[ there's no question as to what he's going to say to that. especially not when he can tell just how invested in this she is. he turns so he can brush his fingers across her cheekbones and kiss her softly. ] I want this. [ another chaste kiss. ] But--
[ but he needs to explain. needs her to understand why his brain is stuttering to a stop and he can't even begin to fathom how he can talk about it. about yancy. he never, ever talks about yancy. it hurts too much.
raleigh rests his forehead against naomi's collarbone and swallows hard. forces himself to keep talking, voice rough and low. it's harder than he thought it would be. both to talk about this and to talk about his brother period. ]
When you Drift with someone, there's no secrets between you. It's impossible for there to be. You're not two people in a machine, you become one person with the Jaeger acting as your body. You feel every hit she takes, and you experience everything your co-pilot does as if it was happening to you. [ he squeezes his eyes shut and tries to shove down the nerves that are making him feel a little queasy. people who aren't in the ppdc just don't get pilots. he can't even begin to count how many people he and yancy had freaked out with their hangovers, and that's not even close to what he's about to say. ] That night. In the truck. I remember it.
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[ but he needs to explain. needs her to understand why his brain is stuttering to a stop and he can't even begin to fathom how he can talk about it. about yancy. he never, ever talks about yancy. it hurts too much.
raleigh rests his forehead against naomi's collarbone and swallows hard. forces himself to keep talking, voice rough and low. it's harder than he thought it would be. both to talk about this and to talk about his brother period. ]
When you Drift with someone, there's no secrets between you. It's impossible for there to be. You're not two people in a machine, you become one person with the Jaeger acting as your body. You feel every hit she takes, and you experience everything your co-pilot does as if it was happening to you. [ he squeezes his eyes shut and tries to shove down the nerves that are making him feel a little queasy. people who aren't in the ppdc just don't get pilots. he can't even begin to count how many people he and yancy had freaked out with their hangovers, and that's not even close to what he's about to say. ] That night. In the truck. I remember it.