... not what leo expected, no. from the warmth of dynamo (that catches him off-guard immediately, causes him to startle slightly in confusion. he raises a hand closer to the three near his shoulder, not quite touching--) to add's words, that he feels he doesn't entirely deserve. there's the complicated layer of leo feeling like this whole situation is his fault but, ultimately, the most important thing is...
add thinks there's some chance. even if leo's tired, and useless, and broken, add'll aid him in finding it. perhaps it's desperate, how quickly he latches on to that. maybe he's looking for an excuse to deny the alternative. maybe it's an echo to-- something, something in the distant past. if it's not just his stupid mind thinking it, then...?
the advice given to him may have been to keep moving, but in that moment leo -- overwhelmed by that, by everything else -- stops. now the tears really are just falling, and he wipes at them as quickly as they come. he'll take care not to smack dynamo by accident, at least.
so thoughtful.
so frantic, as he whispers: ]
Yeah... Yeah. I won't give up, I won't give up, I won't give up--
[ give him a moment.
somewhere under all of this, there's the beginnings of a deep, deep gratitude. ]
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... not what leo expected, no. from the warmth of dynamo (that catches him off-guard immediately, causes him to startle slightly in confusion. he raises a hand closer to the three near his shoulder, not quite touching--) to add's words, that he feels he doesn't entirely deserve. there's the complicated layer of leo feeling like this whole situation is his fault but, ultimately, the most important thing is...
add thinks there's some chance. even if leo's tired, and useless, and broken, add'll aid him in finding it. perhaps it's desperate, how quickly he latches on to that. maybe he's looking for an excuse to deny the alternative. maybe it's an echo to-- something, something in the distant past. if it's not just his stupid mind thinking it, then...?
the advice given to him may have been to keep moving, but in that moment leo -- overwhelmed by that, by everything else -- stops. now the tears really are just falling, and he wipes at them as quickly as they come. he'll take care not to smack dynamo by accident, at least.
so thoughtful.
so frantic, as he whispers: ]
Yeah... Yeah. I won't give up, I won't give up, I won't give up--
[ give him a moment.
somewhere under all of this, there's the beginnings of a deep, deep gratitude. ]