[He relaxes as she settles against him. The last bit of tension he’d been keeping fades away. He expects it when she pulls back with eyes like two chips of ice. His grey eyes meet hers.
She didn’t tell him no to the underlying promise. But, she is asking him for something else. He isn’t used to having a future that stretches out far and wide. He might not actually have that but it feels like that’s what he has. He trusts his instincts.] We will finish it,
[His voice is heavy with certainty. He would find a way to survive. He would bring the team he took down there right back up when it was over.] And we will come back.
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She didn’t tell him no to the underlying promise. But, she is asking him for something else. He isn’t used to having a future that stretches out far and wide. He might not actually have that but it feels like that’s what he has. He trusts his instincts.] We will finish it,
[His voice is heavy with certainty. He would find a way to survive. He would bring the team he took down there right back up when it was over.] And we will come back.