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She nodded, stepping closer. "Lie face down." It was her turn to pause. "But you don't have to."

Sherry sat down on the edge of the bed, grateful to be sitting. She was a lot more tired than she'd thought, but she was pretty sure it was all mental exhaustion. Mental and emotional. Armagnac was still ranting quietly away in her head, and that didn't help things.

Turning, Sherry placed one hand on Jake's back, and let the fingers of her other hand touch his hair. "Is that comfortable? If it's not, you should move." Even as she spoke, she started squeezing his shoulder.

It was back rub time. Mostly because she wasn't leaving, not after everything, and because she wasn't sure if she wanted to sleep. But also because she felt bad about everything. Jake was lost and confused and... Sherry didn't know how to fix any of it. But this, this she could do.

Armagnac agreed with Jake, and she was not being shy at all about telling Sherry exactly what she thought he deserved. Sherry found the rage even more tiring, but the longer it went on the easier it was to ignore.

She tried to focus on what she was doing, finding it soothing and calming, something which she was grateful for. It was a light back rub, as she didn't have the energy for anything spectacular, but it covered neck, back and shoulders thoroughly. Her thoughts did wander from time to time. Over the past couple days, over the argument, over things said and done. Too much, that's what it was. The past few days had been nothing short of emotionally exhausting.

Jake was sleeping. That was evident after a while. She smiled at that. If it had been anyone else, she would have left and never spoken to them again. But not Jake, never Jake.

She sighed, finding herself curling up in the space between him and the edge of the bed, her fingers trailing idly up and down his back. He'd said she could stay, so she did. Her hand stopped moving only a few moments before she fell asleep.