carol.

          ❛ sitting in silence  _{only adds to the quiet. ❜  if he wanted to escape the quiet, sitting by her was the wrong way to do it. she didn’t talk to most, not if she didn’t have to. her way of trying to protect other people and herself. she’d already gotten too close to ezekiel, she didn’t want to get close to anyone else.}

      Carol was..well..right.  Common sense said so but here he was, wanting her company and willing to look the fool just to not be a bother.  Instead of agreeing or disagreeing, Blaine cracked a small smile and his feet slid across the ground so he could wrap his arms loosely around his shins.  “Do you think he,” his chin lifted towards where their King had locked himself away, “Will come out any time soon?  Everything that happened?  It feels like we lost him, too.  I think that’s the worst part..”