[ it's distressing. more than any other consequence: garret's madness, his time in the cell, his brother's distancing campaign, may's beat down, skye's hatred. it was distressing when fitz first came to see and kill him, and it's distressing now, watching his own fury choke him. ]
[ the urge to finish each of fitz's sentences for him is enormous, but he resists. ]
You don't want my help.
[ he corrects, not bothered by the truth in it. he knows he won't just be accepted back into the fold with open arms. if this is a redemption story, it's one he's telling himself, all personal. and it doesn't matter how much skye hates him for the things he's done and can never undo, he knows that with her as his guiding light he truly can be a better man. ]
[ he tosses the screwdriver down next to fitz on the bed. ]
I'll help your stubborn ass anyway.
[ and because he'd like to say it at least once when he's not motivated by captivation and impending death: ]
no subject
[ the urge to finish each of fitz's sentences for him is enormous, but he resists. ]
You don't want my help.
[ he corrects, not bothered by the truth in it. he knows he won't just be accepted back into the fold with open arms. if this is a redemption story, it's one he's telling himself, all personal. and it doesn't matter how much skye hates him for the things he's done and can never undo, he knows that with her as his guiding light he truly can be a better man. ]
[ he tosses the screwdriver down next to fitz on the bed. ]
I'll help your stubborn ass anyway.
[ and because he'd like to say it at least once when he's not motivated by captivation and impending death: ]
I am sorry, you know.