[ No one's told him about her history, not at length. Una and Pike gave him some of a rundown, a few bits of information here and there that they dropped about the mission giving him a few ideas. 'They have a better shot with La'an down there', from Una, eyes worried, speaking across the table to Pike. Later, Pike murmured when he thought Jim couldn't hear: 'She'll take weeks to recover from this once we get them back. Is this the same planet?' and Una's shaken head.
He's got half a puzzle with a few pieces put in and no idea what picture it makes.
Sometime he'll ask her about it, when it's less raw.
She melts against him and he can't resist the urge to press a brief, fleeting kiss against the top of her head. He doesn't even know if she'll feel it, but it helps--a quiet, nonverbal thank you ]
La'an. [ There's more emotion in her name than he means there to be, realizing how close he was to losing his brother wrapped around it, with his gratitude threaded in ] I--you--
Come here. [ It's all he can say, and all he can do to tuck her even closer. How has this woman worked her way so deeply under his skin? Into his heart? Things like this are a start. ]
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He's got half a puzzle with a few pieces put in and no idea what picture it makes.
Sometime he'll ask her about it, when it's less raw.
She melts against him and he can't resist the urge to press a brief, fleeting kiss against the top of her head. He doesn't even know if she'll feel it, but it helps--a quiet, nonverbal thank you ]
La'an. [ There's more emotion in her name than he means there to be, realizing how close he was to losing his brother wrapped around it, with his gratitude threaded in ] I--you--
Come here. [ It's all he can say, and all he can do to tuck her even closer. How has this woman worked her way so deeply under his skin? Into his heart? Things like this are a start. ]