OOM: Late April 2012

[damncompass]

Joshua leads Claudia into his (admittedly messy) apartment, kicking some dirty shirts out of the way. "Um, don't mind the mess. Sorry. I didn't know I was going to have company."

There's something about the room that is so typically Joshua.

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[damncompass]

"Well, other than you screaming haunting me for ages...." He pauses, breath shaky again. "You saved me, Claudia. More than you know."

[claudiometer]

Claudia winces at the first part, but she doesn't say anything. It does kind of make sense.
"How do you figure that?"

[damncompass]

"I was fading, Claudia. I... can't really explain why..." or he has a theory, but he doesn't want to hurt her -that- much. "but I was fading away... and then the blackouts started."

[claudiometer]

"...Dude, no."
It's attach time now, right? OF COURSE RIGHT.

[damncompass]

"I don't know how long they were, or much about them, just that it happened about ten or so times, and each time I was like 'welp, this is it'." He hugs her back. "You didn't just pull me back, Claud, you pulled me through."

[claudiometer]

"How the hell did I manage that?"
She's not expecting him to know, but the question does bear asking.

[damncompass]

"Stubbornness? Determination? Love? Hell if I know." He's not letting go any time soon.

[claudiometer]

"Either way, at least I did pull you through."
She doesn't want to think about what would have happened if she'd tried and found nothing for her trouble.

[damncompass]

"You did, Claudia. And no matter what, or how much we fuss, I am so glad that you did. I love you, little sis, always have, always will."

[claudiometer]

"I love you too, you know." And if pressed, she would find him again, no matter what it took.