[ pike grip on him doesn't get any looser, possibly because he has no one else to lean on but jim, his feet are starting to kill him, standing around for too long, but they aren't so important. ]
Maybe you did, but you know it now. That's all I need from you, Jim.
[ he raises a hand and uses it to card through the back of jim's head in a soothing manner as he talks, quietly listening to all that jim is telling him in the spur of the moment. whatever it is that jim thought he wanted him to do is probably the opposite. he doesn't know what to feel about that yet. ]
I miss you. [ for him, it's only been seconds, but that's a lifetime already, too.
he opens his eyes, and the first thing he sees his spock, out at a corner watching them with his vulcan eyes. hearing them, probably. pike remembers the attempt to relive him of the pain, the anger, the sadness. spock's eyes have been incredibly human, then, too.
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Maybe you did, but you know it now. That's all I need from you, Jim.
[ he raises a hand and uses it to card through the back of jim's head in a soothing manner as he talks, quietly listening to all that jim is telling him in the spur of the moment. whatever it is that jim thought he wanted him to do is probably the opposite. he doesn't know what to feel about that yet. ]
I miss you. [ for him, it's only been seconds, but that's a lifetime already, too.
he opens his eyes, and the first thing he sees his spock, out at a corner watching them with his vulcan eyes. hearing them, probably. pike remembers the attempt to relive him of the pain, the anger, the sadness. spock's eyes have been incredibly human, then, too.
pike's lips curl, a sad smile on his face. ]