[ she wants to ask if it's always like this, because she feels like she's in her own body, just blurred at the edges, and when he offers his hand for her to take, she takes it, laces their fingers together to feel the familiar warmth of his palm against her own.
she's never seen the inside of the hangar where they dock the jaegers during downtime. she'd never seen the becket brothers the way she sees them now, both so young, a little bit drunk and happy. she wishes she could carry a snapshot of this moment out with her and share it with her daughter.
but i don't know how-- and because the drift is all thought at the snap of a finger, the world blurs and changes again. maybe it's the sight of the boys that prompts it, but it's that night. the one she gathered the courage to pretend she was brave, egged on by friends who'd commented on the two blond boys in jaeger academy jackets sitting at the bar.
her then-bestfriend is whispering in her ear, don't be a chicken, go introduce yourself because she's been eyeing raleigh through his mirror reflection all night and god, he has the goofiest, cutest smile, he's like a puppy and she doesn't know why that is but wow, how is he so cute.
she looks over at raleigh then, offers him a sheepish smile because she can feel the way he's grinning. what. it changed before i could pick something different. ]
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she's never seen the inside of the hangar where they dock the jaegers during downtime. she'd never seen the becket brothers the way she sees them now, both so young, a little bit drunk and happy. she wishes she could carry a snapshot of this moment out with her and share it with her daughter.
but i don't know how-- and because the drift is all thought at the snap of a finger, the world blurs and changes again. maybe it's the sight of the boys that prompts it, but it's that night. the one she gathered the courage to pretend she was brave, egged on by friends who'd commented on the two blond boys in jaeger academy jackets sitting at the bar.
her then-bestfriend is whispering in her ear, don't be a chicken, go introduce yourself because she's been eyeing raleigh through his mirror reflection all night and god, he has the goofiest, cutest smile, he's like a puppy and she doesn't know why that is but wow, how is he so cute.
she looks over at raleigh then, offers him a sheepish smile because she can feel the way he's grinning. what. it changed before i could pick something different. ]