stay like this, huh. vax's feelings are a maelstrom, at the moment - grief and despair and loss, anger and fury and a thousand other things - and maybe a steady presence is what he needs right now.
it's welcome. vax is tense - like, really tense, and has been since the trial started to tick to its inevitable conclusion - but, with the presence of someone else that he's allowed in...
... some of that tension melts out of his shoulders, into just a bone deep exhaustion. vax leans into it, a little, and closes his eyes, face turning against the side of his chest. tomorrow, he'll do his duty. his purpose. tomorrow, he'll do what he hoped he would never, never have to, just days ago.
[all that can be hoped for, right now, is for it to be enough.
vax leans into him a little, and he exhales a breath he didn't fully know he was holding, letting him settle there.
it's going to be hard, tomorrow, emet-selch is sure of that. if he doesn't want to be alone after, he'll be allowed back. for now, though, he's not sure what to say and so he doesn't, just staying here in silence, present. vax can stay as long as he wants.]
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stay like this, huh. vax's feelings are a maelstrom, at the moment - grief and despair and loss, anger and fury and a thousand other things - and maybe a steady presence is what he needs right now.
he shifts, a little, looking down at his hands. ]
... for a little while, yeah.
[ and leans a little against his arm. ]
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vax leans against him, and after several moments of internal debate, that arm just slides around him instead.]
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it's welcome. vax is tense - like, really tense, and has been since the trial started to tick to its inevitable conclusion - but, with the presence of someone else that he's allowed in...
... some of that tension melts out of his shoulders, into just a bone deep exhaustion. vax leans into it, a little, and closes his eyes, face turning against the side of his chest. tomorrow, he'll do his duty. his purpose. tomorrow, he'll do what he hoped he would never, never have to, just days ago.
... tomorrow.
for now, this is enough. ]
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vax leans into him a little, and he exhales a breath he didn't fully know he was holding, letting him settle there.
it's going to be hard, tomorrow, emet-selch is sure of that. if he doesn't want to be alone after, he'll be allowed back. for now, though, he's not sure what to say and so he doesn't, just staying here in silence, present. vax can stay as long as he wants.]