She kind of wants to bolt after him after he steals his brother’s wallet, reeling forward and back while anchored by Jekyll’s hand.
Paloma stares at that retreating back, not believing that this is happening for real. “Oh...” Two flights, a four hour layover, and him without any luggage or whatever entertains him. She steps away and into Jekyll’s chest, turning her cheek.
“Not for nothing. I think there’ll be two of us missing you from Mexico.”
Has Jekyll noticed he was pickpocketed? Apparently not.
"He'll forget about that pretty quickly, anyway, with you to distract." He squeezes her hand, and although he's reluctant with public displays of affection, he accepts that an embrace is happening. It's an acceptable time and place for it at least. "I'm going to miss you too, both. Will you call me...?"
If she just looks at him and thinks only of him, the noise and bustle surrounding them is lost and they’re all that matters. Her arms slip cautiously around his waist in a shy attempt to hold and be held.
“Call and more, like we promised.” Her heart shivers and shakes. Surely he’ll feel it, pressed to him. “Henry... Harry. Can you come, too?”
"I would be sorely tempted if I could." He smiles a little, laying his cheek on her head. "Only I can't ignore my patients. I'm sorry..." It's one thing for Hyde, but Jekyll has work and obligations.
He’ll feel her nod, certainly. Paloma is a smart, reasonable girl even if she doesn’t think it much of the time. People can’t be left waiting for the help they need.
“Healing is the most important thing you could be doing. I hope you’ll think about coming, whether for work or... anything else.” It trails off and away from the ‘for me’ it almost became.
"There's only one reason I would." Too weenie to say her too.......
When Hyde comes back, he rifles through the wallet for anything he might want before actually returning it as carefully as he took it. "We're sitting together~~~" The most honey voice.
Paloma folds so comfortably into Jekyll's front that she can see no reason to leave it, or draw away as she watches the wallet re-enter his belongings...
"Edward bought a first class ticket," she tattles.
"...Well, I suppose there wouldn't be any other way to sit with you..." He hadn't considered that it would be first class, and yet, of course it would. "You're booking business class on the way back though!" Just because they're rich doesn't mean they need to spend pointlessly!!
“He got your ticket...” Credit where credit is due, the seat would’ve stayed empty if he hadn’t stolen that wallet. If she hadn’t offhandedly said he should follow her to another country and across the ocean.
Paloma peels off and clings to Hyde with the same desperate strength. “Why did you do that for me!!”
"W-why do you think!" Hyde might have asked for affection but he isn't quite sure how to take this kind. It just flusters him, so much that he can't reciprocate and instead only stand there, uncomfortable (and tsuntsun).
A girl who needs big courage just to go for physical contact like that, Paloma is fast about letting him go and stepping away. She looks like he punched a kitten’s ass.
“Never mind whatever I’m thinking. I don’t even know what I’m thinking. Harry, are we foolish?”
She feels at once guilty and relieved to hear a note of acceptance.
"Then... should we video call the minute we get home safe? So you can check up on us?" Transparent in her need for approval and doting on. Paloma chews another nail with one eye on the clock...
"Oh, yes! That should be about time for my break for lunch, that would be perfect." He just assumes she knows he's a worrier and all. Control freak, neurotic, whatever you want to call it.
The skin around her eyes relaxes from their high tension, and she smiles up into his face. Paloma doesn't realize she moved until her arms are going back around him.
"Yes... But I'll see you soon. On video, but in person too as soon as it's possible. The moment either of us can make it - even if it's only a weekend visit!" But he clings to her like a teddy bear too. If he doesn't let go it'll never be time to leave right?
Hyde would be tapping his foot and sighing, except he's remembered he has contraband on him and instead turns out all his pockets to shove blunts, a small pipe and a switchblade into Jekyll's hands. "You better take this." Oh wait, he bends over to check a sock and comes back with a baggy to add to it. All good.
Naturally, Jekyll is horrified to be even touching these things. Especially when he wanted to keep bugging Paloma! "Edward!" he hisses, "are you certain that's everything? Don't be arrested, please..."
She inhales very sharply, loud enough to draw a glance from someone nearby, and Paloma is forced to block their view of the blunt with her padded winter coat.
"Please! And behave in Mexico City-- they don't care where you're from!" She begs with her eyes. Try saying no to this face.
It would be worse to throw it away now, so Jekyll reluctantly pockets the illegal substanves and could not look more uncomfortable. "...Keep an eye on him for me, please."
"Thank you. I'll miss you." Reluctant to let her go, but seems they have to. He's quieter than usual, softer. It wouldn't be proper to show too much emotion in public, but it's still going to come out somehow, no matter how small. "You too, Teddy. Tell me when you're coming home?" Pwease???
Hyde just shrugs and tugs Paloma along. Before codependency can sink in.
