AN: 2.11
Denial
Holder tells himself that it was silly of him to ever think of her as a machine. But boy when that woman wants something, she will fight tooth and nail for it and she'll barrel through any obstacle in her way, all 5 foot 2 of her.
But that routine of eating and sleeping on the go and sometimes skipping them altogether hits a limit and when you hit that limit, all you can do is crash.
Passed out cold in the car; in a way, he's flattered that she trusts him enough to let him see that side of her. But then it could be because she had no choice and he just happen to be the one there to make sure she got from A to B safely.
Either way, he's incline to tell her what everyone else has been telling her and he wants to kick himself for it because he'd been the only person to fight on her side all along. Holder knows addiction and he knows the junk you can do to your body when you get too obsessed over one thing. Question is, is he in the position to tell Linden this?
He hopes that maybe the meds will calm her down a little, make her see reason.
Or maybe the still-healing injuries to his ribs would be a testament.
But he finds that he's disappointed, no, exasperated that she's lucid enough to dive back into the case again. And, as it stands, he is not in the position to tell Linden that it's probably a good idea to take a shower before heading back to that death trap.
All he can do is agree to follow her back there and hope that Linden has a trump card up her sleeve. It's all he's ever been able to do and, apparently, nothing has since changed.
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