the shift is tangible, like a breath of relief being exhaled simultaneously. she'd hit the right conversational current to steer shiro into waters he could lose himself in without any real danger of drowning, and for the first time it feels like she's truly helped. a band in clarke's shoulders snaps, allowing her posture to relax. she's leaning forward, engaged; elbows rested on her knees and chin perched on folded knuckles. and when shiro offers vivid pictures of his lion, of the solace and completion that had radiated through his bones with the hum of the engine kicking to life, it feels... nice.
nice enough to momentarily overshadow their shared grief, without feeling forced. clarke closes her eyes for a moment, breathes again. she can smell hydrazine fumes and smoke, but those details are sharper — something her own memory has served to fill in the blanks. )
That sounds pretty special. ( a soft-spoken observation; an unnecessary addendum. she doesn't need to tell him that the black lion is special. ) And you flew all over the universe, right? You saw trees on a bunch of different planets.
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the shift is tangible, like a breath of relief being exhaled simultaneously. she'd hit the right conversational current to steer shiro into waters he could lose himself in without any real danger of drowning, and for the first time it feels like she's truly helped. a band in clarke's shoulders snaps, allowing her posture to relax. she's leaning forward, engaged; elbows rested on her knees and chin perched on folded knuckles. and when shiro offers vivid pictures of his lion, of the solace and completion that had radiated through his bones with the hum of the engine kicking to life, it feels... nice.
nice enough to momentarily overshadow their shared grief, without feeling forced. clarke closes her eyes for a moment, breathes again. she can smell hydrazine fumes and smoke, but those details are sharper — something her own memory has served to fill in the blanks. )
That sounds pretty special. ( a soft-spoken observation; an unnecessary addendum. she doesn't need to tell him that the black lion is special. ) And you flew all over the universe, right? You saw trees on a bunch of different planets.