[ It really is to Andy's credit, that she could keep Rex's gaze. Poe couldn't. Poe couldn't look at either of them, swallowing thickly as Rex bluntly asked what Poe desperately wanted to know but hadn't been able to bring himself to ask. Just cover it all in frustration and bravado. But he couldn't make Andy stay if she really didn't want to be here. And a part of him was honestly terrified that she didn't - that Rex wouldn't want to, either, once everything started falling apart. Of course, he'd never admit that to them. He didn't know what he'd do without them. He didn't want to think about it. This was where he belonged.
So he went uncharacteristically quiet, lips thinning and he grew still, the pause before Andy answered seeming to stretch on for a hundred years.
When she finally spoke, he slumped back against the bulkhead. He didn't voice his relief aloud. It was still too begrudging an agreement to feel very good. And besides - Rex really seemed to be handling this better than him. Better to just let him handle it before he said something stupid and made it worse.
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So he went uncharacteristically quiet, lips thinning and he grew still, the pause before Andy answered seeming to stretch on for a hundred years.
When she finally spoke, he slumped back against the bulkhead. He didn't voice his relief aloud. It was still too begrudging an agreement to feel very good. And besides - Rex really seemed to be handling this better than him. Better to just let him handle it before he said something stupid and made it worse.
At least she was here. ]