right where i belong now
Mar. 4th, 2019 05:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
paradoxicalrenegadehey guys hope y'all are ready for the feels. i have a bad habit of writing my endings before my beginnings and this is no different. apart from the fact that i'm actually posting this before i write the beginning.
whatever, man.
this is less tessa/ai but the sentiments are there. very tseer&tessa though. i love them. and how much they love each other. also hints of tseer/[redacted] (so don't read if you're not past firebird sweet) and seshmir&tseer because i'm PREDICTABLE.
Tessa wakes up to a banging on her door and the sounds of klaxons blaring. Her nerves instantly hit high alert and she bolts to the door, slamming directly into it before she remembers she has to open it first.
"Honey?" calls a groggy voice behind her, and she dimly remembers Ai falling asleep in her bed as she wrestles with the lock on her door.
"Tessa!" It's Corra on the other side. "Tessa, is Ai with you? We need Competence, there's major activity at the Breach and we need everyone we can get."
"She's here." Fear grips Tessa and her hand slips on the doorknob. "We haven't had major activity in a long time, I thought--,"
She finally gets the door open and stares at Corra. Her hair is wild, her eyes huge behind glasses, and she looks more freaked out than Tessa's seen her since Tseer disappeared, or even before.
"Come on," Corra says. "There isn't even time to suit up, we gotta get out there."
Heart in her throat, Tessa turns to look at Ai behind her. Ai's already thrown her jacket over her pajamas and tugging her boots on. Tessa doesn't want her to go. She can't stop her.
She understands how Corra feels now, watching Otto leave.
LOCCENT is chaos. Mostly because Orron is shouting at someone no one can hear, which is probably Awakening, in the computers, trying to get a read on what's coming from the breach. Otto's kitted up, and they nod at Ai as she approaches them and they head down to the hangar together.
"Rattamore is already out there," Seshmir informs Corra, as she and Tessa arrive. "Whatever it is, it's not giving off readings like anything we've seen before."
"Is it not Kaiju?" Corra asks, eyes round.
"We don't think so," Orron says, crossly. "But someone won't give me any answers!"
A klaxon sounds again, louder this time, and Zero's voice comes over the comms, crackling. "It's here, whatever it is. Probably a -- wait."
"No fucking way," Izzy says, and they sound breathless.
"What is it?" Orron demands. Tessa, Seshmir, and Corra crowd the screen behind him. "Give us a visual!"
"It's so dark I can't be sure, but -- Awakening?"
Awakening’s voice crackles a little as she speaks, cross: "I'm right--,"
Something new crackles over the comm-- static, for a long moment, and loud coughing, and then half a sentence, but Tessa lurches forward.
"TSEER?!"
"IT IS!" Zero yells.
"-- out of here, Wyatt--,"
Orron stands suddenly, knocking back everyone in his path. "Get a chopper up," he thunders. "I don't give a fuck what Newton says about it, get a chopper up right the fuck now."
Tessa doesn't remember most of the chopper ride if she's being honest. She's too busy vibrating with nervousness, hoping to the Raven Queen she was imagining the pain in Tseer's voice.
Already she can feel the Drift between them thrumming back to life and she's dizzy with it, with the feeling of rightness again. She was so hollow without him, how did she manage it? How did she manage three months without him?
It's an eternity before they're over the Breach, and down below there's an orange raft, and a brown and gray figure, and the smallest peek of royal blue.
At the same moment Orron directs the chopper to lower down Rattamore resurfaces. Zero is chattering worriedly in the headset but Tessa is hardly listening as they get closer and closer.
"Tseer?" she calls, and his head pops up. He's missing feathers all along his face and his eyes are dull and lifeless but-- but he's here.
"Tessa?" he shouts. "Is Corra, or Orron-- we need healing, please--,"
"Orron's here," Tessa says, and there's tears pouring down her face and she doesn't even care. "Just, we're almost there, okay?"
"You hear that?" Tseer says, to Wyatt. "Just hold on, babe, Orron's here."
Babe?
"Get his helmet off," Orron calls. "Let him breathe."
