Memo
He/him
28
August 26
Spikemuth, Galar Region
Homosexual
Ranger Captain
Elite Ranger
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POSTED ON Aug 16, 2022 22:27:48 GMT
He nodded, tracing his thumb along the ridge of Alex’s knuckles. He hadn’t even thought about the world outside of his frame of reference-- that being people, mostly. But as he listened to Alex explain things, he realized that the dome had upset the world on a much deeper level than just plane schedules and cross-regional communication.
“I didn’t realize,” he said, not able to help the sadness that colored his tone. It was a lot for Alex to deal with. The man’s heart was entirely too fucking big, and he meant that in the best way possible. Alex felt it was his job to take care of everything under the sun, which was what, Memo imagined, led him to create the sanctuary. He’d been a firsthand witness to the self-flagellation Alex subjected himself to when he felt he failed at the, admittedly impossible, job.
“I can try and help,” he suggested-- because in the same way that Alex took the lives of every living thing as his burden, Memo’s own cross to bear was self-sacrifice. “I’ve been pretty busy but--,” I think I’m going to get the job I wanted died on his lips, because he wasn’t sure if that was meant to be a surprise, or if he was just afraid of telling Alex he might be moving to Fortree, or maybe even because he felt like if he spoke it out loud it wouldn’t happen.
He was, deep down, absolutely terrified that Alex would freak out. The man had asked for time, and Memo could give him all the time in the world. But to immediately say it's okay that you don't want to date right now and rubberband that right into hey, I've been manipulating the system so I can move closer to you... Memo was scared Alex would feel that it was an invasion of privacy.
“--but I think things might be slowing down, now. Amazingly, the closer we get to the Meteor, it’s like everyone is… stopping to take a breath.” He traded his wounded look for one of forced happiness, of a peace he felt wasn’t too far off for him to really reach, not in Alex’s presence. Maybe he just needed to fake it a little.
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