“Like, I wouldn’t be here, alive, if it weren’t for you and Dib. If you never went to the station, if you never got involved, I would be dead or dying in space right now. So. Thank you.”
“Zim… did a good job?”
Fuck, why hadn’t he stopped that from coming out? What was wrong with him?
“Yeah, you did really good,” Skoodge said brightly.
Zim didn’t have the energy to stop the tears from flowing. He tried to turn his head to hide them but found that he’d leaned too far into Skoodge, his upper body now most of the way into the other Irken’s lap. He gave up and let himself fall the rest of the way onto Skoodge’s legs.
“It’s OK,” Skoodge said. “Just close your eyes for a little while. I’ll wake you up as soon as I hear something from Rek.”
Zim couldn’t find his voice, so he let himself cry softly into Skoodge’s shirt until much-needed sleep overtook him.
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A commission for @dionysuscrysis they wanted me to illustrate Zim’s breakdown from their Fic: Make this Chaos Count part of the Every Star Another Sun series, Which is SEVERELY underrated and I recommend everyone read.
Dion had no specific armor ideas for Skoodge, so I just used my own armor design from my au
This commission didn’t want to be made, between the file almost accidently corrupting, and my Computer experiencing some severe battery issues (that I’m still trying to fix, and I’m just praying that my computer will last until the new battery arrives in the mail) but I was able to get it done! Horray!
I hope you enjoy it Dion <3 Love you Boo <3
Commission Info here
