no. 05 :

[allmiracles]

[after a brief run-in with Peter, she heads out of the workshop and across Camp. it's dark enough that her visibility is hindered, and the threat of the looming zombies is enough that she keeps her wand out. just in case.

she stops outside the hotel and heads to the door without hesitation.]

Comments

[actualizedname]

I think that's the most I've said about myself in a long time.

[allmiracles]

I'm glad I got to hear it.

You'll tell me, right? When you feel certain ways... I want to know.

[actualizedname]

I'll tell you.

[allmiracles]

You promise?

[actualizedname]

Hm?

Oh. Yes. I promise.

[look, one of us had dozed off for a second.]

[allmiracles]

[pushes him, gently to watch him sway]

You're sure?

[actualizedname]

[sorry, he's out like a light. Flopping on the bed like a boss.]

[allmiracles]

Hope?

[crawls over behind him, looking at his face from an awkward angle]

[actualizedname]

[is he dead????

Nah, just passed out.]

[allmiracles]

You really tried hard. I could hardly tell.

[breathes out, quietly. leans in a little, her expression melting]

I was telling the truth, all right? I do like the person that you've become. You didn't fail at all.

...Sometimes, I think about how it would've been easier for you if you hadn't met me. Then I think of those happy times we had together. Would you be the same? Would you be saving the world now? ...Or would you have a normal life and a family? Sometimes you seem so lonely and far away, even to me...

But you found purpose, didn't you? That makes me happy. That's all it takes, okay?



...

[shifts slowly, so she doesn't disturb him, curling up against his back.]

Just rest for a while.