"Hey." Alex's voice is soft, and her hands move from his face to the shuddering of his shoulders, and then they slide below his armpits in order to hold him tightly to him. There's always been a believe in Alex that if you hug someone enough, that you'll be able to keep them safe. It's something that goes back to the time when she was still very small and needed to hold onto her teddy before she held onto the Reagans.
Abandonment is something that Alex has always felt very keenly, which is one of the reasons that all of the times Richard had just disappeared on her had hurt so badly.
"It's okay. It's... I can't imagine how hard it was to fight for so long. I can't imagine what it's like to both gain and lose yourself like that." And then there's Simon, and everyone else who is going to die in their path. "We're going to leave for Geneva in the morning. I mean there's no point in pretending that we're not doing it. At least that way he won't put anyone else in our path."
Alex just kisses him again, but there's a little bit of desperation in it, because Alex wants to believe that's true. The believer in their little tragedy is having a small crisis of faith, and she doesn't know quite how to handle it.
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Abandonment is something that Alex has always felt very keenly, which is one of the reasons that all of the times Richard had just disappeared on her had hurt so badly.
"It's okay. It's... I can't imagine how hard it was to fight for so long. I can't imagine what it's like to both gain and lose yourself like that." And then there's Simon, and everyone else who is going to die in their path. "We're going to leave for Geneva in the morning. I mean there's no point in pretending that we're not doing it. At least that way he won't put anyone else in our path."
Alex just kisses him again, but there's a little bit of desperation in it, because Alex wants to believe that's true. The believer in their little tragedy is having a small crisis of faith, and she doesn't know quite how to handle it.