[ Avoiding it at first was easy, once he’d gotten up and out of there the first time. He's used to having the Robin's Nest, a space all his own to fall back on which was something even when it was cold and lonely and empty. That it’s Collette’s room he’s supposed to be crashing in now just makes it even worse, because she knows the truth and that means if he keeps staying here it'll be her problem too. No matter what, it will be.
He doesn’t need that room. He can do without sleeping, without thinking, without remembering anything. He can save the space for someone who does need it. He can catch ten minutes here or there in the Observatory when he really, really has to.
But his mask is still in there, probably still shoved under the pillow he’d been lying on. And he knows that isn’t fair, leaving it up to her to find it herself or cover for him when someone else does. With a little luck he won’t even have to explain; he knows she’s not the type to hang around in one place when she doesn’t have to. He’ll grab his mask and then he’ll be gone just as fast.
He’s still hovering awkwardly at the door a whole fifteen seconds later before finally he shakes the feeling off and gives the door a careful, gentlemanly knock. Somehow crawling in her window while she was asleep felt less weird than just walking in when she might be awake. ]
for Collette - the 5th??
He doesn’t need that room. He can do without sleeping, without thinking, without remembering anything. He can save the space for someone who does need it. He can catch ten minutes here or there in the Observatory when he really, really has to.
But his mask is still in there, probably still shoved under the pillow he’d been lying on. And he knows that isn’t fair, leaving it up to her to find it herself or cover for him when someone else does. With a little luck he won’t even have to explain; he knows she’s not the type to hang around in one place when she doesn’t have to. He’ll grab his mask and then he’ll be gone just as fast.
He’s still hovering awkwardly at the door a whole fifteen seconds later before finally he shakes the feeling off and gives the door a careful, gentlemanly knock. Somehow crawling in her window while she was asleep felt less weird than just walking in when she might be awake. ]