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[goldn_boy]

[Locked to Nyota Uhura (canon)]

I'm worried. Are you all right? Have you heard from him?

[Locked to Jim Kirk (Junior)]

Jim. I have a... a strange request, I guess.

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[talentd_tongue]

No.

[For a woman with so much stock in language, the effort it takes to force out that single word is monumental.]

[talentd_tongue]

[Eventually she runs out of steam, runs out of tears, runs out of energy, and just slumps against him, quiet and still and hurting.]

[goldn_boy]

[Jim kisses the top of her head, giving her another little squeeze.]

You can do this. But you don't have to do it alone.

[talentd_tongue]

It feels that way.

[Her face is still pressed against his shirt, and it's muffling her voice.]

[goldn_boy]

[Jim sighs.]

Sometimes, there are things we have to do on our own. No one else can look after Tony right now like you can--not specifically. But that doesn't mean you're alone. It doesn't mean we can't support you in every other way.

[talentd_tongue]

I-- I don't just mean that.

[Saying it aloud to Jim is also when she admits it to herself. It's a terrible feeling.]

[goldn_boy]

[He keeps rubbing her back.]

What do you mean? What can I do?

[talentd_tongue]

I don't-- It's nothing anyone can do. I'm... lonely and scared and I feel like everything is--

[She doesn't even have the words for it, for how shit things are in this place, for how desperate she is to go home.]

[goldn_boy]

Shhh.

[He holds her tight.]

You can't think that way. You're not alone, and you're not wrong for feeling scared. We just need to remember what we have. And keep on.