two sentences is more than she's ever said before and he realises he doesn't really know what to say. she says there were skrulls acting like people she knew and he almost wants to laugh, wants to point out that's why the skrulls did and they did it everywhere. he wants to point out that he'd watched her die and it wasn't her, it was one of them, so doesn't she get that he gets it more than she's ever given him credit for?
but then, she knows what happened on earth. he doesn't have to explain it to her, because she knows all of that, and he didn't even know she'd been in a simulation. how many years has it been?
he glances away from her, just for a second. so what does that mean, that there'd been one of them with his face and his memories? had the skrull him and bobbi acted out, played at reconciliation in the same way he and the skrull that'd pretended to be her had? was that why when she came back, she was so done with him?)
Bobbi—. ( he doesn't know what he's supposed to say. doesn't know what he should say. abruptly, stupidly, he realises he's still holding a half-full bottle of beer that he no longer wants, and for lack of any better idea of what to do with his hands, he sets it down on the bar.
a couple of years ago, it wouldn't have been a question. he'd have held her, he wouldn't have asked, it would have just been what he did because they were them. it's not that he doesn't want to, he doesn't know if she'd allow it. if it'd even be the right thing to do.
instead, "you've never wanted to tell me before, so why now?" sits on the tip of his tongue, but the answer's obvious. it's not about wanting to tell him, it's because of where they are, because of what's happened to the both of them here. if she could get away with it, she wouldn't be telling him, she'd just be all bobbi morse about it and pretend like everything's okay, that if she's working, then everything's fine.
he wants to tell her that her timing really sucks because she might be a super soldier, but he's not and he's a little bit drunk, and it's not like he has the capacity to navigate these conversations effectively even when he's not. ) They—. The Skrulls do a lot of acting. Pretending. You don't have to—. ( no, that's not coming out right out all. ) You don't have to tell me. ( that's still not right, he knows, but he doesn't know how to say she doesn't have to tell him what happened if she feels like she's obligated to.
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two sentences is more than she's ever said before and he realises he doesn't really know what to say. she says there were skrulls acting like people she knew and he almost wants to laugh, wants to point out that's why the skrulls did and they did it everywhere. he wants to point out that he'd watched her die and it wasn't her, it was one of them, so doesn't she get that he gets it more than she's ever given him credit for?
but then, she knows what happened on earth. he doesn't have to explain it to her, because she knows all of that, and he didn't even know she'd been in a simulation. how many years has it been?
he glances away from her, just for a second. so what does that mean, that there'd been one of them with his face and his memories? had the skrull him and bobbi acted out, played at reconciliation in the same way he and the skrull that'd pretended to be her had? was that why when she came back, she was so done with him? )
Bobbi—. ( he doesn't know what he's supposed to say. doesn't know what he should say. abruptly, stupidly, he realises he's still holding a half-full bottle of beer that he no longer wants, and for lack of any better idea of what to do with his hands, he sets it down on the bar.
a couple of years ago, it wouldn't have been a question. he'd have held her, he wouldn't have asked, it would have just been what he did because they were them.
it's not that he doesn't want to, he doesn't know if she'd allow it. if it'd even be the right thing to do.
instead, "you've never wanted to tell me before, so why now?" sits on the tip of his tongue, but the answer's obvious. it's not about wanting to tell him, it's because of where they are, because of what's happened to the both of them here. if she could get away with it, she wouldn't be telling him, she'd just be all bobbi morse about it and pretend like everything's okay, that if she's working, then everything's fine.
he wants to tell her that her timing really sucks because she might be a super soldier, but he's not and he's a little bit drunk, and it's not like he has the capacity to navigate these conversations effectively even when he's not. ) They—. The Skrulls do a lot of acting. Pretending. You don't have to—. ( no, that's not coming out right out all. ) You don't have to tell me. ( that's still not right, he knows, but he doesn't know how to say she doesn't have to tell him what happened if she feels like she's obligated to.
(they don't have any of those anymore.) )