[ He reaches back for her without thinking, as the state of mind he has fallen into has him simultaneously reaching out for comfort but wanting to offer it as well. She provides him with the comfort he needs, but he also tries to give it to her in return.
The resurfacing memories seem to swirl around, causing a confusing sort of storm in his mind, but above them all is memory of their last moments together. Some memories are still obscured to him, but what he knows is that time is short and he cannot waste a minute of it.
When she pauses in reaching for him, he reaches back for her so that their hands touch and he wraps his fingers around hers.
Althea... He tries to voice the name aloud, but what comes out is a different sort of declaration. ]
I- I love you. [ And I want to stay with you. It isn't fair... He would never say those last words aloud, but it is not fair: this separation, and the other separations that came after it. Whether or not they found their way to each other again, it still feels unfair that they were parted at all. And yet, what control do they have over that? None at all, or so it seems. ]
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The resurfacing memories seem to swirl around, causing a confusing sort of storm in his mind, but above them all is memory of their last moments together. Some memories are still obscured to him, but what he knows is that time is short and he cannot waste a minute of it.
When she pauses in reaching for him, he reaches back for her so that their hands touch and he wraps his fingers around hers.
Althea... He tries to voice the name aloud, but what comes out is a different sort of declaration. ]
I- I love you. [ And I want to stay with you. It isn't fair... He would never say those last words aloud, but it is not fair: this separation, and the other separations that came after it. Whether or not they found their way to each other again, it still feels unfair that they were parted at all. And yet, what control do they have over that? None at all, or so it seems. ]