Tessa breathes in little hitching breaths as they get closer, and stretches out a hand. Tseer almost doesn't notice at first, but then he does and reaches up, up, up-- and his talons brush her palm and she grabs at the same time he does and she yanks him, and by extension Wyatt, straight into the chopper.
Orron immediately launches himself over and grabs Wyatt's neck, and Wyatt heaves in a breath, lurching with the force of it. Tessa half pulls Tseer into her arms and clutches him tight, crying still.
"Tessa, I'm fine, let go-- Wyatt!"
"Tseer," Wyatt rasps, and Tessa reaches without thinking to Lay Hands. "No, dont," he gasps. "I'm burning. Heal Tseer, he's wounded, please Tessa--,"
"It's not my wound, it's yours!"
"No, it's yours, I remember--,"
"Both of you shut it," Orron growls.
Tessa Lays Hands on Tseer anyway and he shudders in her arms. Wyatt sighs and seems to relax a little more, and Tessa is about to ask when Tseer pulls back from her grip to tip his forehead against hers. "Tessa," he says.
"I've got you," Tessa says. "Fuck, Tseer, I'm so glad you're alive."
"Me too," Tseer says, and closes his eyes.
Seshmir is waiting on the helipad as the chopper lands, and it's hard to read his face but Tessa thinks the way he relaxes as she helps Tseer from the chopper is sign enough.
"Seshmir," Tseer says, and lurches forward. Tessa relaxes her hold on him so he can go, but he falters and looks back at Wyatt, now cradled in Orron's arms.
"Go," Orron says. "We're right behind you."
Seshmir is already striding forward, and Tseer only makes it two steps from Tessa before Seshmir is scooping him up.
"Thank the Mother you're alright," Seshmir says, eyes squeezed tightly shut, and Tseer wraps his wings around him and clings.
Corra is sprinting from the hangar door, and Otto and River are hot on her heels. Tessa takes a step back to give them space for their own reunion and almost trips over Ai, who's come up right behind her.
"He's back," Ai says. Her hand brushes Tessa's.
"He is." Tessa says, and takes Ai's hand. She uses her other hand to brush away the last of the tears. "He's okay."
That's enough.
whatever, man.
this is less tessa/ai but the sentiments are there. very tseer&tessa though. i love them. and how much they love each other. also hints of tseer/[redacted] (so don't read if you're not past firebird sweet) and seshmir&tseer because i'm PREDICTABLE.
Tessa wakes up to a banging on her door and the sounds of klaxons blaring. Her nerves instantly hit high alert and she bolts to the door, slamming directly into it before she remembers she has to open it first.
"Honey?" calls a groggy voice behind her, and she dimly remembers Ai falling asleep in her bed as she wrestles with the lock on her door.
"Tessa!" It's Corra on the other side. "Tessa, is Ai with you? We need Competence, there's major activity at the Breach and we need everyone we can get."
"She's here." Fear grips Tessa and her hand slips on the doorknob. "We haven't had major activity in a long time, I thought--,"
She finally gets the door open and stares at Corra. Her hair is wild, her eyes huge behind glasses, and she looks more freaked out than Tessa's seen her since Tseer disappeared, or even before.
"Come on," Corra says. "There isn't even time to suit up, we gotta get out there."
Heart in her throat, Tessa turns to look at Ai behind her. Ai's already thrown her jacket over her pajamas and tugging her boots on. Tessa doesn't want her to go. She can't stop her.
She understands how Corra feels now, watching Otto leave.
LOCCENT is chaos. Mostly because Orron is shouting at someone no one can hear, which is probably Awakening, in the computers, trying to get a read on what's coming from the breach. Otto's kitted up, and they nod at Ai as she approaches them and they head down to the hangar together.
"Rattamore is already out there," Seshmir informs Corra, as she and Tessa arrive. "Whatever it is, it's not giving off readings like anything we've seen before."
"Is it not Kaiju?" Corra asks, eyes round.
"We don't think so," Orron says, crossly. "But someone won't give me any answers!"
