[ On the one hand, this saves Hardison the trouble of having to ask for that hug. It's actually pretty much exactly the hug he was hoping for, banking on-- Parker's head under his chin, her deceptively wiry little arms and straight-up superhuman strength, very solid and very real and a lot more grounding than anything else he had on hand.
Past-tense. It happened, past-tense, no matter how fresh it feels, and she's here, and he loves her, and she might bruise his ribs, actually? He'll just have to take the risk. He knew it when he signed on. Hardison wraps his arms around her, tight as he can, like maybe that will magically be able to make her immune to whatever the hell it was that just happened to him.
They've managed weirder, right?
On the other hand, Parker hugged him. Threw herself at it in the kind of way she almost never, ever does, deathly serious, and Hardison goes ahead and splits the difference between dread and concern right there on the spot. Wanting a hug takes the backseat to whatever this is.
Did she see it? She couldn't have seen it. He was just in there, they're coming from different directions. Which doesn't exactly narrow down the possibilities on what does have her this upset. Town they're trapped in considered and everything. ]
Hey-- it's okay. [ Well. ] Is it okay? Are you okay? Gimme the briefing, mama, what happened, we'll- we'll handle it.
[ Local man conspires to learn to hack reality like the Matrix for his beautiful girlfriend, news at 11. ]
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Past-tense. It happened, past-tense, no matter how fresh it feels, and she's here, and he loves her, and she might bruise his ribs, actually? He'll just have to take the risk. He knew it when he signed on. Hardison wraps his arms around her, tight as he can, like maybe that will magically be able to make her immune to whatever the hell it was that just happened to him.
They've managed weirder, right?
On the other hand, Parker hugged him. Threw herself at it in the kind of way she almost never, ever does, deathly serious, and Hardison goes ahead and splits the difference between dread and concern right there on the spot. Wanting a hug takes the backseat to whatever this is.
Did she see it? She couldn't have seen it. He was just in there, they're coming from different directions. Which doesn't exactly narrow down the possibilities on what does have her this upset. Town they're trapped in considered and everything. ]
Hey-- it's okay. [ Well. ] Is it okay? Are you okay? Gimme the briefing, mama, what happened, we'll- we'll handle it.
[ Local man conspires to learn to hack reality like the Matrix for his beautiful girlfriend, news at 11. ]