( said softly, gently. like that fact speaks to a volume of camaraderie between them, even if it's blatantly obvious they experienced different parts of the apocalypse. the little she can garner from asuka is a drab mess of destruction, of something similar to the hivemind they're now a part of. of sand and choking. clarke's world had ended 80 years before she had been born, and rebuilt itself into something more dangerous. pain and sorrow had been beat into her until she wasn't the same child who'd smiled with her first breath of fresh air anymore. all her mistakes and the consequences of her actions thrown in her face at every turn.
clarke gets it. understands the desire to suppress it all and speak cavalierly about worst parts of life.
but she also knows that doesn't work. )
(It matters.)
( a hand is raised, reaching to gently grip asuka's shoulder and squeeze. maybe in some misguided attempt to soothe some of that anger that still rolls off the other girl in waves, maybe to impress by touch that it's okay to feel. )
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( said softly, gently. like that fact speaks to a volume of camaraderie between them, even if it's blatantly obvious they experienced different parts of the apocalypse. the little she can garner from asuka is a drab mess of destruction, of something similar to the hivemind they're now a part of. of sand and choking. clarke's world had ended 80 years before she had been born, and rebuilt itself into something more dangerous. pain and sorrow had been beat into her until she wasn't the same child who'd smiled with her first breath of fresh air anymore. all her mistakes and the consequences of her actions thrown in her face at every turn.
clarke gets it. understands the desire to suppress it all and speak cavalierly about worst parts of life.
but she also knows that doesn't work. )
( It matters. )
( a hand is raised, reaching to gently grip asuka's shoulder and squeeze. maybe in some misguided attempt to soothe some of that anger that still rolls off the other girl in waves, maybe to impress by touch that it's okay to feel. )