when snake’s voice softens, raiden’s throat tightens in turn. his fingers flex, eye squeezing shut for half of a second.
this is reality. this is not a dream. that makes the pain, and everything it brings, all the more intense. raiden blinks rapidly as though his body’d been responding to an influx of tears. but there’s nothing there. ]
I know that... [ he rasps out. ] But—fuck, Snake. I just...You asked me if I was afraid. I’m not. I’m not afraid of whatever’s in our heads, what this place or why we’re here, I’m afraid of—
[ this is so goddamned pathetic. ]
...Forget it. You’re right. You’re here. And so long as you are, I’m not letting you go down.
no subject
5 years, give or take.
[ since—...
when snake’s voice softens, raiden’s throat tightens in turn. his fingers flex, eye squeezing shut for half of a second.
this is reality. this is not a dream. that makes the pain, and everything it brings, all the more intense. raiden blinks rapidly as though his body’d been responding to an influx of tears. but there’s nothing there. ]
I know that... [ he rasps out. ] But—fuck, Snake. I just...You asked me if I was afraid. I’m not. I’m not afraid of whatever’s in our heads, what this place or why we’re here, I’m afraid of—
[ this is so goddamned pathetic. ]
...Forget it. You’re right. You’re here. And so long as you are, I’m not letting you go down.