[ God that's... Honestly? He hates it. He really fucking hates it.
But it's a good plan. He wouldn't be surprised if Mayfield was the one who volunteered to be bait. Hell, she probably insisted on it.
It's obviously not easy for Eddie to talk about, though, so Steve decides to drop it for now and reaches out to give him an awkward sort of pat on the back, careful not to jostle him too much.]
We don't have to talk about it, man. Let's focus on getting you fixed up first.
[ Right on cue, the elevator announces its arrival with a ding and the doors slide open. As they step inside, Steve tries to think back to what Clarke had been telling him by this point in his own arrival. Stuff about the Captain, he thinks. He's not quite ready to go there yet. ]
Hey, uh, [ is all he can think to say as the doors slide shut. Honestly he probably would've been better off just talking about the Captain than what he's about to say. ] I don't know how this place decides who to pull here. If you got picked because of me, I'm sorry. I didn't want anyone else to have to deal with this.
[ Which is kind of a lie, isn't it? There hasn't been a single night since he got here that he hasn't laid in bed wishing he could talk to anyone from home just one last time. And now Eddie's here, trapped like the rest of them. ]
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[ God that's... Honestly? He hates it. He really fucking hates it.
But it's a good plan. He wouldn't be surprised if Mayfield was the one who volunteered to be bait. Hell, she probably insisted on it.
It's obviously not easy for Eddie to talk about, though, so Steve decides to drop it for now and reaches out to give him an awkward sort of pat on the back, careful not to jostle him too much.]
We don't have to talk about it, man. Let's focus on getting you fixed up first.
[ Right on cue, the elevator announces its arrival with a ding and the doors slide open. As they step inside, Steve tries to think back to what Clarke had been telling him by this point in his own arrival. Stuff about the Captain, he thinks. He's not quite ready to go there yet. ]
Hey, uh, [ is all he can think to say as the doors slide shut. Honestly he probably would've been better off just talking about the Captain than what he's about to say. ] I don't know how this place decides who to pull here. If you got picked because of me, I'm sorry. I didn't want anyone else to have to deal with this.
[ Which is kind of a lie, isn't it? There hasn't been a single night since he got here that he hasn't laid in bed wishing he could talk to anyone from home just one last time. And now Eddie's here, trapped like the rest of them. ]