[ At the contact, Wash's eyes snap open, suddenly sharp and aware again. Because the bond does work in dreams, and that's enough to make him realize they're not really here. They're in New Amsterdam, and it's Sharkface in his head right now and that's just. Fuck.
He's still feeling everything he was feeing before despite the awareness, though, which means that Ephemera is getting a heavy dose of fear and despair and confusion -- he's seen enough to guess at what the latter is, an identity shattered and lost. The misery of everyone leaving him here by himself. Alone. In so much pain from what Epsilon left of him that he just wants it over.
It fades as he remembers himself from the contact, but doesn't disappear.
Wash is torn between wanting to yank his hand back because no one should feel this way and being too afraid that he'll fall back into the dream if he does so he just stays very still to see if Sharkface will pull away, breathing shallow and fast... and when the other man stays put he slowly turns his hand to hold on. ]
...you should wake up.
[ Of course saying that won't help either of them, but he's sorry Sharkface is feeling this. He doesn't belong here. Again he considers pulling back, indecision flooding the link. ]
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He's still feeling everything he was feeing before despite the awareness, though, which means that Ephemera is getting a heavy dose of fear and despair and confusion -- he's seen enough to guess at what the latter is, an identity shattered and lost. The misery of everyone leaving him here by himself. Alone. In so much pain from what Epsilon left of him that he just wants it over.
It fades as he remembers himself from the contact, but doesn't disappear.
Wash is torn between wanting to yank his hand back because no one should feel this way and being too afraid that he'll fall back into the dream if he does so he just stays very still to see if Sharkface will pull away, breathing shallow and fast... and when the other man stays put he slowly turns his hand to hold on. ]
...you should wake up.
[ Of course saying that won't help either of them, but he's sorry Sharkface is feeling this. He doesn't belong here. Again he considers pulling back, indecision flooding the link. ]