‘ thank you for being the biggest light in my life and saving me from the darkness. ’ (agntwsh)
text posts . | ( accepting. )
to be thanked for helping someone who meant so much to her? it seemed silly. amélie didn’t think TWICE about helping helping WASH ( she had finally gotten used to the new nickname ) , once he got back from his deployment. that was her best friend , someone she thought she had LOST for so many years of her life. + once you ACCEPTED the fact you’d never see someone important to you again , it made the reunion feel like a sudden earthquake right underneath your feet.
it wasn’t SUNSHINE and RAINBOWS like most of the homecomings depicted. she understood that those videos only captured a few minutes of the PURE emotion that couldn’t be brought down by the uncertainty and changes. but no one knew about what happened AFTER - seeing the scarring , watching them adjust , knowing they had GHOSTS but not being able to see them. it was unimaginable how difficult it must have been when they FIRST got back. even though wash had been back for a while before he showed up in the café she worked at , it was CLEAR to see it was still difficult. and , it was that moment she had promised him in their silence that she would do ANYTHING to help him feel more comfortable + maybe , get to be HAPPY.
a soft red flushed her cheeks , not really knowing what to SAY. the only thing she could think is exactly what she ended up saying. ‘ YOU did the HARD WORK. ‘ and amélie meant it. she wasn’t in the war; those weren’t her demons to face. that was all HIM. all she could do was hold out her hand for when he needed it , and show him that she wasn’t leaving no matter what. HOWEVER , the gratitude made her eyes soften + her heart SWELL. she would be lying if she said there weren’t times she questioned if she was doing more HARM than good. her eagerness to see him SMILE would sometimes get in the way of what would actually help him. but to know she had helped , even if just a bit , was enough for her.
‘ i’m glad i could help. ‘