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Summary
~“It’s okay,” Adam breathes, stopping the apology that always follows the shout. “I’m okay.”
“Please don’t lie to me.”
Pushing off the wall, Adam crosses the room. He wraps his arms around Nine, careful to avoid touching the bandages covering his left shoulder, promising, “It was just a reflex.” The tiny hiccups and trembling are the only signs of the tears Nine is trying so hard to hide as he lets his head fall to the crook of his partner’s neck.
They’d been so worried about dying in that final battle that none of them had thought about what would happen after. None of them had stopped to consider how they’d have to somehow go on after the war. The wounds that would never heal right. The faces that would haunt their nightmares. The instincts that kept them alive that didn’t translate in any way to domestic life.~
They both survived the war, but missing pieces and constant reminders prove moving on will be the most difficult battle they've faced thus far.
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