Was what it was, and they'd made the best out of having to keep it a secret, stealing time even while working. They made it work, best and worst of times they always came back together and pulled comfort from each other. Just as they fell back in to now, even if now it was something far more dire in a way than just one of them being away or getting injured during a mission.
Corner of his mouth twitched, "And to think I was going to get married once the war was over if things kept going like they were." That had worked out on both ends, honestly, even they had stumbled across their own while he was gone and didn't know how to break the news to him. Still kept that friendship, and he'd even told Jack about it of course. "Should heal well enough, we'll clean around the stitching after we eat, okay?" Just to maybe help reduce any itching.
Gabriel nodded, even if it was more a tilt of his head. "Start with water and nibble at things." All the better to lessen the risk of something coming back up. "Then we can take more meds while the MRE's heat up- and I pulled some choices." Leaning just enough, so he wasn't pulling away from that stroking hand, to present at least six different choices, letting Jack pick from them.
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Date: 2019-06-14 05:24 am (UTC)Corner of his mouth twitched, "And to think I was going to get married once the war was over if things kept going like they were." That had worked out on both ends, honestly, even they had stumbled across their own while he was gone and didn't know how to break the news to him. Still kept that friendship, and he'd even told Jack about it of course. "Should heal well enough, we'll clean around the stitching after we eat, okay?" Just to maybe help reduce any itching.
Gabriel nodded, even if it was more a tilt of his head. "Start with water and nibble at things." All the better to lessen the risk of something coming back up. "Then we can take more meds while the MRE's heat up- and I pulled some choices." Leaning just enough, so he wasn't pulling away from that stroking hand, to present at least six different choices, letting Jack pick from them.