DocMechanic (again)
Clarke has gone again, in another dramatic and world-ending event. How many times can the world end? How many times can Abby's world end?
She’s wrapped in your arms, now. Her head is on your shoulder. She’s still shaking, rattled with sobs that she can’t control. But you’re her safe place, for now; away from the pressures of trying to be doctor and chancellor and everything else to the Arkadians.
You wonder how she’s holding it together. No one knows about your relationship. She carries the burden of leading alone, as far as anyone else knows, and she’s burning the candle at both ends.
You vow, silently, that you’ll be there with her until the world really does end, whether anyone knows it or not. You’ll chase her fears away, you’ll be her place of peace, and you’ll throw yourself into all the acid rain in the world before you’ll let a drop touch her perfect skin. When all that is left is silence and desolation, you’ll be by her side.
You just wish you could take away the rest of her pain. If only it was that simple.