the sentiment is left like a whisper, like what clarke's actually wheedling at is should you?, strung out like a taut string between the two of them. a string that snaps at the sudden, vicious way misato shut her off. slams the doors on the wave of conflicting anger and sneaking vulnerability. the unexpected disconnect has clarke reeling more than the seething words the other woman thinks; has her blinking and raising her eyebrows in a mask of surprise, but ultimately remaining the unaffected party here. )
(No.) ( simple, honest, unbothered. ) (I don't think he does, no. Trust has to be mutual.)
( and sure, there's the tug of the symbiote, the whisper of the importance of broodmates, and clarke might be a tad invested. might care that he's breathing, might be secretly relieved that he's not one of the ones out there, riding elin and risking injury. she might have begun to grow accustomed to the door in the back of her mind, the bridge between four psyches, and may lean into the connection without much resistance.
but trust was earned. and she and kaji haven't gotten that far. )
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do you really?
the sentiment is left like a whisper, like what clarke's actually wheedling at is should you?, strung out like a taut string between the two of them. a string that snaps at the sudden, vicious way misato shut her off. slams the doors on the wave of conflicting anger and sneaking vulnerability. the unexpected disconnect has clarke reeling more than the seething words the other woman thinks; has her blinking and raising her eyebrows in a mask of surprise, but ultimately remaining the unaffected party here. )
( No. ) ( simple, honest, unbothered. ) ( I don't think he does, no. Trust has to be mutual. )
( and sure, there's the tug of the symbiote, the whisper of the importance of broodmates, and clarke might be a tad invested. might care that he's breathing, might be secretly relieved that he's not one of the ones out there, riding elin and risking injury. she might have begun to grow accustomed to the door in the back of her mind, the bridge between four psyches, and may lean into the connection without much resistance.
but trust was earned. and she and kaji haven't gotten that far. )