[There's a shrill note of panic and she would shake her head, if she weren't already clinging to him with her face buried in his shoulder; her grip on him shifts a little and she readjusts it so that she can hold him even more tightly.]
Don't say "I'm sorry"... it, it sounds like what you really mean is "Goodbye."
[Because why else would he apologize to her if she's not going to lose him? He doesn't have to apologize if they stay together because if he really feels the need to, he'll be able to make it up to her day by day, just like she'll be able to make it up to him for the way she failed him in their first life and the way she's completely wrecked their second.]
I just— I want you. I want my brother again, I don't want to lose you, not ever... [His shoulder is damp with tears; she sounds almost delirious, and well, she is. Her breathing is panicked and uneven, and while she's not losing focus the same way he is, she's definitely not clearminded at all.]
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[There's a shrill note of panic and she would shake her head, if she weren't already clinging to him with her face buried in his shoulder; her grip on him shifts a little and she readjusts it so that she can hold him even more tightly.]
Don't say "I'm sorry"... it, it sounds like what you really mean is "Goodbye."
[Because why else would he apologize to her if she's not going to lose him? He doesn't have to apologize if they stay together because if he really feels the need to, he'll be able to make it up to her day by day, just like she'll be able to make it up to him for the way she failed him in their first life and the way she's completely wrecked their second.]
I just— I want you. I want my brother again, I don't want to lose you, not ever... [His shoulder is damp with tears; she sounds almost delirious, and well, she is. Her breathing is panicked and uneven, and while she's not losing focus the same way he is, she's definitely not clearminded at all.]