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Text thread between Leo and Alex

Leo: Hey, man. You up?

Alex: It's two-thirty in the morning on a Wednesday. What the fuck do you want?

Leo: Brynn is having a nightmare again.

Leo: I don't know what to do.

Alex: Not much you can do, bro. Just wait until it passes, I guess.

Leo: Should I sit with her? She seemed to calm down when I held her last night.

Leo: ...

Leo: You still there?

Alex: Sorry, just trying not to freak out that you held my sister.

Leo: Jesus Christ.

Alex: It feels predatory.

Leo: She didn't even know I was there.

Alex: Do you think that's reassuring?

Alex: You put your hands on my little sister while she was unconscious and couldn't consent.

Leo: I think that's a reach.

Alex: *mentally processing*

Leo: I was only trying to help, and you're making me out to be a pervert.

Alex: You're making yourself out that way.

Leo: You need therapy.

Alex: Go and sit with her, if you must. But please, for the love of God, keep your fucking hands to yourself.

Leo: Aye, aye, captain.

Alex: I'll know if you touch her, and the consequences won't be pretty.

Leo: There's a great therapist down in Bellevue. I'll forward you her number in the morning.