“Wasn’t really sleeping,” Lincoln admitted. He looked around at the trinkets Skye had strung about the room, hoping for something to change the subject. It was impossible to focus, however, and he found his heart beating faster in his chest as the silence dragged on. “I want to help people,” he said finally. “If I have to sacrifice myself to do it, so what. My life isn’t worth more than any other’s. I’ve met people who feel that way, and it’s not a way I want to live my life.”
His thoughts flickered to Jiaying and other Inhumans, with their belief that they were better than normal humans. He didn’t quite believe it. They always taunted him with sayings of “you’ll understand when they come after you”, and maybe he would. Eventually he would have to turn his back on Skye and everyone else here. But that didn’t make him better. It made him worse. “So yeah, fitting in helps. It makes me feel like I’m the good person I’m trying to be.”
Her first thought was ‘fuck it’. Her second thought was exactly the same, but with slight modifications. “I’m gonna offer positive and encouraging physical contact now, so please don’t freak,” Skye said with determination, tugging the sleeve of her blouse down until she’d achieved a sweater paw situation, “Now, I don’t know shit about physics, but I spend most of my life around wires and electricity anyway. If my super ingenious life hack fails, know I was bound to go out like this.”
Once she was sure the words had really sunk in, Skye reached over to rest her hand on his, but, unlike the previous night, kept it there instead of pulling back. The static immediately began working it’s magic through the blouse, enough to tingle but not to hurt. Her fingers crept out from underneath the material soon thereafter, allowing her to squeeze his hand softly. Not a catastrophe. It only hurt when the touches were accidental, and even then it was the sudden shock, not the static itself. “Right. There’s a way to help people without throwing yourself into an active volcano. SHIELD is lucky to have you alive, and, if my opinion matters at all, I know you’ll be the very best if you allow yourself to. We’ll figure it out.”
“Also, is it inappropriate to say the static is super cool?”
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