golden hero; a pacific rim fic.

[i_sing_anyway]

golden hero, a mako/raleigh (pacific rim) fic.
{written for meredith, who wanted to see the relationship from mako's perspective}
at fifteen she pinned pictures of him to her wall, glossy pages ripped from a magazine. (2,188 words)

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[professor_spork]

The scientists studying the Kaiju theorized that humanity was changing in small, subtle ways from prolonged exposure to the creatures; Kaiju Blue in the water, the air, reshaping the synapses in the brain, making some slightly psychic. But many laughed at the idea of neural connections outside of the Drift, argued that the best pilots already had deep and emotional bonds, that complete strangers did not make for good co-pilots. You were as likely to find your soulmate in a single glance as you were to find someone you were perfectly drift compatible with.
At twenty-one, Mako Mori found both.

CRYING ABOUT IT

“That you looked up to me. Thought I was something special.”
The tablet clicked softly against the bedside table as she set it down. “You are. Always have been.”

my heeeeeeeeart

He had been intimidated by her focus and drive, constantly changing his opinions when he discovered they conflicted with hers.

this sentence is the slickest fucking shit you sly dog. sry giancarlo

She knew she didn’t have much of a frame of reference, but she was pretty sure it wouldn’t matter if she’d been with a hundred guys before Raleigh-none of them would have been able to compare. Because Raleigh was… Raleigh. He didn’t have a selfish bone in his body, didn’t know how to be anything but completely giving. Every touch, every movement, every kiss told her that there was nothing in his world in that moment but her.

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“I haven’t been a mile away from you since we met,” she countered, tracing the ridges of scar tissue across his shoulder, leaning forward to press a kiss over his heart.

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"I don’t want to have another memory that doesn’t have you in it.”

i think this might actually, literally, be the sweetest thing a human could ever say to another human

[zombres]

i think this might actually, literally, be the sweetest thing a human could ever say to another human
^^^^ YES, THAT. which is why i totally hear mako and raleigh saying that to each other ON THE DAILY.

ugh ugh ugh ugh THESE TWO GIVE ME TOO MUCH FUCKING GODDAMNED FEELS, LEAH. EVERYFUCKINGBODY IN THIS UNIVERSE GIVES ME TOO MANY FUCKING GODDAMNED FEELS. *claws entire face off*