Luke Henry is cursed to live for (aneternity) wrote in rooms,
Re: Looking for Jack: Evie/Wren/Luke + Jack
[They still had a car ride to get through, and Jack might react badly once they actually got to the quarantine zone. But they'd be better prepared to handle that there, at least, sedatives and manpower, so getting there was key. They just had to keep this up until then.
Luke felt a pang of sympathy for Evie, who obviously wasn't as familiar with Helen as they were. Later, they could explain later, but he was relieved that she tried to play along anyway. Smart. He followed Jack, leaving space where he gestured behind himself for the dead woman who wasn't really there, not wanting to be the one who made the mistake that sent this careful facade crumbling like a fallen house of cards.
He smiled when Jack introduced them as his oldest friends, smiled at empty air with a quiet hi spoken and tried to imagine Helen, what she would have looked like, and he wondered if this was what he would be if he ever lost Wren. He'd come close during their five years apart, but he'd lost his mind in a different way then. He wondered, too, what would happen once the toxin wore off and everything was back to normal. But that was later, and he met Wren's gaze for a second, where his smile faltered when Jack's back was turned and his expression turned sad. There and gone, and his voice was normal when he spoke.] We have. As best we can, you're stubborn sometimes, Jack. [Another smile. It was starting to hurt.
This had by no stretch of the imagination been a good idea. Poorly planned and impulsive, but they couldn't have just left him out here like this. And Wren was mad but he was sure, pretty sure, she'd have done the same for Evie. But, later. The car was just outside.]