[Nadine manages almost a faint laugh.]

Yeah, he can be annoying, but...he knows a lot about demons and how they mess with people and that's not something many people could help me with.

[It's not like there's a bunch of therapists running around with a degree in demon therapy. But it had done some sort of good, as haphazard an likely unprofessional as it had been.

Her hand turns under his to thread her fingers through his.]

It really is okay. It's not great, but...I'm not a mess over it. I had to take some time and contemplate 'why me?' but I worked through that pretty much. Out of all my traumas, a dumb demon taking advantage isn't very high on the list.

[It happened. It was over. She hadn't been hurt, hadn't felt threatened or in danger at the time. Of course her stomach had dropped and she'd felt sick when she'd learned the truth, but it had been a sudden shock. The shock passed. Now it's just an uncomfortable memory, one of those little fuck-ups in life that one would rather forget but isn't going to lose any sleep over.

Or at least not much.]

And I'm sorry it took me all this time to tell you. I just...it wasn't a big deal to me so it didn't occur to me it might be to you.