Wholly Human

"I won't do anything stupid, I promise," I said, squeezing his hand gently. 

And even if I wanted to, it wouldn't be before Damon woke up. There was no point endangering myself when Damon wasn't even healed enough to look at it. It wouldn't trigger anything.

Blaise's grip on my hand tightened as he pulled me close. He sat on the chair while I stood right in front of him, allowing him to rest his forehead against the flat of my stomach. He sighed as I ran my fingers through his hair, gently raking my nails against his scalp. A soft, contented grumble left his lips, but otherwise, Blaise kept still.

"You should get some rest," I said, unable to help but smile a little despite everything else when he shook his head petulantly like a child refusing to go to bed even though he was visibly exhausted. Then, I jolted as I remembered something. "Right, we need to get Nicole to have a look at you. You took in wolfsbane as well with the food―"