she feels herself say the words as he speaks them, tries to will herself to stop him from thrashing around. it burns, the rest of their body aches; she's reminded of the hand's poisoning only she hadn't lost anything from it, not like this. her (his, their) heart is pounding faster than she's ever heard it, his fear and her anger combining dangerously. it's overwhelming, the pounding growing louder and louder and drowning out the sound of his father and the gathering crowd and the residual sounds of the accident and the city and and and -
elektra finds herself suddenly returned to her own mind, eyes snapping wide open when she hears his voice, older and deeper now, but with the same panic underlying in the tone when he says her name. she gasps as if she's breathing for the first time, like she'd just been drowning and was now surfacing for air.
it takes a second for her to realize she's back in control, able to move and look where she wants to, and she looks at him, eyes wide open and frantic and just staring for a few seconds before his words fully register.
her hands start trembling and the rest of her body follows before she reaches for him, arms winding tightly around his torso as she tries to anchor herself to her own mind. ]
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dad, i can't see.
i can't see
i can't see
i can't see -
she feels herself say the words as he speaks them, tries to will herself to stop him from thrashing around. it burns, the rest of their body aches; she's reminded of the hand's poisoning only she hadn't lost anything from it, not like this. her (his, their) heart is pounding faster than she's ever heard it, his fear and her anger combining dangerously. it's overwhelming, the pounding growing louder and louder and drowning out the sound of his father and the gathering crowd and the residual sounds of the accident and the city and and and -
elektra finds herself suddenly returned to her own mind, eyes snapping wide open when she hears his voice, older and deeper now, but with the same panic underlying in the tone when he says her name. she gasps as if she's breathing for the first time, like she'd just been drowning and was now surfacing for air.
it takes a second for her to realize she's back in control, able to move and look where she wants to, and she looks at him, eyes wide open and frantic and just staring for a few seconds before his words fully register.
her hands start trembling and the rest of her body follows before she reaches for him, arms winding tightly around his torso as she tries to anchor herself to her own mind. ]