[ as soon as the date comes in, it’s in his calendar with a note tacked on: quick turnaround, so he knows to pull something together fast.
and then there’s the rest of connor’s message, popping up on the interface projected on his kitchen countertop. fitz has a habit of tinkering with prototypes or even his portal-generation while using the implant, but he stills then. can’t be easy for connor to articulate this, even if he seems to err on the side of honesty. admitting fear requires a great deal of bravery, paradoxically enough.
it’s precisely what he needs, too, to hear that he was able to help, in some small way. in recent months, fitz has been confronted with evidence that he’s not the man he thought he was — digging inside himself only revealed an ugliness, truer than anything at the surface — but maybe he's more than one thing. maybe he can dig deeper. ]
You're welcome. Thank you for saying that.
[ the messages come after ten minutes of overthinking. ]
I'm glad we ran into each other. Would've been a terrible day, otherwise.
[ it was terrible, anyway, but, y'know. not the part with connor. ]
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and then there’s the rest of connor’s message, popping up on the interface projected on his kitchen countertop. fitz has a habit of tinkering with prototypes or even his portal-generation while using the implant, but he stills then. can’t be easy for connor to articulate this, even if he seems to err on the side of honesty. admitting fear requires a great deal of bravery, paradoxically enough.
it’s precisely what he needs, too, to hear that he was able to help, in some small way. in recent months, fitz has been confronted with evidence that he’s not the man he thought he was — digging inside himself only revealed an ugliness, truer than anything at the surface — but maybe he's more than one thing. maybe he can dig deeper. ]
You're welcome.
Thank you for saying that.
[ the messages come after ten minutes of overthinking. ]
I'm glad we ran into each other. Would've been a terrible day, otherwise.
[ it was terrible, anyway, but, y'know. not the part with connor. ]