Ben looked over at Melody as though he were seeing her for the first time since she'd entered the room. This entire saga had started for him when he'd arrived at the hospital. He didn't think he'd ever considered the sequence of events that had lead the pair of them up to this moment.
"I know," he heard himself saying, and it was true — even if he had not consciously thought about anything that had happened to Melody or Nora he could not imagine any version of events where Melody didn't do anything she could to keep their daughter safe. The pair of them may have been misaligned on every other point imaginable, but when it came to Nora it was no secret that they both would have tried to do the impossible for her sake.
"There's — people are dead, Mel," he said softly. "Lots of people. And she's not. You — did good." He had to leave off there; his mouth was too dry to continue speaking.
"I know," he heard himself saying, and it was true — even if he had not consciously thought about anything that had happened to Melody or Nora he could not imagine any version of events where Melody didn't do anything she could to keep their daughter safe. The pair of them may have been misaligned on every other point imaginable, but when it came to Nora it was no secret that they both would have tried to do the impossible for her sake.
"There's — people are dead, Mel," he said softly. "Lots of people. And she's not. You — did good." He had to leave off there; his mouth was too dry to continue speaking.
MJ made this <3