[ she steps out as the assailant starts to move back in, intent on catching him before he moves back in. the sai is pulled out, twirled in her hand before she grips it, but -
he freezes in place, speaking her name. it's the first time she's heard it in days, there's no one else here who would even know it, let alone speak it so reverently. her chest aches, because seeing him again is all she's wanted and she'd convinced herself that it would never be. could never be, because if he's died too he's meant for somewhere better than she is, whether heaven, hell, and purgatory exist or not.
but that's him. she'd know him anywhere. ]
Matthew -
[ it's all she gets out before the assailant moves, hitting him hard in the stomach, and elektra moves in a flash, one hand pushing him back before she grips the assailant by his hair, pointing the tip of the blade to his throat as she leans in to hiss against his ear. ]
You're going to live to regret that. [ she presses the blade down just hard enough to draw blood. ] Or maybe not.
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he freezes in place, speaking her name. it's the first time she's heard it in days, there's no one else here who would even know it, let alone speak it so reverently. her chest aches, because seeing him again is all she's wanted and she'd convinced herself that it would never be. could never be, because if he's died too he's meant for somewhere better than she is, whether heaven, hell, and purgatory exist or not.
but that's him. she'd know him anywhere. ]
Matthew -
[ it's all she gets out before the assailant moves, hitting him hard in the stomach, and elektra moves in a flash, one hand pushing him back before she grips the assailant by his hair, pointing the tip of the blade to his throat as she leans in to hiss against his ear. ]
You're going to live to regret that. [ she presses the blade down just hard enough to draw blood. ] Or maybe not.