caranfindel:

Fic: Two short codas for 14.01

Inspired by the Beard of Despair.

One

Sam showers. He brushes his teeth. He carries on. The bunker’s full of people now, and ignoring his personal hygiene would be rude. They’re all damaged, after all. He’s no more damaged than any of them. He doesn’t have any special right to wallow in his own despair. He owes it to them to keep going, to set an example. To eat and sleep (or lie sleepless in bed but at least he sets a good example, at least it looks like self-care) and shower and change his clothes and keep going. Keep living.

(It’s fine. He’s fine.)

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