[Tim's fingers slip off the button and cover his mouth. He just breathes, tears falling, unremarked.
It was her. ]
Christ.
[The birthday is continues, a glimpse into a time that seemed so much simpler than it was. A rocky start, a new coworker. A friend who got promoted over another.
[survivor's guilt is a hell of a thing. for his part, Martin doesn't know what to say that hasn't already been expressed...but he does put an arm around Tim's shoulders, blinking back mist in his own eyes.
[Jon is sitting, listening. He barely remembers this, after the last few months of horror and trauma. Was this really maybe the last time they were all happy together? There must be other times, but they aren't coming to mind.
He leans in a bit, resting a hand on Tim's arm to give a little squeeze.]
[Watery eyes find Jonah, and ... were it in other circumstances. A find he made himself and listened to alone... it would have been a torture of his own devising, the realization he didn't know her. And maybe never had.
But this, as a gift given. It's some of her BACK.]
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The view in front of Tim's eyes waver from the water suddenly filling it. Click. Rewind. Play.]
That's... that's her. What she really sounded like...
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[It was so recent for them yet he had already forgotten.. That was truly the horrific reality of Not! Them.]
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[ He knows how, but still. ]
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It was her. ]
Christ.
[The birthday is continues, a glimpse into a time that seemed so much simpler than it was. A rocky start, a new coworker. A friend who got promoted over another.
And Elias.]
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let it out, Tim. they're here for you.]
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He leans in a bit, resting a hand on Tim's arm to give a little squeeze.]
That's really her.
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I... yeah.
[Watery eyes find Jonah, and ... were it in other circumstances. A find he made himself and listened to alone... it would have been a torture of his own devising, the realization he didn't know her. And maybe never had.
But this, as a gift given. It's some of her BACK.]
Thank you.
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Who knew that there'd be a good side to The Archive?
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[ But here it is, the evidence right in front of them. ]
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[Jonah sort of shifts nervously where he'd moved to stand, give them space.]
"You're welcome."