"I'm sure Duke appreciates it. It's been a rough time for HPD."
And everyone else. For Chin and Malia, and Steve, too. Everyone's alive, and that's the important thing, maybe, because as long as you're alive, you can keep fighting, working, making things better, but that doesn't negate the explosion the other day, or the murder of the Police Chief, or the fact that Chin's wife is in the hospital. "No news is good news, though, huh?"
Watching Steve's new life is a little like finding her land legs again; she's not part of it, is just observing except when he calls in a favor and asks her to get involved, so she can't really say much aside from what she's noted, which is piecemeal at best.
It's fine. If Steve wants her opinion, he'll ask for it, and if all she can do is remark on what happened from an outside perspective, well, she's not here often enough to do otherwise. And really, if she had to draw lines, her priority is him, which means she pays attention to everything else, because everything else is Steve's priority. He can take care of himself, as long as he's not dead, so he doesn't exactly spare many thoughts for his own situation.
Mainly. And if there's something on his mind today, she can hardly blame him, though he seems a little easier, more relaxed now, like she feels, with the slower flood of warmth seeping through muscles and tense joints. A run does wonders, really.
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Date: 2013-02-01 03:01 pm (UTC)And everyone else. For Chin and Malia, and Steve, too. Everyone's alive, and that's the important thing, maybe, because as long as you're alive, you can keep fighting, working, making things better, but that doesn't negate the explosion the other day, or the murder of the Police Chief, or the fact that Chin's wife is in the hospital. "No news is good news, though, huh?"
Watching Steve's new life is a little like finding her land legs again; she's not part of it, is just observing except when he calls in a favor and asks her to get involved, so she can't really say much aside from what she's noted, which is piecemeal at best.
It's fine. If Steve wants her opinion, he'll ask for it, and if all she can do is remark on what happened from an outside perspective, well, she's not here often enough to do otherwise. And really, if she had to draw lines, her priority is him, which means she pays attention to everything else, because everything else is Steve's priority. He can take care of himself, as long as he's not dead, so he doesn't exactly spare many thoughts for his own situation.
Mainly. And if there's something on his mind today, she can hardly blame him, though he seems a little easier, more relaxed now, like she feels, with the slower flood of warmth seeping through muscles and tense joints. A run does wonders, really.