So you screwed up. And it was a big screw-up. [Jin shrugs a shoulder, smiling at Asher sadly.] Terrible things happen, but what measures you, I suppose, is how you build yourself back up from them. [And hell if Asher isn't remorseful over what he did, showing up to Jin like he had back in Oska...]
...And, besides. I definitely remember somebody telling me I didn't have to be invincible.
[Not that it isn't still a struggle. He doesn't want to feel helpless, waiting on the scientists of their team to come up with a cure and holding down the fort, so to speak, day after day in the meantime; he doesn't want to snap at people as much as he does, because in his heart he knows he shouldn't be driving a wedge into the team now, of all times. But he's stressed, he's frustrated, and he isn't perfect, nor is he ever going to be, and every day, he gets better at remembering that much.]
It's okay, Asher.
[The moment that Asher closes his eyes, Jin leans in close, pressing a kiss to his partner's forehead.]
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...And, besides. I definitely remember somebody telling me I didn't have to be invincible.
[Not that it isn't still a struggle. He doesn't want to feel helpless, waiting on the scientists of their team to come up with a cure and holding down the fort, so to speak, day after day in the meantime; he doesn't want to snap at people as much as he does, because in his heart he knows he shouldn't be driving a wedge into the team now, of all times. But he's stressed, he's frustrated, and he isn't perfect, nor is he ever going to be, and every day, he gets better at remembering that much.]
It's okay, Asher.
[The moment that Asher closes his eyes, Jin leans in close, pressing a kiss to his partner's forehead.]
You're doing fine.