driftfleet | Iskaulit Mingle

I've been hearing that a lot today. This flawed girl is going to start believing it if you're not careful. And then what kind of a mess will you be in?

The kind I'm extremely looking forward to.

[ she gets another kiss, one that lingers this time, full of admiration and love. ]

[She kisses back, and he just makes her feel so many things with every look, touch, and word. How does he do that? It's like he's just flooded with sincerity and good naturedness. She feel in love with him a long time ago, but she's still falling in trust with him and the girl is getting in deep. Really, much deeper than she ever thought would be possible after... Well, after the things she doesn't need to rehash and dwell on right now when she's so completely content and loved.]

How am I supposed to tease you when you're so...genuinely wonderful? Work on that.

[ despite his trouble opening up about certain things, he doesn't really know how to be anything but genuine, how to be anyone but himself. ]

I'll add it to my list. [ he laughs and boops her nose. before taking a deep breath and turning back to the comm. ] Okay. I'm ready. Not gonna cry. [ oh no hank. hank who's in a coma. already, his resolve is failing. he doesn't cry but he does bite down on his lip and sucks in a breath in a way that suspiciously sounds like a sniffle. ]

It's okay to cry. [Her fingers slip through his soft hair, trying to reassure him and remind him that she's right there. But she knows these are good tears. At least she hopes most of them are. She knows some things will be bittersweet in all this like pictures of people who are gone and hearing Hank talk now when Winn can't go talk to him is rough. She's basically at capacity for comas lately. Winn, Kurt, Ravi, and Hank? It was too much and once she had Winn and Kurt back it gave her a feeling of renewed security in people waking up, but it also reminded her she has to keep going even if others fall asleep or disappear. She can't let that dictate her life. Not because she doesn't love those people, but because it gives the Atroma too much power and they don't deserve that.]

[ he knows he has to keep going; to stick it to the atroma, to stay the kind of person hank remembers, and to hopefully have something to show him when he wakes up. but it's hard, it's so hard to keep it together all the time. last time hank was out he gained a decade and it took them a while to find their rhythm again. now he's had another year and who knows what hank will be like when he wakes up, and it's hard. it's hard, and it's lonely without him. ]

Happy anniversary. [ he repeats after hank says it, and kisses her cheek. he's not crying, but there are so many emotions on his face. ]

[She definitely wasn't herself when Winn was under. She tried. She kept going through the motions, but they were just motions a lot of the time. It felt like she was missing her heart in it. She did still handle it better than the time before which definitely wasn't because she missed him less. She doesn't want to imagine her future without him anymore.

She hugs him closer after the kiss.] Happy anniversary. [She knows what's left and she can feel the butterflies in her own stomach. Maybe she should have rerecorded it. Maybe she should have said or done more. Maybe she should have waited until she completely sure it was ready.]

[ he leans his head against her again, not sure what to expect now.

it's definitely not what he's getting.

he can't help but smile when, instead of speaking, he watches kitty sing that damn song that made him cry with how sadly appropriate to his whole existence it felt. ]

You're trusting me with this? [ he smiles at her ] We totally just leveled up again didn't we?

I am trusting you with a lot on here. [Like some of the photos. She kisses his temple.] But I'm not worried. You've been teaching me to trust again and I'm a good student.

Wow you're really not holding back today -

[ that is one of the sweetest most touching things she could have possibly told him and it is getting really freaking impossible not to cry again so he goes for another kiss. ]

I'll never give you a reason to regret it. [ not him as himself. not by choice. ]

I know you wouldn't. [She might need those napkins too. She feels tears welling up as he kisses her with so much love an tenderness. She hugs him tighter afterward. There may be bruising. There is some industrial strength hugging going on this day.] And I don't want to hold back from you. I want to give you everything I have. [The good, the bad, and the ugly. But she hopes and believes the good will outweigh the others. She's never felt better than she has being with him. She believes he makes her a better person.]

[ he doesn't mind the bruising, it's a lot nicer than the kind jim has been leaving on him. ]

Me too. And then I wanna get more stuff and give you that, too.

[ it's the sign of true love, in his eyes, making each other better. ]

[She laughs followed by a sniffle because all this emotion is just forcing it's way out of her and he hasn't even finished watching everything.] I love you so much.

I love you too. From here to Earth and back.

I'd follow you across the multiverse again if it meant being with you.

Are we have a cheese-off, cuz you know I'll win -

Don't say that unless real cheese is involved. [Nuzzling him.] You can win. It's already in your name.

Hey don't try to cheapen my victory. [ smiling, he kisses her cheek. ]

Never. Most expensive victory of all time. [Finding his lips since he missed hers.] You know there's more.

There always is with you. [ look who's talking. ]

[She laughs and those butterflies flutter back to her stomach since she's more nervous about the other video.] Look who's talking. [Oh no, she's become one with his brackets!]

[ gasp - bracket reader! he kisses her again, but turns back to the comm after. ]

Okay - ready or not and I'm pretty sure there's no being ready for this - [ he hits play ]

[She wraps her arms around him. Can you believe they were ever unwrapped? They were! This time she watches him instead of the video at all.]

[ he tightens his hold on her when her recording mentions his coma. he will never not be sorry for putting her through that, despite having no control in the matter. tears silently stream down his cheeks again, but he doesn't pause, doesn't make a sound. he's dead focused on the video.

she says she's enchanted by him and instantly he smiles. she's not the only one. at no one has ever made me this happy he pulls her a little closer. he knows she's been through a lot of heartache, but it only hurt so much because there were good times, because at some point she was happy with them. she already told him he's the best thing to happen to her, but that's different from making her happiest. someone could have made her happier but still not be as good because of the way it ended. everything she says hits him right in the heart. he laughs at her puns and pauses when the screen goes dark because he needs to be kissing her. ]

Happily ever after. I love that.

[She's smiling at him with all the loving fondness, but her cheeks are wet too. How was she going to watch him crying at her words and not cry too? She couldn't. She didn't.] I love you. [Kissing happens. Drying those tears should happen too—his and hers—but not yet. Kissing is more important.]

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