[ sometimes it's best not to say anything at all, shadow's eyes stare at the wall on the opposing side where one gun hangs low. he doesn't ask for help, all he requests is that she leaves and finish up what they came here for, he'll be unbearable if they lose when they're hot on the trail of a lead. the wall he puts up should be enough of an answer to their typical relationship: it's business, and they should finish their business.
however, she doesn't leave.
she stays for some reason that even he can't figure out, and isn't she the one who normally gets riled up when her treasure is at stake? his attention is split between that among other things, the pain is the last thing on his mind no matter how much it burns as he waits out his body to handle it. how long will it take for this, is it because he's unable to focus that the area just hasn't closed completely, and the black substance that oozes from the location just to torment him more?
he takes pleasure in the silence though, the small drips of old water clicking against the machinery and then onto the floor, although broken by rouge's voice that catches him off guard. it's like the world pauses, everything else blocked out in favor of that looming question, one so sensitive that his thoughts go back and forth between why is she asking and how is she so aware.
perhaps now is not the time for that discussion, or even... to mention that topic, but she's not wrong. his thoughts as of late has been far from what he should be focused on, and dwelling over those recent moments that's come and gone. the connection he had with her slipped between his fingers like the sands of time, that's what that world was, it's creation anyway.
when she questions him, maybe he should have called her back for the emerald, maybe... he finds that he cannot be honest, nor can he lie because he is thinking about her, always has. always will. ]
Is there anyone you ever think of endlessly?
[ in his dreams, in his mind, always in his thoughts he chases after her... but no matter the constant loop of what ifs and what he does, he's never on the same track as her. he's on one path below, and she's on the path above, and he can only watch her from a distance. no matter how close he gets, he'll never be on the same one as her. ]
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however, she doesn't leave.
she stays for some reason that even he can't figure out, and isn't she the one who normally gets riled up when her treasure is at stake? his attention is split between that among other things, the pain is the last thing on his mind no matter how much it burns as he waits out his body to handle it. how long will it take for this, is it because he's unable to focus that the area just hasn't closed completely, and the black substance that oozes from the location just to torment him more?
he takes pleasure in the silence though, the small drips of old water clicking against the machinery and then onto the floor, although broken by rouge's voice that catches him off guard. it's like the world pauses, everything else blocked out in favor of that looming question, one so sensitive that his thoughts go back and forth between why is she asking and how is she so aware.
perhaps now is not the time for that discussion, or even... to mention that topic, but she's not wrong. his thoughts as of late has been far from what he should be focused on, and dwelling over those recent moments that's come and gone. the connection he had with her slipped between his fingers like the sands of time, that's what that world was, it's creation anyway.
when she questions him, maybe he should have called her back for the emerald, maybe... he finds that he cannot be honest, nor can he lie because he is thinking about her, always has. always will. ]
Is there anyone you ever think of endlessly?
[ in his dreams, in his mind, always in his thoughts he chases after her... but no matter the constant loop of what ifs and what he does, he's never on the same track as her. he's on one path below, and she's on the path above, and he can only watch her from a distance. no matter how close he gets, he'll never be on the same one as her. ]