And the nightmare is fast fading now anyways, dissolving--Kate's voice, Kate's bed, the cold chill of space and the bed and blankets still warm from two bodies. Wild-eyed, she stares--at Kate, at the walls, at the ceiling--her eyes flicking over every object in quick succession, and then back to Kate again, starting over. The force of her breath heaves at her chest, shudders through her nose, in, and then out through her clenched teeth.
The ship, she tells herself. The ship. Fucking stop. Her face is wet, but the wet--when she raises her shaking fingers to her cheeks--the wet is from her tears. Fuck, she thinks, and--]
Fuck-- [She says it aloud, her voice too small and breathless; it catches on the first letter, shaky--] F-Fuck, God--
[But hey even if she's still staring around the room like a crazy person, with her fingers pressed against her cheeks, dragging her eyes down a little--she hasn't hit Kate again. (Yet.)]
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And the nightmare is fast fading now anyways, dissolving--Kate's voice, Kate's bed, the cold chill of space and the bed and blankets still warm from two bodies. Wild-eyed, she stares--at Kate, at the walls, at the ceiling--her eyes flicking over every object in quick succession, and then back to Kate again, starting over. The force of her breath heaves at her chest, shudders through her nose, in, and then out through her clenched teeth.
The ship, she tells herself. The ship. Fucking stop. Her face is wet, but the wet--when she raises her shaking fingers to her cheeks--the wet is from her tears. Fuck, she thinks, and--]
Fuck-- [She says it aloud, her voice too small and breathless; it catches on the first letter, shaky--] F-Fuck, God--
[But hey even if she's still staring around the room like a crazy person, with her fingers pressed against her cheeks, dragging her eyes down a little--she hasn't hit Kate again. (Yet.)]