Trigger Warning
This chapter talks about alcohol and attempted suicide. If you are sensitive to this sort of thing please skip this chapter
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The night was pretty sleepless for Andrea. Every time she tried to go to sleep she would have nightmares about her past. I guess the past wasn't ready to let go off her yet. She sat at the end of Danse's bed as he laid asleep and questioned everything.
Why was she still fighting for peace?
Why couldn't she let go?
What was all this for?
Andrea felt lost, she had enough of this,She got up quietly and changed out of her tank top and shorts back into her jumpsuit as she tiptoed over to the duffle bag that was near the door and quietly grabbed as many bottles as she could and quietly exited the room and head out onto the flight deck.
She perched herself against a crate,sliding down it as her butt hit the cold,metal cat walk, she sighed as she placed the alcohol down beside her and began drinking.
"Mind if i join you Knight?"it was Maxson as he stood in front of her.She looked up at him and glared before allowing him to join her, He slided down the crates facing her.
"What are you doing up this late?"his brows were furrowed and his hair in mess as if he had just woken up yet his beard was perfectly shaven neatly.
"I could ask you the same thing Elder" she spoke drinking more of the third bourbon bottle as she looked out at the Commonwealth.
"Call me Arthur and I've simply been doing paperwork."
She rolls her eyes sipping the rest of her bourbon before throwing it off the side of the Prywden "What d-do you want Arthur?"
"Must i have a reason to check in on a friend?"Arthur asked as he sips one of the bourbons
"We are not friends,Arthur Maxson"She sighed coldly as she drank her bourbon
"Then what are we,Andrea?"Arthur spoke as he fixed his hair
"We are purely just colleagues Maxson. And it's Knight Anderson to you." She glares at him as she grabs her bottles and head back inside and to Danse's quarters
"I'm worried about you Knight"He shouts as she walks away but stops and looks back at him
"Worry about someone your own age Arthur."She glares at him before she disappears behind the door to the command deck.
Andrea just doesn't like Maxson what can i say?
Danse was at his desk doing paperwork as Andrea tried to sneak back in
"Where were you?" Danse asked still doing the paperwork"Could've left a note ya know?"
"i needed some fresh air."she spoke as she stayed at the door with the bottles in her arms
He looks at her and raises a brow as he looks at the bottles in her hands before he stands up and looks into her eyes."Now tell me the truth,Andrea"
"I am I just needed fresh air Danse"she spoke her voice trembled as she looks at him like she was on the verge of breaking
He grabs the bottles out of her hands,putting them aside before grabbing her shoulders before resting his forehead against hers"Are you sure?"
"Haven't had a decent night's rest since we stepped out on that mission a month ago. I've been getting constant nightmares again and Buffout ain't doing shit anymore,so i tried to drink it alll away but Maxson interrupted me and i lashed out at him and lowkey insulted him in a way "she sighed,exhaling a breath she didn't know she was holding on to
"You tried you take your own life? and insult the elder?"he looked at her with pure disappointment"Do i have to put a leash on you or something? to stop you from trying it again!"
She pressed her lips together as she pushed his hands of her shoulders before crossing her arms
"I WOULDN'T BE TRYING TO KILL MYSELF IF MY DAD DIDNT ABUSE ME!!,YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH DANSE SO DONT ACT LIKE YOUR MY MASTER,BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? YOUR NOT!"She yelled at him,pure rage left her mouth as he stood there and practically accepted his fate with his brown eyes widen
She stormed out the room before she walked to Cade
"Knight? What are you doing here? it's late at night you should be sleepi-" The knight gets cut off as Andrea tell him to just cure her Buffout addiction and just did it without question as she gave him some caps as a 'thank you' before going back to the quarters.
Danse still stood up in the same spot as when she left,he didn't say anything when she came back in.
She looked at him for a good 25 minutes but said nothing other than muttering a 'i'm sorry' before she runs into his arms and hugs him letting her eyes leak into his neck, he hesitated before he hugged her back as his hand got tangled in her messy, plaited, long brown hair.
They stood there quietly hugging each other as her sobs grew soundless before she pulled away, wiping her eyes before she goes to change back into her tank top and shorts as she crawled onto the bed and curled up in a little ball, he joined her and just held her close as she soon drifted off to sleep
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Danse was still taken back by her sudden outburst,however he never felt like he should scold her for raising her voice at her sponsor. He just needed to be there for her and hopefully she'll be there for him too in the long run.
Yeah she wasn't perfect but to him she was.
How he had gotten so incredibly lucky with her he will never ever ever know.
maybe one day he will.
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