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→ 09/21; adrien arbuckal
→ 09/21; nathan drake
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→ 07/11; elena fisher
→ 07/07; trish walker
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[tearsinajar]

[ Somehow— just somehow— Tony manages to get through and a laugh breaks between the gasping breaths. It sounds more like a breathless choking, but it's the shaking shoulders under his steadying hands that would give it away better.

There's too much oxygen getting in, not enough getting out.

The first try to mimic him doesn't quite come through; she's getting lightheaded, dizzy. When she tries, it's not in sync. ]

He's— he's here...

[ That's fucking terrifying. All over again. Elena's hand grips harder, her breaths come in quicker. ]

Tony—

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[ He doesn't rush her, just breathes in and out with her, patient and unassuming. He's been so focused on trying to talk her through it that he hasn't had much time to wonder about the cause of the attack - especially when these things can be so seemingly random, as he well knows - but by the time she finds enough air to speak, the pieces are sliding into place.

Nate's call earlier, Elena not picking up, this...

He puts one hand over hers and gives it a reassuring squeeze. ]

Yeah, I know. Undesirable asshat number one, right? Unfortunate for that guy how many people he'd have to go through to so much as have a conversation with you.

[ Tony, Nate, Adrien, Hawke - at the very least. ]

You've got a veritable army of bouncers, it's kind of impressive.

[tearsinajar]

[ The touch on her hand is warm; it's the skin on skin contact that helps to ease her out of the panic. Elena drops her hand from his arm but turns it enough to clasp his— she's okay, she's okay.

Her laugh this time is a soft huffing, less harsh. She's having a hard time remembering all of the things Nate would walk her through when coming awake in the middle of the night, gripped by the terror of a nightmare, experiencing the blast all over again. Having Tony's presence there, along with Courser, gradually does begin to steady her. He's got her.

The play of emotions over her pale face then, skin damp from the cold sweat that'd broken out moments ago, it's a mixture of pain and sadness, fear and worry. He doesn't know that Flynn had talked to her.

She shakes her head. ]

My- my army is weak. You guys kind of— failed. Before you even started.