Dr. Linda Martin's office, Baltimore, Friday

[betterthanaplan]

Duke's regular therapy appointments tended to meander around the day of the week, but he'd managed to be in Linda's office pretty much weekly. And he was there today, slouched on her couch, wondering when this whole therapy process would feel less like he was auditioning for something.

At some point this would feel normal, right?

Right?

[for the doctor, natch, and likely some slowplay!]

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[betterthanaplan]

"Nah. I . . . guess we've covered everything." And anything he tried to talk about now would have the specter of homework hanging over it. "Thanks again, Doc."

[exasperangel]

"See you next week, Duke," Linda said, smiling. "...And don't forget to remind your boyfriend that we're still stuck in Baltimore."