( Her eyes burn when his arms wrap around her, and she realizes (distantly) that's what she needed too without knowing she did. She needed the solidness of him against her to convince herself that he is real after she watched him fly across the room and crack his head against the wall like that-Her arms lift to hug him back tightly, but it's not over yet. She knows that.
Vanessa can only be safe for now, and so she nods against his shoulder, pulls back (he's still bleeding), draws the remains of her energy, locks her jaw in determination, ignores exhaustion and pain and there's no sorting out thought or feeling. Just focus on action. )
I can walk. I know we gotta get out of here.
( The actual question of Are you okay is a giant hornet's nest of- None of them are going to be able to answer that. She blinks rapidly through the burning in her eyes and starts to walk back the way he came so they can grab Vanessa and-
When they come into the clearing, she sees her lying there, unconscious or- She looks back to the Doctor. )
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Vanessa can only be safe for now, and so she nods against his shoulder, pulls back (he's still bleeding), draws the remains of her energy, locks her jaw in determination, ignores exhaustion and pain and there's no sorting out thought or feeling. Just focus on action. )
I can walk. I know we gotta get out of here.
( The actual question of Are you okay is a giant hornet's nest of- None of them are going to be able to answer that. She blinks rapidly through the burning in her eyes and starts to walk back the way he came so they can grab Vanessa and-
When they come into the clearing, she sees her lying there, unconscious or- She looks back to the Doctor. )