[ She shakes her head, trying to be insistent, but he keeps running that soothing towel over her face, and every part of her just feels heavy, and she wants so badly to let herself rest. ]
Don't want—
[ She doesn't want to let it overtake her, doesn't want to give into whatever is swarming through her body – but she doesn't know if she has a choice now.
A slow, shaky exhale, and Gamora's fingers start to slide away from his skin, her eyes beginning to droop closed. ]
I...
[ Somewhere across the Quadrant, the low sound of a docking ship thrums through everything as the loading bay opens and closes again. If she could think straight, she would realize that the med techs would be swarming the little infirmary soon, to take them both away for whatever will fix— this.
But she's hardly aware of it as the remainder of the stamina keeping her conscious starts to slip through her fingers, and with what's left of her coherence, she manages, ]
no subject
Don't want—
[ She doesn't want to let it overtake her, doesn't want to give into whatever is swarming through her body – but she doesn't know if she has a choice now.
A slow, shaky exhale, and Gamora's fingers start to slide away from his skin, her eyes beginning to droop closed. ]
I...
[ Somewhere across the Quadrant, the low sound of a docking ship thrums through everything as the loading bay opens and closes again. If she could think straight, she would realize that the med techs would be swarming the little infirmary soon, to take them both away for whatever will fix— this.
But she's hardly aware of it as the remainder of the stamina keeping her conscious starts to slip through her fingers, and with what's left of her coherence, she manages, ]
Peter...