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Juliet and Shawn were laying on the kitchen floor afterwards. Juliet was curled up on her side, back turned to Shawn and staring off into space. Shawn cautiously reached his arm up and put in on Juliet's waist.
"Not there. not right now Shawn" she said, composed but muffled
"Right. sorry" Shawn said, retracting his arm and then extending it again, this time reaching for her hair. he brushed it away from her face, but not being able to see her face, he almost poked her eye and he felt her wince under his touch.
"sorry. sorry. my bad." he said Jules laboriously shifted so she could face him. her face still looked pale and her eyes were watery and dull.
"hey, hey, I'm sorry, come here" Shawn wispered, once again reaching his arm out, now being very careful not to touch her stomach or her eye.
dispite her sickly mood, Juliet let out a warbly laugh at his attempt not to injure her further
"how are you feeling?" he asked, noticing her mood shift and thinking it a good sign
"Shawn. I'm laying on our kitchen floor after puking my guts out for like 20 minutes straight, how do you think im feeling?"
"okay good point." he said, wiping the damp washcloth along her lip for any stray puke he had missed after the first few clean up attempts. They lapsed into silence again, periodically looking into each others' eyes, concerned green meeting dull blue.
"Jules?" Shawn said after a couple of minutes
"Shawn?" she replied, matching his tone
"Why do you think you got sick?" he asked this question hesitantly, as if they both knew he already knew the answer. Juliet's face crumpled, and what little composure she had managed to gather vanished. She started shaking as the tears came, and Shawn wrapped his other arm around her; cradling his girlfriend on the cool tile of the kitchen floor.
He absently wondered if she was going to be sick again, she was shaking as hard as she had been the last time- but no- these were crying shakes.
"Shh, shh, shh Jules. hey. it's gonna be alright okay? We don't have to talk about it right now. I-I got you. nothing is going to happen. you're safe. you're okay"her sobs started to slow as Shawn gently rocked her.
"That's it. it's okay Jules, you're gonna be fine shhh, shhh, shh" he continued. Juliet hiccuped as she tried to open her mouth
"Shawn i-"
He looked back at her, uncharacteristically patient
"Shawn i'm so fucking scared" she got out before she started to cry again