[At the “bonus” question, Aubrey wants to bark out a protest immediately; she’s not allowed. It doesn’t have anything to do with the prompt! What gives?!
[She turns away instead, embarrassed for him; both of them, really. The flash, too—not that she’s never seen him teary, never seen him soft, but that’s… it’s different. More vulnerable, somehow. And it’s not hers to dwell on. It is not hers to dwell on.
[Eren’s movement gets her attention before she can sputter anything dumb; and then he’s all she’s looking at, though her face burns for Armin, too.] Sorry— sorry, we’re being asked more than you can hear. [Aubrey strokes at the tension in his face, trying too soothe but hasty from nerves.] I know he wouldn’t have shared that if he didn’t have to.
[A glance to Armin; ah, the way he holds his heart....] Hah. [She’s not smiling.] This game sucks.
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[At the “bonus” question, Aubrey wants to bark out a protest immediately; she’s not allowed. It doesn’t have anything to do with the prompt! What gives?!
[She turns away instead, embarrassed for him; both of them, really. The flash, too—not that she’s never seen him teary, never seen him soft, but that’s… it’s different. More vulnerable, somehow. And it’s not hers to dwell on. It is not hers to dwell on.
[Eren’s movement gets her attention before she can sputter anything dumb; and then he’s all she’s looking at, though her face burns for Armin, too.] Sorry— sorry, we’re being asked more than you can hear. [Aubrey strokes at the tension in his face, trying too soothe but hasty from nerves.] I know he wouldn’t have shared that if he didn’t have to.
[A glance to Armin; ah, the way he holds his heart....] Hah. [She’s not smiling.] This game sucks.