[ And with that, the hardness in Wash's expression does soften. ]
'Course we are. [ Finally looking away, as well, his eyes briefly slipping shut with a quiet sigh, his own shoulders sagging as he looks out across the mountains. He's sure of this, yes, of how much Miles means to him, of how he'd protect him just as fiercely as any of his own -- but it is still more than a little strange. That really doesn't happen to Wash all that often. ] And unfortunately for you, I'm not that easy to get off your back.
[ It'd been quick, too, hadn't it? Maybe not quite to this extent, because god what they've shared this time has certainly made -- a difference. But Wash's been inclined to protect him since after even the first time they talked. Since he told him about his seizures . . . It's probably pointless to try and analyze it, to try and actually answer Miles' question of when, but Wash can't help but try. ]
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'Course we are. [ Finally looking away, as well, his eyes briefly slipping shut with a quiet sigh, his own shoulders sagging as he looks out across the mountains. He's sure of this, yes, of how much Miles means to him, of how he'd protect him just as fiercely as any of his own -- but it is still more than a little strange. That really doesn't happen to Wash all that often. ] And unfortunately for you, I'm not that easy to get off your back.
[ It'd been quick, too, hadn't it? Maybe not quite to this extent, because god what they've shared this time has certainly made -- a difference. But Wash's been inclined to protect him since after even the first time they talked. Since he told him about his seizures . . . It's probably pointless to try and analyze it, to try and actually answer Miles' question of when, but Wash can't help but try. ]