809 days gone.

“Josh, right?” He fell into step beside the other man, wounded shoulder still wrapped tightly against his body. It had been a long while now, but the damage had nearly killed him. Recovery from a wound like that? In a world like theirs? It wasn’t overnight. “I saw you around Kingdom a lot, but I never got a chance to say hello.” A few times he’d nodded in greeting, waved as he passed by, but there never seemed time to stop for conversation. “Are you doing okay? Settling in well enough? I know it’s a change, but…” Understatement. “We’re happy to have you here.”

hilltop was great - it obviously helped that the kingdom & hilltop knew each other well, so neither of them found themselves among strangers. even josh who spent a lot of his time on guard duty. he’d taken luna out on a stroll through their new home when jesus joined him. they’d never properly spoken, but josh had heard enough to feel he knew the other man already. “yeah, hi, that’s me. i heard so much about you.” soft smile played around his lips at the admission, “yeah no, it’s great. everybody’s great.” it was a change, yes, but they’d been so lucky. “if it wasn’t for you we’d be stranded, y’know? we wouldn’t have made it, so uh -- thank you. i mean, really. ” steps slowed as they chatted & luna spun around to observe the stranger, curious nose inspecting the other. “you gonna be okay?” head turned to meet paul’s eyes, a subtle little nod towards his shoulder. he’d heard. 

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