[He hasn't stopped trembling, even though he's trying his best to support her too. She really is so warm and alive-- this is how he wants to remember Kotone. Even if he can't see her now, he can at least picture her smiling face and her more serious one that's laced with strength and determination to chase away that terrible memory from only two days ago. As Yu said, that lifeless corpse wasn't Kotone. With his eyes closed, he can truly memorize and pay attention to how she feels against him, his body shaking just a little more when her lips press against his sensitive eyelids.
She's so close to his powers like this, but she's safe. He can control them like this. Maybe it's silly to think that controlling his optic blasts is just shutting his eyes, but it's what stopping him from hurting her and what's allowing Kotone to be this close to him. It's a claim that he wants to make, especially after Phoenix took over-- after he's been glitching to other Scotts the past month. It's nice to have that power and agency.]
I promise, we will. W-we'll be together.
[There's the unspoken part, the stuff that doesn't need mentioning, how they'll only be together as long as they're both here. But Scott doesn't want to say that. He doesn't need to clarify it anyway, not to Kotone of all people. They don't need that harsh reminder.
Instead, he moves one hand from her cheek to the back of her head, lightly guiding his fingers through her hair.] ...You've been through so much, Kotone.
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She's so close to his powers like this, but she's safe. He can control them like this. Maybe it's silly to think that controlling his optic blasts is just shutting his eyes, but it's what stopping him from hurting her and what's allowing Kotone to be this close to him. It's a claim that he wants to make, especially after Phoenix took over-- after he's been glitching to other Scotts the past month. It's nice to have that power and agency.]
I promise, we will. W-we'll be together.
[There's the unspoken part, the stuff that doesn't need mentioning, how they'll only be together as long as they're both here. But Scott doesn't want to say that. He doesn't need to clarify it anyway, not to Kotone of all people. They don't need that harsh reminder.
Instead, he moves one hand from her cheek to the back of her head, lightly guiding his fingers through her hair.] ...You've been through so much, Kotone.