Calm Days 2

Mary's eyes closed in silent resignation, the feeling of wonder and fantasy he had fallen prey to many times in the past. A gnawing feeling of rot made him doubt his choices and wonder if they could be different, never enough, could've been better…

His hands fell on each side of her face, Kyrie held her face close to his. Her eyes opened with sadness and tearfulness behind crystal-clear brown eyes. "There is no way to know what would've happened. You did your best, you stood your ground and helped people survive and escape."

Kyrie swallowed dry, an uneasy emotion in his chest and gut again, the anxiety about what word to use to make someone feel better, the uneasiness about wondering if he would manage it. Like how it was in the prison, and just like time… he will push it aside, for a friend.