[ This is what he's expected. A return to the norm– sniping at each other is what they know. Has been their habit off and on for the entire time they've worked together.
Hux merely stares up into Ren's face as he steps closer, crowding his space. Ren's not much taller than him but his presence is a storm cloud; dark, dangerous, flashing. He can feel the loop of emotion coming off of him, anger and pain mixed. It knifes through at his words, a reminder of what he's lost.
(And he's lost so much).
He wants so much to spill his words out, an eye for an eye. They said they wouldn't do this, but nothing could stop the self-injury. Swallowing his retort, he looks down and away, an uncharacteristic submission. There's so much he could say, can feel it filling his chest like water in the lungs. ]
Are we going to do this again? [ A strange exhaustion creeps in, everything seeming like more effort than it was worth. ]
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Date: 2016-05-24 06:46 am (UTC)Hux merely stares up into Ren's face as he steps closer, crowding his space. Ren's not much taller than him but his presence is a storm cloud; dark, dangerous, flashing. He can feel the loop of emotion coming off of him, anger and pain mixed. It knifes through at his words, a reminder of what he's lost.
(And he's lost so much).
He wants so much to spill his words out, an eye for an eye. They said they wouldn't do this, but nothing could stop the self-injury. Swallowing his retort, he looks down and away, an uncharacteristic submission. There's so much he could say, can feel it filling his chest like water in the lungs. ]
Are we going to do this again? [ A strange exhaustion creeps in, everything seeming like more effort than it was worth. ]