[ hugs are good. strong hugs like this are what she expected from Kara, but it also suits her just fine being on the receiving end of it from Lina. it gets her to snap out of her train of thought long enough to embrace her in return. ]
I. Don't know. I really don't know how she'll react to all this.
[ a beat. ]
I should go back. Alone. I'll just... zip in, zip out, and lock her out so she can't, like, surprise us. [ with what? nothing good, probably. ]
[shit. good point. if Jen's mother saw the two of them literally flying home embracing each other, it was going to be a lot of questions that they didn't have time for. Lina pulled away, her fingertips staying at Jen's sides like she ran the risk of not coming back.]
[and what if she didn't? what if her mother kept her there, what if her mother took her away, what if what if what if god damn it Lina stop catastrophizing this isn't the right time there are so many other bigger things to focus on your sister is—]
[before her brain caught up to what her body was doing, her fingers closed around Jen's clothing and she pulled herself in for a deep, firm kiss. they really didn't have time for that, but she kept herself there for several seconds anyway, letting all the emotions she could possibly think of flood her mind and flow into the press of her lips and just like that, it was over. and Lina was standing with her back straight, and her face looked as serious as it ever had.]
[ yeah, okay that. isn't something they had time for, but it was also something that gave Jen some much-needed strength. it reminded her that she was doing this not just for her own mother's safety, her own, the city's, or anyone she knew. but directly for Lina - because of what it would mean if they didn't even try to do anything for her sister.
Jen has some vague notion of what it would feel like to be in Lina's position; in this moment or ever.
she isn't about the squander the chance to take in that gesture of affection, whatever its true intent was. Jen saw it as something else to come back to. to fight for. she felt calmer afterward. the calm before a very, very big storm. ]
I... Thanks. [ Jen can't promise that she'll do well. but she can try. ] I'll be back before you know it.
[ with no set plan in mind for this, but a goal and the will to make it happen, Jen vaulted off the nearby edge and made a beeline back for their apartment. today's a good day to feel unstoppable. ]
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I. Don't know. I really don't know how she'll react to all this.
[ a beat. ]
I should go back. Alone. I'll just... zip in, zip out, and lock her out so she can't, like, surprise us. [ with what? nothing good, probably. ]
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[and what if she didn't? what if her mother kept her there, what if her mother took her away, what if what if what if god damn it Lina stop catastrophizing this isn't the right time there are so many other bigger things to focus on your sister is—]
[before her brain caught up to what her body was doing, her fingers closed around Jen's clothing and she pulled herself in for a deep, firm kiss. they really didn't have time for that, but she kept herself there for several seconds anyway, letting all the emotions she could possibly think of flood her mind and flow into the press of her lips and just like that, it was over. and Lina was standing with her back straight, and her face looked as serious as it ever had.]
Good luck.
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Jen has some vague notion of what it would feel like to be in Lina's position; in this moment or ever.
she isn't about the squander the chance to take in that gesture of affection, whatever its true intent was. Jen saw it as something else to come back to. to fight for. she felt calmer afterward. the calm before a very, very big storm. ]
I... Thanks. [ Jen can't promise that she'll do well. but she can try. ] I'll be back before you know it.
[ with no set plan in mind for this, but a goal and the will to make it happen, Jen vaulted off the nearby edge and made a beeline back for their apartment. today's a good day to feel unstoppable. ]