[Everything between them is so strained and Keith withdraws further, putting a step of space between them once the hug ends. The sound of his name on Shiro's lips almost seems like a reprimand. Be a leader, but how can he when he failed so completely. How does he reconcile when he couldn't do the one thing Shiro asked of him.
He doesn't look up, instead turning to gaze into some middle ground. His body is starting to slow down, devour his energy in huge gulps, leaving him with little in the way of defenses or emotional energy.]
Not this. [Keith blurts out before he can stop himself. His exhaustion weighs down every bone in his body, fills his head with fog as adrenaline leaks from his system. He hates that he's already breaking, that he can't seem to keep a lid one thing. His death was necessary. In the grand scheme of the universe, he was never more than a fleck of dust.]
sorry for the delay ;;
He doesn't look up, instead turning to gaze into some middle ground. His body is starting to slow down, devour his energy in huge gulps, leaving him with little in the way of defenses or emotional energy.]
Not this. [Keith blurts out before he can stop himself. His exhaustion weighs down every bone in his body, fills his head with fog as adrenaline leaks from his system. He hates that he's already breaking, that he can't seem to keep a lid one thing. His death was necessary. In the grand scheme of the universe, he was never more than a fleck of dust.]