[ That whole metaphor about tears breaking through like a dam? Totally spot on.
The first sob wrenches it's way out of her like something frantically scrabbling towards the sun. Her arms come up as Tommy steps close, her fingers curling along the curve of his shoulders to just hold on.
It's not that she wasn't used to duking things out alone. She'd learned a long, long time ago that a great many things in life you had to deal with like a pilot flying solo. People came and went. Sometimes they stood by you, walked arm-in-arm with you, but only for so long before they left for good or stepped back because there was only so much that could be asked of people.
Whatever battles you had, those, Kate had learned, you fought on your own.
And then came the Young Avengers crashing into her life teaching her that maybe, just maybe... alone didn't have to be the first and only choice. ]
I couldn't-- [ she hiccups and falls silent, the muscles along her shoulders tensing, her arms tightening around Tommy as if to ask: please, don't let go, just let me hold on a little longer. There are so many things. So many regrets, so many words left unsaid. But suddenly, miraculously, here was that one feeling seeping through as she finally let herself take comfort from another.
This is home. She thought. Right here. Just like this.
She'd been so afraid that she wouldn't be allowed that much. And it feels so good to be proven wrong. ]
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The first sob wrenches it's way out of her like something frantically scrabbling towards the sun. Her arms come up as Tommy steps close, her fingers curling along the curve of his shoulders to just hold on.
It's not that she wasn't used to duking things out alone. She'd learned a long, long time ago that a great many things in life you had to deal with like a pilot flying solo. People came and went. Sometimes they stood by you, walked arm-in-arm with you, but only for so long before they left for good or stepped back because there was only so much that could be asked of people.
Whatever battles you had, those, Kate had learned, you fought on your own.
And then came the Young Avengers crashing into her life teaching her that maybe, just maybe... alone didn't have to be the first and only choice. ]
I couldn't-- [ she hiccups and falls silent, the muscles along her shoulders tensing, her arms tightening around Tommy as if to ask: please, don't let go, just let me hold on a little longer. There are so many things. So many regrets, so many words left unsaid. But suddenly, miraculously, here was that one feeling seeping through as she finally let herself take comfort from another.
This is home. She thought. Right here. Just like this.
She'd been so afraid that she wouldn't be allowed that much. And it feels so good to be proven wrong. ]