Cordelia
An almost pained sound rose in the back of her throat like that of a wounded animal. Pitiful and high, a displeasure at his words flaring so brightly that the feeling even surprised her, "You never asked me to sacrifice a single thing. I chose you. I went with you because- because I couldn't bear the thought of you being alone. Halo… Halo wouldn't have felt right without you." There. It was out. Part of the reason she left it behind. Why she was still lingering here instead of splitting off from them. Because Halo wasn't Halo without Noah.
Her head fell against his shoulder and tentatively she reached for his hand, tangling their fingers together and gripping tightly, her thumb tracing across a scar against the line of his hand. "The fact that you think you'd ever hurt me is laughable, Noah Olsen. That you think me being with you would crush me?" She huffed out a noise that mimicked a laugh, a small smile curling on pink lips as she let her eyes slip closed for the span of a breath, willing herself to relax.
"The only thing that would crush me is if something happened to you and I wasn't there." It wasn't entirely true, but that's how it felt in this moment. That's how it felt when he had disappeared. The worry had gnawed away at her until they received his letter. Only then had she been able to breathe again. The idea of it happening again was enough to make her heart seize painfully in her chest.
Her head fell against his shoulder and tentatively she reached for his hand, tangling their fingers together and gripping tightly, her thumb tracing across a scar against the line of his hand. "The fact that you think you'd ever hurt me is laughable, Noah Olsen. That you think me being with you would crush me?" She huffed out a noise that mimicked a laugh, a small smile curling on pink lips as she let her eyes slip closed for the span of a breath, willing herself to relax.
"The only thing that would crush me is if something happened to you and I wasn't there." It wasn't entirely true, but that's how it felt in this moment. That's how it felt when he had disappeared. The worry had gnawed away at her until they received his letter. Only then had she been able to breathe again. The idea of it happening again was enough to make her heart seize painfully in her chest.
All the king's horses, all the king's men
Couldn't put me together again
Couldn't put me together again
