For a few seconds he isn't sure Chris is going to come back, and when he does he feels a strange mixture of relief and tension. From the second he walked in the clinic today Chris has been solidity for him, and Hobbes being here hasn't changed that. But Chris is also an element that makes this potentially explosive. Or Hobbes is. Either way, the combinations might make for something uncomfortable.

Goddammit, why can't two of the most important people in his life fucking get along?

He watches Chris's hands move over Eostre's face and his heart hurts a little, and he stays quiet.