jeredu:

Still, it’s hard to think of all that when Jade finally appears before his very eyes. He finds the world coming to a complete stop, his breathing tighter than it’s ever been in his whole life. He barely remembers what transpired in the debriefing, consumed by the thought of Jade being here and alive and Yulia knows how much he wants to kick everyone out just to make sure this wasn’t a specter before him–

–only for the world to come crashing around him again once they’re alone–once he brushes a hand along Jade’s neck and grabs his wrist just to make sure and learns that Jade, for however much he smiles and feels like the one he’s always known, no longer has a pulse.

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