Cordelia
A shuddering breath slipped past her lips as he uttered her name. The huntress barely had a chance to close the door behind her and step forward before she was wrapped in his arms. The rest of the world fell away. Her face pressed into his chest, inhaling shakily, trying to burry all of the wrong beneath his familiar scent and embrace. It was the that the careful hold she had on the bond faltered as his own emotions slipped over her. A mixture of guilt and relief so potent it dared to make her knees weak. "It's okay." Came the whispered reply, unable to be angry with him for this even if she had needed him there. He owed himself to Halo before anything else. She couldn't fault him for that.
The tears are already there, though. Slipping down her cheeks and soaking his shirt even as he turned them slightly so she might see the papers covering the desk. "Yeah. There is a lot." And she didn't just mean his work. That much was clear with the way her voice broke and her whole body trembled, unable to hold herself together any longer now that she was in his arms, knowing it was safe to fall apart here even if it was the last thing she wanted to burden him with right now.
"Noah... I-" And the words don't come, lodged in her throat like brambles, choking her as they tighten around a sob. "I know you're dealing with a lot... I don't want to add to it." She still wasn't saying what she needed to. Maybe if she didn't speak the words it would change things. She knew that wasn't true. You couldn't undo death. "It's Aino... She- she's dead. A dragon outside of the Citadel grabbed her while she was helping Sah hunt."
The tears are already there, though. Slipping down her cheeks and soaking his shirt even as he turned them slightly so she might see the papers covering the desk. "Yeah. There is a lot." And she didn't just mean his work. That much was clear with the way her voice broke and her whole body trembled, unable to hold herself together any longer now that she was in his arms, knowing it was safe to fall apart here even if it was the last thing she wanted to burden him with right now.
"Noah... I-" And the words don't come, lodged in her throat like brambles, choking her as they tighten around a sob. "I know you're dealing with a lot... I don't want to add to it." She still wasn't saying what she needed to. Maybe if she didn't speak the words it would change things. She knew that wasn't true. You couldn't undo death. "It's Aino... She- she's dead. A dragon outside of the Citadel grabbed her while she was helping Sah hunt."
'Cause darling, it was good // Never looking down
And right there where we stood // Was holy ground
And right there where we stood // Was holy ground
