Mike Renko (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} m_renko) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} omega_reality, |
Mike was keeping a close eye on the dark, icy, road as they drove up the mountains, making sure they stayed on the road instead of going off it. It helped that he knew these roads, and that he could see further in the dark than others could.
While his main focus was on getting them to the safe house in one piece, a part of his focus was on Donovan. It was clear to anyone that she wasn't doing all right, but especially to him.
So far he'd been pushing the news away, focusing only on what had to be done. If he also kept an ear and eye on everyone in the family - especially Dom and Sean - he didn't say so. What he was definitely not focusing on was himself. Jenna had been... well sort of family, but also a part of his team. His responsibility. Eric-
The man had had his back in more situations than he could remember, supplying him with information, creating covers... They had never been actual friends, they'd been far too different, but he'd liked the other man well enough.
Donovan, however, had become close to him. Anyone would have been a fool not to see it. She might not have known him the longest but she might be the one to miss him the most.
When she spoke, he didn't even take his eyes off the road. "I got eyes enough for the both of us, Donovan," he said. "And ears for that matter." It wasn't as if he wasn't constantly scanning for sounds that didn't belong. He didn't ask her how she was, he could easily tell just how well she wasn't, so what was the point. However, he didn't see the point in her feeling guilty about something she couldn't change either.
"You didn't fail Eric by leaving him with Jenna for a couple of minutes, if you'd been there the only difference would have been that you would have been dead too." Even as he said it he didn't take his eyes off the road for a second.