[ Raleigh will gloat, probably a lot later. Or maybe not -- it really depends on how insufferable Chuck decides to be. Right now, however, he's not, not at all. There's the look in his eyes he saves just for her, only this time it's more obvious and he's not prefacing with some snide comment or another.
Which is weird, you know, when you think about it.
Weird, but good. She takes a few more moments than usual to process what he's saying, and she attempts to squeeze his fingers, brief pressure points before they dissipate just as quickly. Herc, taking care of Percy and Chuck letting him? What had the world gone to?
But it's not difficult to put things together, to see the pattern because she's already realising it, and oh, Chuck. Her eyes soften; he needs her, and she knows -- they'd come so close to being separated forever, but she wants to tell him, too, that he's never going to lose her. ]
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Which is weird, you know, when you think about it.
Weird, but good. She takes a few more moments than usual to process what he's saying, and she attempts to squeeze his fingers, brief pressure points before they dissipate just as quickly. Herc, taking care of Percy and Chuck letting him? What had the world gone to?
But it's not difficult to put things together, to see the pattern because she's already realising it, and oh, Chuck. Her eyes soften; he needs her, and she knows -- they'd come so close to being separated forever, but she wants to tell him, too, that he's never going to lose her. ]
...Come closer.