[ carolina nods, squeezes his hand back, and keeps touching him for as much of the travel back to their apartment as she can justify. there's a stop for ear plugs and to top up on what supplies they find, another monster-made road block for them to fight through, and confirmation that maine will find them later before they even get to their building.
way too many stairs later, they clear their apartment and that earns them a break, carolina thinks. one of the windows needs to be covered until it can be repaired and the lights they'd been using since the earthquake started screwing with the power need to have their battery packs swapped out, but that can wait.
firstβ ] Hey. Come here.
[ even as she says it, carolina closes half the distance between her and wash in their tiny living room herself, so that when she meets him she can wrap her arms around him for a hug. ]
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way too many stairs later, they clear their apartment and that earns them a break, carolina thinks. one of the windows needs to be covered until it can be repaired and the lights they'd been using since the earthquake started screwing with the power need to have their battery packs swapped out, but that can wait.
firstβ ] Hey. Come here.
[ even as she says it, carolina closes half the distance between her and wash in their tiny living room herself, so that when she meets him she can wrap her arms around him for a hug. ]