[The glow of the connection is caught between them, invisible, but the power strips them both bare, down to the nerves. Though Ellie always knows what memories are hers, getting flashes of Glimmer's always leave her breathless.
This is no different, no less sickening and sad.
Glimmer knows. Even if she hasn't done the things Ellie has, she has been terrible, too. She has been hurtful and terrifying and wrong, and she has brought her world to the brink-
And when it all boils down to it, they are just two people, both here and feeling desperately alone, feeling like someone else finally fucking gets it.
Glimmer's right. Ellie did tell her this now, because she can't bear the thought of her leaving later, when she's dug her way under Ellie's skin and into her veins, because Ellie knows she's going to. As surely as she knows her laugh and her thoughtfulness and how her voice changes when she's upset and how she likes to touch Ellie when she's close.
Ellie hugs her back, tighter. Breathlessly afraid.]
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This is no different, no less sickening and sad.
Glimmer knows. Even if she hasn't done the things Ellie has, she has been terrible, too. She has been hurtful and terrifying and wrong, and she has brought her world to the brink-
And when it all boils down to it, they are just two people, both here and feeling desperately alone, feeling like someone else finally fucking gets it.
Glimmer's right. Ellie did tell her this now, because she can't bear the thought of her leaving later, when she's dug her way under Ellie's skin and into her veins, because Ellie knows she's going to. As surely as she knows her laugh and her thoughtfulness and how her voice changes when she's upset and how she likes to touch Ellie when she's close.
Ellie hugs her back, tighter. Breathlessly afraid.]
... okay.