Cordelia
It was reassuring to know that even if it hadn't happened yet it likely would at some point. She just had to keep the faith. A simple task in the grand scheme of things considering her current predicament. Cordelia managed a small smile back for him as she saw a flash of that warmth she was familiar with behind his eyes. He made his vows and his promises, words that Cordelia knew he would follow through on without fail. Her ever present Noah. This was what she knew him to be. Reliable, supportive, protective... That's what she knew from her youth and that's what she knew now. He hadn't changed. Not in this way.
He might have felt responsible, but he wasn't. Not in her eyes. The only one responsible for the attack was Morgan. She led that assault. She brought them into Halo because she simply couldn't accept that her leadership wasn't what they truly needed in that moment. Instead she lashed out like a petulant child denied a toy simply because they wanted it. No, it wasn't his fault. It never was. As for Korbin... How could it possibly be on him? Yes, he brought the boy back, but that didn't mean he was the reason the raven haired boy was no longer with them. It was unfair to think that way.
Cordelia held tightly to him until she felt him melt against her. His taller frame curling over hers as he buried his face in her mess of a hair, tears soaking into the strands as they stood there in the water, uncaring of the waves that lapped at their ankles. She didn't know how long they stayed like that, but eventually she drew back, hands moving to cup his cheeks so he had to look at her. "You aren't a bad person. These things that happened... They aren't your fault, Noah. I'll keep telling you that until you finally believe it." She murmured, eyes soft and vulnerable as she looked up at him, thankful in this moment that he couldn't feel her emotions along the bond.
"Come on... You can't be late for your meeting." Cordelia finally said, drawing him from the water so that he could get ready for his meeting with Maeve to finally lay Korbin to rest.
~FIN <3~
He might have felt responsible, but he wasn't. Not in her eyes. The only one responsible for the attack was Morgan. She led that assault. She brought them into Halo because she simply couldn't accept that her leadership wasn't what they truly needed in that moment. Instead she lashed out like a petulant child denied a toy simply because they wanted it. No, it wasn't his fault. It never was. As for Korbin... How could it possibly be on him? Yes, he brought the boy back, but that didn't mean he was the reason the raven haired boy was no longer with them. It was unfair to think that way.
Cordelia held tightly to him until she felt him melt against her. His taller frame curling over hers as he buried his face in her mess of a hair, tears soaking into the strands as they stood there in the water, uncaring of the waves that lapped at their ankles. She didn't know how long they stayed like that, but eventually she drew back, hands moving to cup his cheeks so he had to look at her. "You aren't a bad person. These things that happened... They aren't your fault, Noah. I'll keep telling you that until you finally believe it." She murmured, eyes soft and vulnerable as she looked up at him, thankful in this moment that he couldn't feel her emotions along the bond.
"Come on... You can't be late for your meeting." Cordelia finally said, drawing him from the water so that he could get ready for his meeting with Maeve to finally lay Korbin to rest.
~FIN <3~
Say something, something like you love me
Less you want to move away from the noise of this place
Less you want to move away from the noise of this place
