[He'll appear on the dot--and he does, in fact, look entirely intact. There are a few clear scrapes and bruises, and a certain delicacy to the way he lands on his left leg as he trots forward, but he's very much still there.
(He should probably look shaken. He doesn't. This is, perhaps, the best and highest use of his wooden features--and the unavoidable problem of having come to war very young.)]
[ lara has more bruises than scrapes, but she's learned to power through the sensitivity and pain of those long ago. horatio looks-- solid, in one piece, not shaken, and something in her chest unclenches a little. softens, skips a beat, eases. ]
[Simply curling around her had helped before. Simply curling around Ahsoka when he'd first come tumbling back out of the jet had helped just now.
It's only logical to bring himself immediately close enough to wrap his arms snug and tight around her waist, face burying into the warmth at the crook of her neck. It hurts a little, admittedly, but the discomfort is well worth the sense of certainty.]
[ he pulls her in and lara falls into it, holding him back just as firmly. it hurts, yes, but not knowing that he's whole, not having the absolute certainty that comes from feeling it, would hurt worse.
lara doesn't make a sound, but the relief is there, pouring off her through the empathy bond. relief, exhaustion, not much beyond that right now. ]
[A few steady breaths does the trick. It isn't enough to make him let go, but it gives him the capacity to shift slightly, temple nudged against her cheek.]
[ 'course he says, echoing her words, and lara huffs out a breath that's almost laughter, both in reaction to that echo and from sheer, overwhelming relief.
'course. they're both fine. they're both in one piece.
his temple's at her cheek. it makes it easy, so easy, to shift just so until her lips are on his, firm and there, present. sharing space as much as actually kissing.
(she's in too deep. right now, the magnitude of that doesn't compute at all and so she can be here, in this moment, instead of worrying about what it means, panicking about how much it would hurt to lose him.) ]
[It's a relief to hold her and be held. It's a relief again to feel her lips pressed against his, solid and present, undeniably real.
His grip on her is probably too tight. There might be bruises on her bruises from the clinging, when all is said and done. Somehow, he can't stop himself.
Pressing into kissing Lara Croft is the closest thing he has here to coming home.]
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Date: 2021-07-24 01:56 pm (UTC)updates?
[It's hard not being able to actually see that she's fine while he's out here.]
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Date: 2021-08-03 08:24 pm (UTC)doing a bit of reading [ aforementioned spaceship mechanics ]
bit of a commotion outside earlier, but it's been handled
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Date: 2021-08-04 01:36 am (UTC)[Outside the ship? Outside the door?]
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Date: 2021-08-08 11:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-08 09:34 pm (UTC)[Bad enough that they need pilots to come back?]
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Date: 2021-08-10 07:09 pm (UTC)[ not yet ]
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Date: 2021-08-11 01:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-11 07:01 am (UTC)you'll do the same [ not entirely a question ]
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Date: 2021-08-13 11:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-17 07:00 am (UTC)[ a promise as much as a demand. they'll see each other later, once this is over and done with. ]
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Date: 2021-08-17 12:36 pm (UTC)But he will, once it's accurate, send across a quick:] inside
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Date: 2021-08-17 01:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-17 01:35 pm (UTC)you?
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Date: 2021-08-17 01:52 pm (UTC)where are you headed
[ his quarters? hers? the gardens? she wants, needs to see for herself that he's in one piece.
she's not going to examine that instinct, that need closely. ]
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Date: 2021-08-17 02:05 pm (UTC)[Because of course.
But also,] still in the gardens?
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Date: 2021-08-17 02:22 pm (UTC)come find me
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Date: 2021-08-17 02:40 pm (UTC)[He'll appear on the dot--and he does, in fact, look entirely intact. There are a few clear scrapes and bruises, and a certain delicacy to the way he lands on his left leg as he trots forward, but he's very much still there.
(He should probably look shaken. He doesn't. This is, perhaps, the best and highest use of his wooden features--and the unavoidable problem of having come to war very young.)]
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Date: 2021-08-17 02:42 pm (UTC)Hey. [ casual. casual. ]
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Date: 2021-08-17 04:16 pm (UTC)It's only logical to bring himself immediately close enough to wrap his arms snug and tight around her waist, face burying into the warmth at the crook of her neck. It hurts a little, admittedly, but the discomfort is well worth the sense of certainty.]
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Date: 2021-08-17 04:18 pm (UTC)lara doesn't make a sound, but the relief is there, pouring off her through the empathy bond. relief, exhaustion, not much beyond that right now. ]
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Date: 2021-08-17 06:50 pm (UTC)All right?
[Casual.]
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Date: 2021-08-17 06:55 pm (UTC)[ like she'd say anything else. casual, right? this is fine. it's all right, everything's all right.
a little more gruffly: ] You?
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Date: 2021-08-18 03:04 am (UTC)That makes it a little more true to echo her.]
'course.
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Date: 2021-08-22 08:43 am (UTC)'course. they're both fine. they're both in one piece.
his temple's at her cheek. it makes it easy, so easy, to shift just so until her lips are on his, firm and there, present. sharing space as much as actually kissing.
(she's in too deep. right now, the magnitude of that doesn't compute at all and so she can be here, in this moment, instead of worrying about what it means, panicking about how much it would hurt to lose him.) ]
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Date: 2021-10-09 07:58 pm (UTC)His grip on her is probably too tight. There might be bruises on her bruises from the clinging, when all is said and done. Somehow, he can't stop himself.
Pressing into kissing Lara Croft is the closest thing he has here to coming home.]
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