Jan 11, 2022
Nate, understandably terrified by waking up to Eliot (not-his, loyal, immensely capable of violence) arriving at his apartment (visibly shaken, terrified, protective but of/for what) and it sends so many carefully arranged pieces and priorities into disarray that he shuts everything else out.
If Eliot is willing to go This Far to prevent this from happening then he needs to make sure that he knows every variable that he hadn’t before. Everything is on reset.
Nate switches immediately and completely into Mastermind/Analytical mode and something in Eliots brain goes ‘Oh. Okay I don’t get anything more than this. We aren’t friends anymore you’re In Charge’
OH SO WE'RE CHOOSING VIOLENCE TODAY HUH
#my brain is making teakettle noises and i dont have enough thoughts to add onto this but like#I NEEDED FOLKS 2 PERCEIVE UR THOUGHTS. YEAH. YEAH#YEAH PRECISELY#eliot goes to nate like ''fuck everyones feelings and fuck my wellbeing i need someone to Fix This''#and nates like ''okay''#which is exactly what eliot was wanting and hoping for and expecting but like. also. makes something kinda ache behind the ribs etc#like oh! okay. right. i'm not on the team anymore and this is Strictly Professional now. okay#THIS IS WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE abt like. nate Finds Out and eliots immediately like ''i'm probably expendable now''#because nate is Nate and he's not moreau but like. eliot's still eliot#dunno if any of this is coherent but u are PROMPTING THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS THANK YOU FOR THIS#undercover eliot au#finchtalks
