#both an injured and therefore vulnerable and not really mobile Red and Cassandra

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He knows she's there even before he fully comes to – can recognize the smell of her perfume and the sound of her voice ( hushed now in conversation with… Kate?.. and… Dembe? ) on a subconscious level at this point – and for one single precious moment allows himself to simply bask in the comfort of her presence… before the inextinguishable worry about her safety, fueled further by the recent events, will rise up to the forefront of his hazy mind once again.

❝ Cassie… ❞ her name is but a breath on Red's lips – pained yet intensely relieved ( there were moments the last time he was awake – with lead in his chest and copper in his mouth – when he thought that he might not get another chance to see her… and that possibility scared him more than his own death ) – as beloved features come into focus, his own expression soft and open both in the exhausted and adoring ways...

...before the moment passes and brow furrows lightly, tone going for admonishing but falling short, words coming out weary and drawn-out, ❝ You shouldn't be here. ❞

And yet, he's reaching weakly for her hand, his yearning heart in eternal conflict with rational mind.

@flyingupward​ ( Cass ) gets a random starter set during 2.19 in our verse where Red and Cass were together since mid-1st season because I kept coming back to this idea for months and finally decided to do something about it 

#flyingupward #「 fedora’s on ( ic ) 」 #「 handling business face to face ( closed starter ) 」 #「 you shouldn't be here... ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶'̶m̶ ̶g̶l̶a̶d̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ( Red & Cassandra Bianchi : flyingupward ➙ 001 ) 」 #「 tbn ( priv. verse with flyingupward: together since mid 1st season ) 」 #「 THE HEARTKEEPER ( Cassandra Bianchi : flyingupward ) 」 #「 with just one glance... you've seen my soul; with just one touch... you've soothed my body ( / Cassandra Bianchi : flyingupward ) 」 #I suppose Mr Kaplan informed Cassandra about what happened #as well as oversaw her safe transportation to Tom's safehouse where they hid Red at the time #with her official reasoning being something on the lines of it being easier to protect #both an injured and therefore vulnerable and not really mobile Red and Cassandra #( because of course Red insists on protecting her to the best of his team's abilities..! ) #during such an emergency if they're both at the same location #but unofficially she also decided to bring Cassandra to Red because she knows that her presence would both soothe him and give him strength #and that's something he's certainly in desperate need of in the current situation #not that Kate would voice that second reason out loud... #😏😉😇