There is never any complaining to be done about a hug, is there? She knows better than to return it as wholly as she could. One hand at his back, and nothing beyond that but a marginal lean in.
"That's never going to be the case," she stresses gently, relieved any hypothetically watery eyes at the notion would go unseen. "But I appreciate that, and I feel the same. We're going to be okay. We're going to lean on each other, and this will be bearable."
Maybe they get out. Maybe they don't. Beacon didn't turn out to be inescapable.
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Date: 2020-05-11 07:48 am (UTC)"That's never going to be the case," she stresses gently, relieved any hypothetically watery eyes at the notion would go unseen. "But I appreciate that, and I feel the same. We're going to be okay. We're going to lean on each other, and this will be bearable."
Maybe they get out. Maybe they don't. Beacon didn't turn out to be inescapable.