at the broken placesedenfallingDecember 2 2016, 21:10:18 UTC
Emma's jagged edges don't quite match up to Scott's own wounds; what shattered her, he might have survived with fewer scars, and the blows that tore him to shreds over the years might have found less purchase in her mind and heart. Some days he hates the way they miss each other's more idiosyncratic tripwires and scrape each other raw, the way he lost the ability to just be with a lover somewhere between Apocalypse and Jean's last death and therefore can't help Emma learn that alchemy of warmth and grace.
Other days, he thinks maybe they're stronger because of those flaws; you get back from a relationship what you put in, after all, and if he and Emma haven't yet learned comfort, they haven't learned complacency either, and Scott will trade almost anything up to his soul (...and maybe even that) to keep from losing another person he loves.
RE: at the broken placesceleste9December 5 2016, 00:46:10 UTC
This is so lovely! I think the reason I love them so much is because they ARE messy, but they get each other, and they have an unusual way of being what the other needs even if it doesn't quite seem like they should be, and this captures that perfectly.
RE: at the broken placesedenfallingDecember 5 2016, 01:52:25 UTC
Thank you! And yeah, I think the messiness of that relationship is its strength -- Emma and Scott never take each other for granted, and they have a knack for pulling out unexpected qualities in each other, precisely because they do keep knocking into their respective rough edges and seeing each other without years of comfortable preconceptions.
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Other days, he thinks maybe they're stronger because of those flaws; you get back from a relationship what you put in, after all, and if he and Emma haven't yet learned comfort, they haven't learned complacency either, and Scott will trade almost anything up to his soul (...and maybe even that) to keep from losing another person he loves.
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