Three and a half years, and they haven't made it to Earth.
She swallows hard, remembers to breathe, then nods. "Okay," she acknowledges him, voice tight.
A promise is a promise: she takes a step back, her gaze falling to his leg and then drifting away just as quickly. Before she disappears through the curtain she hesitates, head half-turned. "I'm stuck here."
She's not his Captain, but she is his crewmate. The way she sees it, it's them against the frakking universe.
"If you need something--"
The words feel strange on her tongue, and she leaves it at that as she turns away.
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Three and a half years, and they haven't made it to Earth.
She swallows hard, remembers to breathe, then nods. "Okay," she acknowledges him, voice tight.
A promise is a promise: she takes a step back, her gaze falling to his leg and then drifting away just as quickly. Before she disappears through the curtain she hesitates, head half-turned. "I'm stuck here."
She's not his Captain, but she is his crewmate. The way she sees it, it's them against the frakking universe.
"If you need something--"
The words feel strange on her tongue, and she leaves it at that as she turns away.