"They're gone. And there is no getting them back." Not here, not in the real world.
In some ways, she thinks, here might be even worse. Here comes with the risk of someone coming back, but not being the same person who was lost, and while she's only experienced that so far with someone she barely knew and didn't like when she had, it isn't hard to extrapolate from that, either.
She reaches up to briefly squeeze his hand where it rests against her shoulder. They have, both of them, had no shortage of losses in their lives.
Poor Steve, with it happening to him multiple times... with multiple people even, but mostly with various Buckies. He gives her shoulders a squeeze, right back. "I know." And someday he's going to lose Yelena, too. Even when she graduates, he's not sure if he'll be able to convince her to stay with him and Steve for longer than the one mission.
He can hope, though.
He turns his head to kiss the top of hers, then lets her go. "Until then, though, we have cupcakes. That helps a little."
"More than a little," she says with a little grin. It slides into place easily enough, and even given the heaviness of the topic, it's not entirely false.
Chase is alive, and he's going to fix things so he'll survive resurrecting his parents. That's worth celebrating.
"You can never overstate the curative properties of cupcakes."
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In some ways, she thinks, here might be even worse. Here comes with the risk of someone coming back, but not being the same person who was lost, and while she's only experienced that so far with someone she barely knew and didn't like when she had, it isn't hard to extrapolate from that, either.
She reaches up to briefly squeeze his hand where it rests against her shoulder. They have, both of them, had no shortage of losses in their lives.
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He can hope, though.
He turns his head to kiss the top of hers, then lets her go. "Until then, though, we have cupcakes. That helps a little."
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Chase is alive, and he's going to fix things so he'll survive resurrecting his parents. That's worth celebrating.
"You can never overstate the curative properties of cupcakes."