realpolitik | Morgan | Oz

[Goodbyes aren't easy at any point in time, really. Morgan knew this was coming, but even so... it's not like she was ready for it. Beating the Yao Corporation, figuring out the rebels, handling the mess before them...

She's proud of what they accomplished.

But even so, it means that now...they can go home. And she knows for a fact that she and Oz have different homes to go to.

She's musing on it, perched on a ruin of a wall and kicking her legs. They still have a little bit of time--should she talk to him now? Should she try to run with Empty-Headed Bliss as long as possible?

What should she do?

It's difficult, really, to know that when she's found something that she thinks could maybe be classified as love--or was, at the very least, definitely life-changing, she has to leave it behind. But... she'll always have the memories, won't she?

Honestly, she's so deep in her thoughts, chin perched on one hand and expression surprisingly grim compared to her usual cheer, that she wouldn't notice even if someone did come up to her.]

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[And then any elegance of the moment is ruined as she starts to cry properly, because she's Morgan and really, she's never been able to retain any such elegance at all.]

W-waaaah...

[She's quick to rub a sleeve across her eyes, trying to get herself in some semblance of put together, but she doesn't really manage before she's beaming (tears and all) and--]

I love you too, Oz! I love you so much it feels like my heart could burst sometimes but thankfully it doesn't because that wouldn't be very healthy--but that's how much I love you!

[There's a moment, a really stupid moment, when Oz wildly thinks back on every moment that made him feel like he didn't deserve feelings, much less love, from anyone around him. like that time he tentatively put himself out there, but was rejected by Zai. He's never quite gotten over it, nor the idea that he's worthless -- but at this moment,]

[with Morgan smiling at him like that]

[It's more than he could ever deserve, but he's not frightened by it at all. He's happy, he's glad, he feels like crying along with Morgan right at this moment and his eyes are growing wet at the corners, but]

Morgan...

['I love you too, Oz!']

[he's crying, he's definitely crying. he doesn't even think about how uncool he must be at this moment, he doesn't care about any of that! he doesn't care that he couldn't have said this in a better way, in a lovely room, better-groomed and better-dressed, because Morgan loves him too, and that's enough to make everything in Haven look beautiful.]

Hehe! [UGH HE'S CRYING BUT HE'S ALSO LAUGHING... Morgan will always never fail to make him laugh, especially about that bit about her heart bursting which would normally make him alarmed, but he takes it as Morgan's usual brand of humor, the brand he treasures. He tightens his grip on her hands once she finishes rubbing her eyes, then presses a kiss against her fingers. Straightening up, and beaming (while also crying and laughing?? these two)]

I love you, so don't cry, Morgan! [EVEN THOUGH HE'S CRYING TOO...] Thank you...!

[for every feeling he can't put into words right now]

[They're both laughing and crying now, like the messes they are. Morgan doesn't know the entirety of Oz's backstory even now, but she thinks that's fair. After all, he doesn't know hers either, because neither does she. So they're on even ground here, and when he wants to tell her, she'll be there for him. But right now, what really matters is what she has right in front of her.

That she loves Oz.

And that Oz loves her.

So a moment later she's gently pulling her hands away and setting aside the flower with exaggerated care--and then she's flinging her arms around Oz's neck, because at moments like these, she just can't really be happy with that distance. She wants Oz to know that more than anything, she'll always be here to reach for him like this.]

I'm crying because I'm so happy...! [Sniff!

Wow these two are a disaster.]

Don't thank me, Oz, of course I love you, I've loved you for awhile now because you're just the best!

[It takes her a moment, but slowly she at least calms down enough to carry on mildly more calmly, though she's still sniffling a little (and it's definitely all happy emotion).]

Even if you didn't ever really need to save me, [oops] you really are like my prince, okay, Oz?

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okay i'm done HOW DARE YOU

1/2 OH MY GOD....

2/2 im gonna cry... MORGAN!!!!

i'm gonna cry too because this is Too Much