❝ helena, ❞   there were times,  not  FREQUENT  but perhaps reoccurring,  where art reconsidered his involvement with sarah and her world of chaos,  where his desire to assist dwindled with each item from his  FRIDGE  the blonde woman consumed.  exhaustion hampered his own emotional state,  running a hand across his head he turned back to face her.   ❝ i’ve told you all we know now;  we lost contact with them all a few days ago.  i’m looking into it.  what you can do to help,  is sit tight here until we have the  FULL  picture.  you understand? ❞

she separated us. she tore us apart. but... now we are together. scientists made one little baby, and then we split in two. so i cannot kill you, sister…like you could not kill me.

(aaand you can read my OB/Bioshock AU fic right here if you wanna)

at the sound of her sister’s voice, sarah jumped, an irritated glare aimed in the other’s direction before a now-rare smile blossomed across chapped lips as sarah rolled her eyes. “god, helena,” she muttered, tone good natured despite the words that left her mouth, “don’t sneak up on me,”

“She said you’re having two babies instead of one! When Ira goes to get me some more books, I’ll ask him to get some books of names for you so you can start picking out some... I think Ira is scared of you. What did you do to scare him?”

“Helena…” Donnie adjusted himself a little on the couch, shifting so he could be seated sideways. His eyes didn’t quite come to meet hers as he tried to come up with something comforting to say. She was partly right, life seemed to have dealt her a pretty shitty hand for the longest time, but now things were turning around, or so he’d hoped. He really wanted the best for her. “It’s true, sometimes life isn’t always fair. But here’s the thing, you have the power to take life by the reigns and steer it in a different direction, and right now, by sitting here on this couch in my house, you’re doing just that,” he told her softly, his eyes drifted around the room for a moment, then back to her and he smiled. “You have control of life right now. You’ve got, not one, but two beautiful babies on the way, you’ve got your sisters, your family… me, Oscar, Gemma, Felix, we’re all here for you.” He quickly added that last part, in case when she heard family she only thought of her sisters. It wasn’t the case, she had more than just them. Reaching his hand out he tentatively took hers in his and gave it a gentle squeeze, “You’re safe. That’s more than life has given you in a long time.”

A wide smile appeared when she saw a rather pregnant looking Helena come down the stairs to her new lab. “Hey, sis.” Meeting her halfway she pulled the blonde into a big hug. “You look awesome.”