Agent North

[bothbarrels]

● Agent North Dakota | Andrew Engelsen
Theta likes dealing with the messages so just leave something appropriate for him to respond to.
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[bothbarrels]

[ He's surprised but not to the point he'll reject her. He curls his arms around her and gives her a firm hug. ]

I'm so glad you came here. Not because I want you to have to deal with the company or anything, but because of us having the chance to sort these things out.

[ownperson]

[ She wraps her arms around him in turn, buries her face in his shoulder, and a little bit of the tension that resides permanently in South's muscles fades. ]

...yeah. Yeah me too. I'm glad you're not... y'know.

[ Dead anymore.

There's a little wetness in her eyes that she wipes off on his clothes as discretely as she can. She holds no illusions that anything will ever be simple, not for them; but she never wanted him dead. Even if it took all of this for her to even allow enough vulnerability to admit it. ]

And, Drew? [ muffled in his shoulder ] If you tell any of the others I'm going soft, I swear...

[bothbarrels]

[ He snickers. ]

Don't worry. I wouldn't want to ruin your image with them.

[ He gives her another, tighter squeeze. It's really nice to be on good terms with her now, no matter the fact that it's going to take time and effort for things to continue to improve. He releases her after they've hugged for a good period of time and sets his hands on her shoulders to hold her back and look at her. ]

So what have you been up to since you've been here?

[ownperson]

You mean other than getting into fights with all our teammates?

[ She's still smiling. Her feelings around North will always be complicated, but even she can't deny to herself that being back on speaking terms, deciding to make an effort to work on things, is a relief. ]

Nah, I have actually like... talked to people. Kinda. Helped this big guy down in the gardens one day, that was... actually kinda nice. And...

[ At some point, as she gives him a brief run down of what she has done and the people she's managed to not scare off, she sits herself on his mattress beside him. Content, at least for now, to sit and talk to her brother with the kind of ease they haven't had in a long, long time. ]

[bothbarrels]

[ He's so glad they're to this point, and that she's willing to talk. So he lets her talk, and listens with all the appropriate pauses and nods and 'mhm's. He knows they have a ways to go and that things could always get worse again, but for now they're in a good place. ]