Protecting herself from her ex was the only reason she had a gun at the end; the only reason she kept it with her at all times, so she had it when the world ended, when it finally gave. Without the gun, she wouldn't have made it through the early days, the chaos of it, the sheer brutality of terrified people squeezed in too close to one another to get out of the way.
She can't answer the questions, but she can't just let him think he's weak because of what other people did to him, either; she won't. And then he promises, and the heat behind her eyes is back. She smiles, lips quirking - sad, pained - and she turns back around to let him work. To let him find his rhythm again.
It's such a small thing to offer each other on the whole - now that they both know how to defend themselves, now that they're both strong. A few moments later, though, she loops her arm around his leg beside her, like she might his arm if they were sitting on the couch together, and leans her head against his knee.
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Re: CW: domestic abuse
Date: 2023-09-29 02:00 pm (UTC)From:She can't answer the questions, but she can't just let him think he's weak because of what other people did to him, either; she won't. And then he promises, and the heat behind her eyes is back. She smiles, lips quirking - sad, pained - and she turns back around to let him work. To let him find his rhythm again.
It's such a small thing to offer each other on the whole - now that they both know how to defend themselves, now that they're both strong. A few moments later, though, she loops her arm around his leg beside her, like she might his arm if they were sitting on the couch together, and leans her head against his knee.