[Though the side of her mouth quirks up a notch at his show of care, Lightning keeps her head next to Leon's, cheek to cheek with him. She just needs a moment to breathe, to finish adjusting to this mess, that's all.
And it's not comfort that she needs so much as reassurance that she's doing the right thing. That doing this isn't going to come around and bite them in the ass any more than it already has. But she won't ask for that because she knows his answer already. She knows he supports her and that's enough and he has to know but she doesn't know how to say it, so she settles for the next best thing, still held in his arms.]
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And it's not comfort that she needs so much as reassurance that she's doing the right thing. That doing this isn't going to come around and bite them in the ass any more than it already has. But she won't ask for that because she knows his answer already. She knows he supports her and that's enough and he has to know but she doesn't know how to say it, so she settles for the next best thing, still held in his arms.]
Thank you.