling lots of feelings, enjoying few of them. "Yes, of course. I wasn't lying; I'm sure the library can make use of many of your books." And she was thinking maybe that Hobbit would be leaving with her after all. "More than I can afford at one time, I'm certain." They'd have to narrow it down. She wasn't actually authorized to use library funds; these sorts of things were 'donations' which was why she normally read and enjoyed them first.
She gave a last glance around the room, fixing it into her memory without realizing that's what she was doing. She'd never have a room like this, but maybe one day if she worked hard, she could mimic it with the sorts of things you could afford on a librarian's salary.
It had still been worth it.
It still hurt.
"Thank you," she managed, well aware he hadn't needed to do that. Now that it seemed he had, in fact, remembered her, she was sort of aware that she'd been kind of an asshole. He'd been a bigger one four years ago, but... Well, she was settling a bit more firmly on the "he'd been very drunk" theory. It was about the only thing that made sense. Not like that made it better, because 'drunkenly tormenting a teenage girl' isn't a better look than doing it stone cold sober, but it at least explained some things. And confused a lot of others.
"Oh, um..." She blinked a few times, then straightened herself. She forced the shift back into Bridget Corey: intern and aspiring librarian. It was a much easier, much more professional role to fill than Bree: feeling lots of feelings, enjoying few of them. "Yes, of course. I wasn't lying; I'm sure the library can make use of many of your books." And she was thinking maybe that Hobbit would be leaving with her after all. "More than I can afford at one time, I'm certain." They'd have to narrow it down. She wasn't actually authorized to use library funds; these sorts of things were 'donations' which was why she normally read and enjoyed them first.
She gave a last glance around the room, fixing it into her memory without realizing that's what she was doing. She'd never have a room like this, but maybe one day if she worked hard, she could mimic it with the sorts of things you could afford on a librarian's salary.
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