[ his own breath nearly stops. if there were any words he could have tried predicting from her, it definitely wasn't going to be those. his head turns to look at her as she speaks, feeling her pressed against his side where he feels her warm through every point of contact. she's alive, she feels alive, but while he knows in his world that death can be a complicated thing, and that death doesn't always necessarily mean the end, he knows it doesn't work the same way for her.
what she talks about, about the doctor and timestream, he can imagine they carry plenty of more context and details than what she's saying, that it isn't a scenario he can technically piece together to make sense in its entirety, but she says more than enough — she made a sacrifice and it led her to death. she tried to be a savior but then couldn't be saved.
he swallows. it's a tale he knows too well, the sort of tragedy that comes to those who least deserve. it's because she's clutching to his hand so tightly that he knows she won't be able to feel it tremble.
instead, he leans into her, his lips finding the top of her hair, burying his nose there as he breathes steadily — she's alive, she feels alive — his other hand sliding to cover both of their connected ones. ]
You ... you're trying to make a deal to change it? [ her fate. ]
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what she talks about, about the doctor and timestream, he can imagine they carry plenty of more context and details than what she's saying, that it isn't a scenario he can technically piece together to make sense in its entirety, but she says more than enough — she made a sacrifice and it led her to death. she tried to be a savior but then couldn't be saved.
he swallows. it's a tale he knows too well, the sort of tragedy that comes to those who least deserve. it's because she's clutching to his hand so tightly that he knows she won't be able to feel it tremble.
instead, he leans into her, his lips finding the top of her hair, burying his nose there as he breathes steadily — she's alive, she feels alive — his other hand sliding to cover both of their connected ones. ]
You ... you're trying to make a deal to change it? [ her fate. ]