crossmyheartandhope

We never woulda been there if I hadn't messed up in the first place. And Req never woulda been around to get fried if I'd kept my mouth shut in that parking lot.

[He squeezes her hand, gentle.]

I'm just saying, dude - you didn't drop the ball on this one. Okay? It was bad, but it was always gonna be bad. We just gotta dump more skill points into stealth for next time, I guess.

I’m not saying we didn’t all mess up on the planning side, but— You and me, we went looking for Elly together—we went to heaven together. You didn’t mess anything up that I didn’t mess up first.

Before he meteored the city, I asked if there was a chance to get everyone and get out, and he said - he said he couldn't say for sure. That he was just one angel, and it was my call.

...

...I told him I wanted to try, if he thought we had a shot at it.

[Squeezes his hand tight]

I told him to help get the people out of jail. And he told me he couldn’t just leave everybody else in Hell out of angel duty or something.

Either way he’d be going into enemy territory. Wouldn’t have made a difference if he’d busted jail outside the city instead of through it. Just as many demons around.

...We just...gotta get him out, I guess.

...yeah. We can't leave him there.

They won’t do anything and risk not being able to get into Heaven. We got time to figure things out.

...

...yeah.

You been to talk to Intensity, yet?

This morning.

Said he’d still help.

[Her tone’s a bit as though she still doesn’t quite believe it yet.]

...You seen the others?

Who, King and Req and Yugi?

Or anybody else, but yeah, especially them.

...saw King tonight. He called a team meeting, so.

[He pauses a beat.]

Gotta get on the rest of them. I been out a lot.

...Yeah.

Req came to see me. Haven't seen the others. Not really sure what to say.

Same.

I mean... I know I gotta do it, but.

In theory...

What, like just skip out?

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Aren’t avoiding just one guy when you’re avoiding every guy.

Turn into hermits and hole up in the hideout forever, huh?

[A beat.]

...sounds pretty good, not gonna lie.

Even I can come up with good ideas sometimes.

Maybe have somebody bring us some food every so often. Maybe not.

You come up with good ideas all the time.

[He tucks his head in a little, so his forehead's resting on her shoulder. His hand is not warm where it holds her own, but the pressure is steady, at least.]

Pretty sure we're gonna have to wait for the ecosystem if we wanna go full hunter-gatherer, though.

[Cuddles in a bit]

Req’d bring us a sandwich until that goes through. Break into the cafe in a pinch.

Hey, we even got options. The conbini came through, and we got that grocery store.

Oh yeah? ...Kinda sounds like a no-brainer.

Right? Just gotta tag in every now and then to keep from going gray and we're all set.

Yeah...'course. Prolly no one'll even notice.

[And she lets that lie, quiet]

...I mean, they'd notice you, but that's what you get for being friendly.

[Nudges her, gentle.]

They'd notice you, for sure.

[No comment on him. The image of the world passing him by outside the mirror and just not caring is a little too fresh for that.]

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