[it isn't immediate. isn't a big tell. his jaw is still set, body tense and ready for a fight. but there's a trace of hopelessness to his expression, buried beneath it all. he knows that apollo isn't doing this out of spite. knows that his own place is here, no matter how much he wants otherwise. he just doesn't want to accept the logic behind it all.]
This isn't like back home. We don't have a team to back us up. [a daughter who'd tear the universe apart to keep them safe. a carrier to give them an easy escape. it doesn't matter how close apollo may be to some of the other people on the station, midnighter doesn't trust a single one of them. at least as far as apollo's safety is concerned.]
If something goes wrong out there, I want to be there with you. [whether that's to fight or to die alongside him, he doesn't care. just as long as he's not the one left behind with all the what if's. at least when his computer does it, he has an influence on the outcome.]
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[it isn't immediate. isn't a big tell. his jaw is still set, body tense and ready for a fight. but there's a trace of hopelessness to his expression, buried beneath it all. he knows that apollo isn't doing this out of spite. knows that his own place is here, no matter how much he wants otherwise. he just doesn't want to accept the logic behind it all.]
This isn't like back home. We don't have a team to back us up. [a daughter who'd tear the universe apart to keep them safe. a carrier to give them an easy escape. it doesn't matter how close apollo may be to some of the other people on the station, midnighter doesn't trust a single one of them. at least as far as apollo's safety is concerned.]
If something goes wrong out there, I want to be there with you. [whether that's to fight or to die alongside him, he doesn't care. just as long as he's not the one left behind with all the what if's. at least when his computer does it, he has an influence on the outcome.]