[It was more freeing than Alex had expected to tell him about what had happened, and it felt like there was a lightness there that wasn't before. When she'd found Richard in his office-turned-bunker at the Institute, she had dragged him back into the world because she considered him her friend and there was the whatever was between them that Strand had said at the time. It had been true ever since he let her back into his office, and showed her the first Black Tape and had only grown and strengthened since then and now Alex was damned sure that Apocalypse or no it wasn't going to be something that broke.
Strand had too many things in his life that had broken, and this between them wasn't going to be one of them. Alex was too damned stubborn to let that happen, either because of things in Riverview or because of whatever trap Thomas Warren was threatening to spring onto them.
Smiling up at him when he kissed her head, she sat up a little more and just hugged him. She hugged him because she needed a hug after that, after admitting that she'd been jealous. Alex knew that she was a jealous person by nature; she couldn't help it. So of course she'd be jealous of Amalia, and of course she was jealous of Coralee. Despite everything else between them, Coralee was always going to be a sore spot or a pressure point that she didn't want to put her fingers on. That was why she bit down on her tongue so she didn't ask the question that she wanted to.
Honestly, there was a part of her that didn't want to know if Strand would have ever told her about Coralee's correspondence if the woman had shown up in the flesh and kidnapped/saved them, depending on the day. ]
I know I am now, but the not sleeping made me just question all of my relationships. I'm lucky that Nic still loves me after how I treated him during season two, and I mean, I destroyed my friendship with Amalia without even meaning to do it. I still don't know if I was the one who sent her the Unsound or not. [She was leaning towards someone else though.] I realize now that I'm lucky that Paul and Terry didn't fire me after the stunt I pulled. So I really wasn't all that rational. I was paranoid as hell, and I honestly am sorry for it, Richard.
[Giving him a quick smile, she shifted her legs so that he could sit on the couch next to her. And of course be a leg rest, being as he was the one who was insisting that she stay still, he could deal with that.]
So, anything else you want to know now that we're clearing the air?
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Strand had too many things in his life that had broken, and this between them wasn't going to be one of them. Alex was too damned stubborn to let that happen, either because of things in Riverview or because of whatever trap Thomas Warren was threatening to spring onto them.
Smiling up at him when he kissed her head, she sat up a little more and just hugged him. She hugged him because she needed a hug after that, after admitting that she'd been jealous. Alex knew that she was a jealous person by nature; she couldn't help it. So of course she'd be jealous of Amalia, and of course she was jealous of Coralee. Despite everything else between them, Coralee was always going to be a sore spot or a pressure point that she didn't want to put her fingers on. That was why she bit down on her tongue so she didn't ask the question that she wanted to.
Honestly, there was a part of her that didn't want to know if Strand would have ever told her about Coralee's correspondence if the woman had shown up in the flesh and kidnapped/saved them, depending on the day. ]
I know I am now, but the not sleeping made me just question all of my relationships. I'm lucky that Nic still loves me after how I treated him during season two, and I mean, I destroyed my friendship with Amalia without even meaning to do it. I still don't know if I was the one who sent her the Unsound or not. [She was leaning towards someone else though.] I realize now that I'm lucky that Paul and Terry didn't fire me after the stunt I pulled. So I really wasn't all that rational. I was paranoid as hell, and I honestly am sorry for it, Richard.
[Giving him a quick smile, she shifted her legs so that he could sit on the couch next to her. And of course be a leg rest, being as he was the one who was insisting that she stay still, he could deal with that.]
So, anything else you want to know now that we're clearing the air?