babyguard: (eyebrows)
Nile Freeman + The Old Guard ([personal profile] babyguard) wrote 2021-02-13 03:15 pm (UTC)

She catches the fact that he dodges the question slightly. Catches it, and lets it go because as hard as this might be for her, she's got to believe it's harder for him. He was actually married--and he loved his wife and kids. She lost family by deciding to stay with the family, sure, but it wasn't anything like losing a life you chose to build. When she thinks about that, it's a lot easier for her to understand what he did, and why he did it.

She's just glad they got him back. That they got Quyhn back. That she and Andy could reunite and work things out before--well. Before. But they have years to do it, and Nile isn't going to be dragged down thinking about an unknown future--not when she can focus on what's right here in front of her.

A mission. Where she's married to her friend. As they vacation on the beach. She twists to return that smile and hoists her backpack on her shoulder, motioning toward the suitcase.


"You better have added a swimsuit. We may be taking out a murderer," okay, murder-enabler, whatever , "but I will snorkel. And you will join me."

From the other room, Nicky's voice raises enough that he knows they both can hear him: 'If you take much longer, you will miss your flight!'.

"I think we're being summoned."

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