[She's tempted to lie, or deflect. Pretend she's fine to avoid making him feel obligated to care about how she's doing when he's so obviously in a bad place.
But it isn't sustainable, if he does seek her out any time before the death toll ends.]
[She doesn't quite know what to say to that. There's a long pause.]
thx
ur gnna mk me cry
[Joking, but not entirely joking. She's still raw and exhausted enough that it does make her eyes prickle a little.
Even if she does still wish that other Yelena was here instead of her, had been given that time to get to know him outside of a crisis scenario. Maybe they would've both been better off, would have been able to solve some of his mysteries.]
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Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-10-30 05:11 am (UTC)[His own typos and abbreviations are normal. ... hers are not.]
are u?
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-10-30 05:22 am (UTC)But it isn't sustainable, if he does seek her out any time before the death toll ends.]
y
[Then, a few moments later:]
sleeping it of dont worry abt me
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-10-31 04:17 am (UTC)what happened
do u need anything?
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-10-31 04:31 am (UTC)beheded
no
[A pause as the typing icon cycles.]
mb cmpny in a few days
if ur up to it
rly am mostly zzz now
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-03 04:22 am (UTC)as soon as ur up to it tell me
ill come read to u agn
[There, requires no talking on her part. He remembers where they were in the book, after all. He can just pick up where they left off.]
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-07 11:55 pm (UTC)ur a good friend
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-08 03:50 am (UTC)i try to be
[There's a long pause, then:]
do u remembr mtg the no powers me
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-08 05:13 am (UTC)sum thngs r fuzzy but i remember that
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-08 05:44 am (UTC)sry for him
ran into u cple times
u remembr one who knew me?
[Hey check it out he included punctuation for once.]
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-08 05:53 am (UTC)shes the clrst
was her most i thk
sry shes gon
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-10 06:41 am (UTC)it was nice 2 see her but u are my friend
i knw her for 3 hours
ive known u for months
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-11 06:27 am (UTC)thx
ur gnna mk me cry
[Joking, but not entirely joking. She's still raw and exhausted enough that it does make her eyes prickle a little.
Even if she does still wish that other Yelena was here instead of her, had been given that time to get to know him outside of a crisis scenario. Maybe they would've both been better off, would have been able to solve some of his mysteries.]
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-12 04:47 am (UTC)i can say somthg funny
[There's a few seconds' pause.]
or mybe not i cant think of anythg funny rn
[Another few seconds' pause.]
but im serious ur my friend n im glad your here
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-12 05:05 am (UTC)fnny wld hurt more
hrder to do wo mving
[The little typing dots cycle for a moment or two.]
ur my friend too
so dnt be to hard on yrslf
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-15 03:45 am (UTC)ill try
[It's the best he can really muster there, but it's better than nothing.]
just tell me when ur up to being read to ok?
Re: Text, mid afternoon October 25
Date: 2025-11-16 07:06 am (UTC)[And she will, in fact, contact him once she's able to stay awake for more than about a half hour at a time.
It's a good distraction for both of them.]