[ This is how it works between them, this tandem two-person operation. While Angela Ziegler is hard at work rewiring an inextricable part of Venom Snake, Venom Snake makes sure that Angela Ziegler assigns time to readjust and center herself. Like a sniper with his spotter, or a medic with her assistant. They know what works.
He gives her a point of focus on her knee, fingers curled inwards with enough pressure to let her know that he's steady, that he hears her. When she reciprocates with her own touch, airy and affable, he relents his half-grip and smooths his thumb over her leggings to soothe the unevenness he'd left under his palm.
It's easy. Simple and uncomplicated, but important.
Venom is a rattlesnake that employs his warnings far more often than he uses his fangs; venomous snakes are often the most shy, and often the most territorial. Give him a family to protect, and he'll run himself ragged.
So he coils around Angela when she fits up against him, covers the smaller body to bolster the virtue of her trust. ]
Don't thank me. [ Despite his words, his voice is warm. ] Thank your patriot for being alive.
[ He's sure that 76 will make it up to her. They have the time to do it.
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He gives her a point of focus on her knee, fingers curled inwards with enough pressure to let her know that he's steady, that he hears her. When she reciprocates with her own touch, airy and affable, he relents his half-grip and smooths his thumb over her leggings to soothe the unevenness he'd left under his palm.
It's easy. Simple and uncomplicated, but important.
Venom is a rattlesnake that employs his warnings far more often than he uses his fangs; venomous snakes are often the most shy, and often the most territorial. Give him a family to protect, and he'll run himself ragged.
So he coils around Angela when she fits up against him, covers the smaller body to bolster the virtue of her trust. ]
Don't thank me. [ Despite his words, his voice is warm. ] Thank your patriot for being alive.
[ He's sure that 76 will make it up to her. They have the time to do it.
That said: ] Yeah. I'll stay.