@discandi & what G*tham will never give us
Staying to fight for this city when all odds were against them, was certainly a very bad idea —then again, they all had survived worse situations than this, or at least that’s what Ed was going with. Because in truth, chances were that most of them would be dead by the end of the day. Which meant that everything he had planned for after might just never come.
❝ Oswald. Wait...❞ he grabbed the other’s arm gently, to stop him for walking away. It wouldn’t even be an impulsive decision, would it? Ed had been thinking about this for a long time now and even though he had been rather nervous about it and how the other would react, he was certain about this. What was impulsive about this was the decision to do it now, when they barely had time and he had not actually prepared any speeches, or a puzzle for Oswald to solve like he had planned. But everyone else was already matching out of the precinct and in less than a couple of hours, they would be at the awfully built front to shoot that army.
There was a moment that he just stared at Oswald, tempted to leave it for later or to ask him to just stay away from the battle, but...it was just better to do it now. It didn’t even make sense — he was more nervous about this than the actual fighting later. It would be much much better if he had properly prepared this. But they were standing almost at the same spot that they had met, and that at least made it as perfect as it could be at the moment. Ed cleared his throat ❝I do believe that us meeting here, all these years ago wasn’t random. It was fate...and even though that implies we have no choice on the matter, I still choose...you. I still choose to do this...❞ he let out short shaky breath and not really caring about anyone else that was left in the precinct, he got to one knee ❝I was certainly not planning to do this, now, but...perhaps it is as good as any time.❞