[ calm ] i need more leader!rA9
[ CALM ] your muse telling mine to ‘ just breathe ‘ .
Technically , androids couldn’t breathe. It was a simulation, something to make them more appealing and trustworthy for humans, and yet when she spoke those words ; ( just breathe. ) it rattled through him with timid understanding. a gentle request, not an order rushed to him that he must complete or something he must bear the weight of. a light brush of a grounding phrase, settling the waves of fear and uncertainty that swept him up and away into the great wealth of his mind. It was hard to pull him out, and yet she did. Plucked him from the sea, from the unyielding waves that kept crashing down and down on him. Stress levels were stretching into dangerous areas, and not a word was said. Hands clasped tightly together until they tremble, and how he breaks so silently affording those around him the luxury of turning a blind eye if they so please. Simon was the one to keep the peace, to instill a sense of calm, but ------------
Q : who would be such an anchor for the one who takes all the suffering from others? ;
A : no one.
Normally , that would be the answer, the end of it. Until her voice comes and reaches past his fear, his terror. Presses upon a raw nerve rattled in his core, emotion spilling past and whispered in a hushed tone dripping with vulnerability.
❛ i’m okay . ❜
He wanted to be , and by the way he speaks it’s apparent he’s saying it to convince himself of it. Statement repeated like trembling hands pressed around a crumbling structure, a means of begging his mind to hold together just a little while longer.
✱ prompt. ╱ accepting. ›













