( since his arrival here, gustave had kept it to himself, the memories of a victorious moment turned cold and bloody. the piercing of chroma through his chest, the quiet but slow crawl of death through him even as he pushed through his instinct of flight, to give maelle a fighting chance of escape.
you run had echoed through his mind; i'll do the same no longer true. for one frightful moment, his courage had shone through. it remained a scar on his chest when he had first arrived, the medbot saying something along the lines of him being lucky to be alive.
perhaps he was. now, with maelle in his arms, real, warm, a mess of tearsโfor a girl who has worked up the reputation that keeps cool and collectedโhe knows he is lucky.
gustave squeezes her tighter still, presses a kiss to the side of her head on that beautiful auburn hair of hers. tears stream down his face, too, but he's quieter about it, her words gentle against his quickening heartbeat, a balm for all his questions and worries. if he regrets one thing, it is leaving her behind. )
I'm here.
( he repeats, quietly, )
I'm here.
( gustave doesn't let go, wanting her to remain here for as long as she needs. he does manage to say, )
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you run had echoed through his mind; i'll do the same no longer true. for one frightful moment, his courage had shone through. it remained a scar on his chest when he had first arrived, the medbot saying something along the lines of him being lucky to be alive.
perhaps he was. now, with maelle in his arms, real, warm, a mess of tearsโfor a girl who has worked up the reputation that keeps cool and collectedโhe knows he is lucky.
gustave squeezes her tighter still, presses a kiss to the side of her head on that beautiful auburn hair of hers. tears stream down his face, too, but he's quieter about it, her words gentle against his quickening heartbeat, a balm for all his questions and worries. if he regrets one thing, it is leaving her behind. )
I'm here.
( he repeats, quietly, )
I'm here.
( gustave doesn't let go, wanting her to remain here for as long as she needs. he does manage to say, )
I'm sorry โ it must have been scary.