Shadows Lingering//A Glaze AU//Sequel to 'A Superhero's Heart'

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When Travis came back up, people immediately looked to Aphmau to go next but, she was actually growing more and more nervous as time went on. She wasn't nervous of Garroth hurting her or the possibility of hurting him if it came to it but, confronting him. What the hell do you say to someone when they've been gone for ten years? This isn't some high school or family reunion where you haven't seen some of the people in that amount of time. Garroth was literally thought to be dead and unfortunately, went through what seemed to be worse. When Travis handed her the tranquilizer gun, her heart rate immediately picked up.
Laurance seemed to have noticed and offered;

"Let me go with her. I think it's better if we see him together." 

"Why is that?", Elizabeth asked, raising an eyebrow. 

"We both have the same things to tell him and...and it might be a way to test to see if more than one person bothers him,", He explained, grasping for straws. He mainly just didn't want her to go without support. Elizabeth hesitated but, agreed to do it. 

"You have the same amount of time though, so make it quick,", She huffed, shifting her hair out of her face. "The same protocol and the only reason I'm agreeing to it is because Laurance has self-defense training. So, please, be careful." 

The two than left the room, going down to the cells. Aphmau reached over and grabbed Laurance's hand, squeezing it slightly. Laurance looked down at her and gave her an empathetic look. He hasn't told her all the details of the video that he saw. He knew she wouldn't be able to take it. He barely could. 

"Are you okay?", He asked, stopping them outside the door. 

"Y-Yeah...just nervous,", She said, her voice shaking a bit. "I just hope he's...I don't know. Okay? Not upset?" 

Laurance smiled and said; "Everything's going to be okay. If you need anything though, I got your back." 

He then kissed the top of her hand and opened the door, nodding towards Lucinda before heading in. Garroth was in his cell, sitting crossed-leg on the floor to try to keep calm. He knew who was going to be down but, he didn't realize that the two were going to be there when he opened his eyes. He immediately stood up, causing the couple to get excited. Aphmau let go of Laurance's hand and rushed towards the cell, tears coming to her eyes. Garroth, seeing that Aphmau was smiling from ear to ear, smiled back. The shield came down and Aphmau jumped at him, wrapping her arms around him so tightly that Garroth felt like he could not breath. He noticed immediately from the hug that she hadn't grown a bit. She was still 4'11" like he remembered and her head was just at his chest. He returned the hug as he felt her tears hit his shirt. 

"You're so stupid...", She mumbled, clinging on the fabric. 

"I-I'm sorry,", He stuttered, tears starting to come himself. He looked up and saw Laurance just staring at him. He smiled at him, above to say something but, was interrupted  by Laurance joining in the hug as well. 

"Don't be sorry,", Laurance said, his throat tight. "You have nothing to apologize for..." 

The three of them just stood there, enjoying the hug. It felt like only a few seconds but, in reality, it was three minutes. When Garroth parted from the two, he finally got a good look at the two. Laurance was about his height, his hair slightly shorter and darker than he last saw him. His eyes were the same shade of baby blue and he noticed a small scar on his lip. Aphmau's hair was now cut to her shoulders, replacing her purple hoodie for a lilac button up and black skirt. Her glasses were still on her nose. What stood out though to him were rings on their left hands. A wave of joy hit his chest, seeing that they tied the knot. 

"A-Am I r-right to assume that you two are-", He began to ask but, Laurance answered for him saying gently; "Yeah bud...yeah we are." 

"You don't know?", Aphmau asked, remembering the basic details of the video that Laurance described to her.