He sighed audibly.<em>I shouldn't be unfair to her.  She's the only one I've got left.</em><br/><br/>"Please, just put it down on my desk," he said, quietly, "I ... I know you're upset.  I know you've been working hard.  You don't have to do this you know."<br/><br/>He waited under the covers, not moving, breaths coming quickly but softly.  Her presence had been making him increasingly nervous recently.