[ Shock wipes his expression clean, and all he can seem to do for a moment is stare at Ashe. Then, after a few seconds, he manages to turn his head and stare out at the room.
She’s managed to do this to him just once before. They’d been kids then, little things. Well before either of them had even considered running away from home, much less to start a gang. Much less with each other. She’d given him a gift for his birthday for the first time. Something small, but it was more than he’d gotten in the years since his mama passed. He’d stared at it then like he’s staring at the room now: wide-eyed, almost uncertain, trying to believe what he’s seeing despite having already decided that the reality of it is impossible.
He turns to her the same way too, his voice soft and quiet as it ever gets. Touched. ]
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She’s managed to do this to him just once before. They’d been kids then, little things. Well before either of them had even considered running away from home, much less to start a gang. Much less with each other. She’d given him a gift for his birthday for the first time. Something small, but it was more than he’d gotten in the years since his mama passed. He’d stared at it then like he’s staring at the room now: wide-eyed, almost uncertain, trying to believe what he’s seeing despite having already decided that the reality of it is impossible.
He turns to her the same way too, his voice soft and quiet as it ever gets. Touched. ]
… This is all for me?