[ she screams. she can't tell if it's because she's screaming or if matthew is, but it happens either way, the sound tearing from her throat as the pain starts to manifest, the itch and burn in her (his) eyes clouding their vision, the blue of the sky starting to go cloudy and then black. she tries to keep them open as long as she can because she knows this is the last he's going to see of the sky, tries to keep them open long enough to see his dad one more time, but it hurts too much and his eyes are tearing too much for him see.
she can hear his father's voice suddenly and can feel matthew calm down, incrementally but it's enough for her to focus back on her own thoughts and not matthew's. she tries reaching for his father's hand, for all the good it may or may not do.
she can't change things for him, as much as she wants to, knowing what happens later on. what's done is done, and elektra finds his fear becoming replaced with her own anger.
why show her this when she can't do anything but bear witness? ]
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she can hear his father's voice suddenly and can feel matthew calm down, incrementally but it's enough for her to focus back on her own thoughts and not matthew's. she tries reaching for his father's hand, for all the good it may or may not do.
she can't change things for him, as much as she wants to, knowing what happens later on. what's done is done, and elektra finds his fear becoming replaced with her own anger.
why show her this when she can't do anything but bear witness? ]