shadows dancing on the wall / o, human au

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A nurse walked into the room, and Shine looked up at them to see what they were going to do. But they walked past him, heading to the other guy in the bed next to his. Most rooms held about two people each. The patient and nurse started talking, so he tuned them out and got back to looking at his phone. More messages had popped up.

Shine: that's fine. here for a while. not going anywhere.

Lessa had messaged him. He felt a small pang of sadness in his heart, wondering what to say.

Shine: of course. tea is nice.

Shine started typing for a bit, but then stopped before finishing the next message. He backspaced it all, muttering to himself, and decided to just respond to Thea instead.

Shine: not annoying. dealt with worse.
Shine: way worse.