Yeah, I'm easily moved anyway, but.
I woke up to images and videos on social media about the huge explosion in Tianjin this morning. The videos are especially intense and harrowing - I'm so glad that I don't have friends or family (that I know of D:) there.
What gets me the most, though, are these messages between two firefighters. The first one tells the second that a mutual friend has lost his life. The second one then asks the first where he is, and the first one says that he's on his way to the scene of the disaster. The second one tells the first to phone him when he's back, and the first one says, 'If I don't come back, then my dad is your dad. Don't forget to pay your respects at my mum's grave.'
The second one agrees. 'Your dad is my dad. Be careful.'
I find that so incredibly moving. I have friends who mean the world to me, but I can't think of a single person to whom I can say 'If I don't come back, then my dad is your dad.' I understand that people in the military and similar institutions form a type of bond that we can't really imagine, but still, I guess, this is the type of relationship that I always want, to be able to trust someone with everything and to be able to share everything with them.
I'm not unsatisfied with my life and my relationships, but I still want more, and I've always wanted intense, no-holds-barred relationships.
Ah well, that's why I have fic, I guess.
What gets me the most, though, are these messages between two firefighters. The first one tells the second that a mutual friend has lost his life. The second one then asks the first where he is, and the first one says that he's on his way to the scene of the disaster. The second one tells the first to phone him when he's back, and the first one says, 'If I don't come back, then my dad is your dad. Don't forget to pay your respects at my mum's grave.'
The second one agrees. 'Your dad is my dad. Be careful.'
I find that so incredibly moving. I have friends who mean the world to me, but I can't think of a single person to whom I can say 'If I don't come back, then my dad is your dad.' I understand that people in the military and similar institutions form a type of bond that we can't really imagine, but still, I guess, this is the type of relationship that I always want, to be able to trust someone with everything and to be able to share everything with them.
I'm not unsatisfied with my life and my relationships, but I still want more, and I've always wanted intense, no-holds-barred relationships.
Ah well, that's why I have fic, I guess.