[ A moment to take that in. To decide it's good enough for now. That he'll trust Jim to measure his own boundary lines even if he can't now trust Alicent not to cross them. But: ]
You stayed with me for years.
[ It's half wry. Half a joke. It isn't really a joke at all. Part of him will always think Jim Hopper has the patience of a particularly masochistic saint.
A squeeze of the hand still in his marks Stephen's readiness to disengage. ]
Sorry for bursting in. I'll let you get back to your day.
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You stayed with me for years.
[ It's half wry. Half a joke. It isn't really a joke at all. Part of him will always think Jim Hopper has the patience of a particularly masochistic saint.
A squeeze of the hand still in his marks Stephen's readiness to disengage. ]
Sorry for bursting in. I'll let you get back to your day.