we might be hurting, but I'm ready for the free fall
For all the strength that Jude had displayed, he deserved to be able to crumble into Soh's arms, tears falling freely as she held him. As his arms tightened around her, she tightened hers right back, so that she was holding him so closely that she was no longer sure where she ended and he began. And then she just listened - rubbing his back, stroking his hair, doing anything she could think to do to reassure him that she was there, and that she wasn't going anywhere until he was ready.
When Jude pulled away, Soh looked up at him calmly, her eyes alight with compassion as she read the desperation in his gaze. She reached up to gently cradle his face in her hands. "It doesn't have to be normal," she told him fiercely. "She won't care if things are normal. She'll just care that you're here, and you're safe, and you're together."
When Jude pulled away, Soh looked up at him calmly, her eyes alight with compassion as she read the desperation in his gaze. She reached up to gently cradle his face in her hands. "It doesn't have to be normal," she told him fiercely. "She won't care if things are normal. She'll just care that you're here, and you're safe, and you're together."
Sohalia