She’ll miss him witth a bright unfading pain she never anticipated leaving London with. She tells him as much, turning and waving three more times before disappearing into check-in.
Her lack of focus works against them when they’re confronted with Veronica, who stares mystified at their tagalong.
“Long story,” Paloma offers, kicking herself. “I-I umm... Har-Henry asked me to chaperone! For a visit.”
"Does it matter why?" He shoves his hands in his pockets, trying to put on his best punk posturing in his body language. "I don't fuckin' know Spanish, don't you guys want to pay Jekyll back for all the shit he did for you? Just translate a bit and put me up. It'll be a personal favour to get rid of his dirty secret for a while, out of sight across the ocean."
Alpha wolves are a myth, it’s been proven. Decisively debunked. Yet the strength of will and aggression coming off Veronica in waves is too cowing to look at; Paloma suddenly finds fascinating new details in her shoes.
But she must do damage control. “What he means...” Disguising the move in a companionable part of his arm, she actually grips him by the elbow uncomfortably tight. “Edward asked to go, Henry asked me to keep track of him. He said he could find a hotel for him just fine, but I... offered...”
She shrinks under that dominating gaze. Her boss goes from furious to unnervingly chill in the next second. “Look at it as thanks for the drinks last week. Good show you put on.”
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Paloma stares at that retreating back, not believing that this is happening for real. “Oh...” Two flights, a four hour layover, and him without any luggage or whatever entertains him. She steps away and into Jekyll’s chest, turning her cheek.
“Not for nothing. I think there’ll be two of us missing you from Mexico.”
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"He'll forget about that pretty quickly, anyway, with you to distract." He squeezes her hand, and although he's reluctant with public displays of affection, he accepts that an embrace is happening. It's an acceptable time and place for it at least. "I'm going to miss you too, both. Will you call me...?"
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“Call and more, like we promised.” Her heart shivers and shakes. Surely he’ll feel it, pressed to him. “Henry... Harry. Can you come, too?”
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“Healing is the most important thing you could be doing. I hope you’ll think about coming, whether for work or... anything else.” It trails off and away from the ‘for me’ it almost became.
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When Hyde comes back, he rifles through the wallet for anything he might want before actually returning it as carefully as he took it. "We're sitting together~~~" The most honey voice.
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"Edward bought a first class ticket," she tattles.
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"...Well, I suppose there wouldn't be any other way to sit with you..." He hadn't considered that it would be first class, and yet, of course it would. "You're booking business class on the way back though!" Just because they're rich doesn't mean they need to spend pointlessly!!
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She can’t peel away from him. Paloma tries and lasts a whopping second before she throws herself in, hugging tighter. “Thank you.”
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"Yeah, that's right, I'm the one who's dropping everything to keep you company!"
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Paloma peels off and clings to Hyde with the same desperate strength. “Why did you do that for me!!”
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“Never mind whatever I’m thinking. I don’t even know what I’m thinking. Harry, are we foolish?”
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"I think you may be, just a little." Bit Jekyll seems amused and endeared to it at least!
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"Then... should we video call the minute we get home safe? So you can check up on us?" Transparent in her need for approval and doting on. Paloma chews another nail with one eye on the clock...
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"The next time I let you go, we have to leave."
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Hyde would be tapping his foot and sighing, except he's remembered he has contraband on him and instead turns out all his pockets to shove blunts, a small pipe and a switchblade into Jekyll's hands. "You better take this." Oh wait, he bends over to check a sock and comes back with a baggy to add to it. All good.
Naturally, Jekyll is horrified to be even touching these things. Especially when he wanted to keep bugging Paloma! "Edward!" he hisses, "are you certain that's everything? Don't be arrested, please..."
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"Please! And behave in Mexico City-- they don't care where you're from!" She begs with her eyes. Try saying no to this face.
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It would be worse to throw it away now, so Jekyll reluctantly pockets the illegal substanves and could not look more uncomfortable. "...Keep an eye on him for me, please."
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She would hate for Jekyll to post bail or— worst of all— ransom. “Do my best to keep him out of prison.”
Deep breaths and a last clutch of their hands, and then she lets go. A step back, a hand on the suitcase half her size.
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Hyde just shrugs and tugs Paloma along. Before codependency can sink in.
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Her lack of focus works against them when they’re confronted with Veronica, who stares mystified at their tagalong.
“Long story,” Paloma offers, kicking herself. “I-I umm... Har-Henry asked me to chaperone! For a visit.”
“Why.”
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But she must do damage control. “What he means...” Disguising the move in a companionable part of his arm, she actually grips him by the elbow uncomfortably tight. “Edward asked to go, Henry asked me to keep track of him. He said he could find a hotel for him just fine, but I... offered...”
She shrinks under that dominating gaze. Her boss goes from furious to unnervingly chill in the next second. “Look at it as thanks for the drinks last week. Good show you put on.”
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