[It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it, but there's a flicker of aching loss as Glimmer moves back and out of Ellie's arms, their fingertips brushing as she situates herself, sitting up, and Ellie slowly works up to a sitting position, her shirt rumbled and her face flushed and her eyes not completely dry.
It's a fucking confusing tangle, but she nods, even before Glimmer's done saying it aloud.]
Yeah, me too.
[Ellie feels thoroughly emotionally thrashed, and it's left her reeling, not quite able to find her emotional feet underneath her. It's both a relief to be alone inside her own head, and desperately lonely.
She takes a few deep breaths, tracks her eyes up to Glimmer's face, and reaches out with her left hand, curling her last two fingers against Glimmer's hand.
Even if she doesn't know where to begin, she's just... grateful, more than anything, that this somehow didn't break them.]
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It's a fucking confusing tangle, but she nods, even before Glimmer's done saying it aloud.]
Yeah, me too.
[Ellie feels thoroughly emotionally thrashed, and it's left her reeling, not quite able to find her emotional feet underneath her. It's both a relief to be alone inside her own head, and desperately lonely.
She takes a few deep breaths, tracks her eyes up to Glimmer's face, and reaches out with her left hand, curling her last two fingers against Glimmer's hand.
Even if she doesn't know where to begin, she's just... grateful, more than anything, that this somehow didn't break them.]