A klaxon sounds again, louder this time, and Zero's voice comes over the comms, crackling. "It's here, whatever it is. Probably a -- wait."
"No fucking way," Izzy says, and they sound breathless.
"What is it?" Orron demands. Tessa, Seshmir, and Corra crowd the screen behind him. "Give us a visual!"
"It's so dark I can't be sure, but -- Awakening?"
Awakening’s voice crackles a little as she speaks, cross: "I'm right--,"
Something new crackles over the comm-- static, for a long moment, and loud coughing, and then half a sentence, but Tessa lurches forward.
"TSEER?!"
"IT IS!" Zero yells.
"-- out of here, Wyatt--,"
Orron stands suddenly, knocking back everyone in his path. "Get a chopper up," he thunders. "I don't give a fuck what Newton says about it, get a chopper up right the fuck now."
Tessa doesn't remember most of the chopper ride if she's being honest. She's too busy vibrating with nervousness, hoping to the Raven Queen she was imagining the pain in Tseer's voice.
Already she can feel the Drift between them thrumming back to life and she's dizzy with it, with the feeling of rightness again. She was so hollow without him, how did she manage it? How did she manage three months without him?
It's an eternity before they're over the Breach, and down below there's an orange raft, and a brown and gray figure, and the smallest peek of royal blue.
At the same moment Orron directs the chopper to lower down Rattamore resurfaces. Zero is chattering worriedly in the headset but Tessa is hardly listening as they get closer and closer.
"Tseer?" she calls, and his head pops up. He's missing feathers all along his face and his eyes are dull and lifeless but-- but he's here.
"Tessa?" he shouts. "Is Corra, or Orron-- we need healing, please--,"
"Orron's here," Tessa says, and there's tears pouring down her face and she doesn't even care. "Just, we're almost there, okay?"
"You hear that?" Tseer says, to Wyatt. "Just hold on, babe, Orron's here."
Babe?
"Get his helmet off," Orron calls. "Let him breathe."
Tessa breathes in little hitching breaths as they get closer, and stretches out a hand. Tseer almost doesn't notice at first, but then he does and reaches up, up, up-- and his talons brush her palm and she grabs at the same time he does and she yanks him, and by extension Wyatt, straight into the chopper.
Orron immediately launches himself over and grabs Wyatt's neck, and Wyatt heaves in a breath, lurching with the force of it. Tessa half pulls Tseer into her arms and clutches him tight, crying still.
"Tessa, I'm fine, let go-- Wyatt!"
"Tseer," Wyatt rasps, and Tessa reaches without thinking to Lay Hands. "No, dont," he gasps. "I'm burning. Heal Tseer, he's wounded, please Tessa--,"
"It's not my wound, it's yours!"
"No, it's yours, I remember--,"
"Both of you shut it," Orron growls.
Tessa Lays Hands on Tseer anyway and he shudders in her arms. Wyatt sighs and seems to relax a little more, and Tessa is about to ask when Tseer pulls back from her grip to tip his forehead against hers. "Tessa," he says.
"I've got you," Tessa says. "Fuck, Tseer, I'm so glad you're alive."
"Me too," Tseer says, and closes his eyes.
Seshmir is waiting on the helipad as the chopper lands, and it's hard to read his face but Tessa thinks the way he relaxes as she helps Tseer from the chopper is sign enough.
"Seshmir," Tseer says, and lurches forward. Tessa relaxes her hold on him so he can go, but he falters and looks back at Wyatt, now cradled in Orron's arms.
"Go," Orron says. "We're right behind you."
Seshmir is already striding forward, and Tseer only makes it two steps from Tessa before Seshmir is scooping him up.
"Thank the Mother you're alright," Seshmir says, eyes squeezed tightly shut, and Tseer wraps his wings around him and clings.
Corra is sprinting from the hangar door, and Otto and River are hot on her heels. Tessa takes a step back to give them space for their own reunion and almost trips over Ai, who's come up right behind her.
"He's back," Ai says. Her hand brushes Tessa's.
"He is." Tessa says, and takes Ai's hand. She uses her other hand to brush away the last of the tears. "He's okay."
That's enough.
