[ Jim looks like he's ready to shout Zack down, if he has to, again and again until he gets it. Until he gets that Jim isn't going to let him sacrifice himself, isn't going to let him be a hero or whatever it is his friends all seem to need to be. If it came down to someone trading their life for him, Jim would rather go down fighting.
He's going to tell Zack that. He's going to -
- to -
Because I love you.
All the fight goes out of him, and Jim sags and seems to tremble under it. There'd been a thousand unspoken moments, but the words feel like an embrace and a punch to the gut all at once. Zack means it, he thinks, and isn't it the kicker that he's going to be left in the end anyway?
Jim loses the battle with his emotions, and when he releases them it's outward because he can't handle anything else right now. He lets out a wordless noise of anger and shoves - shoves and then grabs Zack by the lapels of his coat, holding him there and then just holding on. ]
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He's going to tell Zack that. He's going to -
- to -
Because I love you.
All the fight goes out of him, and Jim sags and seems to tremble under it. There'd been a thousand unspoken moments, but the words feel like an embrace and a punch to the gut all at once. Zack means it, he thinks, and isn't it the kicker that he's going to be left in the end anyway?
Jim loses the battle with his emotions, and when he releases them it's outward because he can't handle anything else right now. He lets out a wordless noise of anger and shoves - shoves and then grabs Zack by the lapels of his coat, holding him there and then just holding on. ]
We love you too, you idiot.