The last time he'd seen York he was face-down against the concrete with bullet wounds in his side, already dead for hours, and the last time he'd seen York before that was -- at Freelancer. At Freelancer, during the attack, when they'd locked him in because of his fucking condition and how unstable he was when the entire project itself was the problem, the entire thing was unstable, when Tex was tearing the place apart, and York, he remembers --
If this had been a few years ago, Wash probably wouldn't be handling this all that well, would've attacked him by now, would be letting all those whispers ( this is wrong wrong wrong are you slipping again, Wash, are you slipping ) get the better of him. He's different, better with those things now, and outwardly at least he stays calm enough, though obviously in some kind of shock, and something in that almost-smile makes him ache. Freelancer was too long ago. He and Carolina are the only ones left. ]
You look -- [ A pause. ] -- Better, than I remember.
[ It's meant to be friendly, meant to be a joke, meant to bring a smile -- but also the last time he saw you, you were fucking dead. ]
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The last time he'd seen York he was face-down against the concrete with bullet wounds in his side, already dead for hours, and the last time he'd seen York before that was -- at Freelancer. At Freelancer, during the attack, when they'd locked him in because of his fucking condition and how unstable he was when the entire project itself was the problem, the entire thing was unstable, when Tex was tearing the place apart, and York, he remembers --
If this had been a few years ago, Wash probably wouldn't be handling this all that well, would've attacked him by now, would be letting all those whispers ( this is wrong wrong wrong are you slipping again, Wash, are you slipping ) get the better of him. He's different, better with those things now, and outwardly at least he stays calm enough, though obviously in some kind of shock, and something in that almost-smile makes him ache. Freelancer was too long ago. He and Carolina are the only ones left. ]
You look -- [ A pause. ] -- Better, than I remember.
[ It's meant to be friendly, meant to be a joke, meant to bring a smile -- but also the last time he saw you, you were fucking dead. ]