[He watches her expression change with a silent calm that keeps his own emotions in check. The parts of his heart that he'd let her in to beg him to change his mind and stay, to wipe away the hurt he can see in the way she looks at him. Did she think he was abandoning her? He's not certain if he'll need to explain it to her, or if she'll even understand if he does.
But she doesn't question him, even if he suspects that she might want to. It's just a simple two word concession, but he can feel a conflicted frown tugging at the corners of his mouth in its wake.]
Angela... [Before he can come up with the words to try and ease her mind, he feels her fingers press into him and catches the change in her expression. Did she know after all?
She answers his unspoken question when she tells him to be careful; and in the tug of her hands and the press of her lips. He holds her closes and kisses her back until his lungs burn for breath. And even then, when he pulls away, it's with great reluctance. In a handful of days, he'll be away from her, far to the east. But in this moment, he is here, with her, utterly and in his entirety.]
I am not the one you should worry for. [He knows his path and where it will take him. He knows the man he'll find at the end of it and he knows facing him will mend the final part of his wounded soul. He only wishes he could offer the same certainty to his brother.
He kisses her again, briefly this time, and rubs his hands along her back.]
I'll be back before you know it. You should pay Reinhardt a visit while I'm gone. [If there was anyone he would trust to keep her safe, it would be that mountain of a man.]
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Date: 2018-03-25 06:46 am (UTC)But she doesn't question him, even if he suspects that she might want to. It's just a simple two word concession, but he can feel a conflicted frown tugging at the corners of his mouth in its wake.]
Angela... [Before he can come up with the words to try and ease her mind, he feels her fingers press into him and catches the change in her expression. Did she know after all?
She answers his unspoken question when she tells him to be careful; and in the tug of her hands and the press of her lips. He holds her closes and kisses her back until his lungs burn for breath. And even then, when he pulls away, it's with great reluctance. In a handful of days, he'll be away from her, far to the east. But in this moment, he is here, with her, utterly and in his entirety.]
I am not the one you should worry for. [He knows his path and where it will take him. He knows the man he'll find at the end of it and he knows facing him will mend the final part of his wounded soul. He only wishes he could offer the same certainty to his brother.
He kisses her again, briefly this time, and rubs his hands along her back.]
I'll be back before you know it. You should pay Reinhardt a visit while I'm gone. [If there was anyone he would trust to keep her safe, it would be that mountain of a man.]