The mission had sucked. The mission had sucked SO MUCH and, the fact of the matter was? It hadn't even sucked as much for them as it had for the other team that had gone out to the Silent Horizon.
Still, Vance had gotten a whiff of fear gas and it had been enough to throw him back to Earth, back to the aftermath of Cap and Stark's little war. Back to being the survivor of the family, the one who had lived. Only it had been worse because it wasn't just Dwayne and Nita and Robbie gone. Angel lost to cancer. Rich lost with Quill. Elvin, Sil, Mickey, Mike, Rina, Chris. All gone.
It shook him, but Vance put it aside. Rich and Nita and Robbie were all right. Rich and Nita, Vance had already seen with his own eyes after the mission. It was just Robbie that he needed to see and assure himself of now.
And while he knew damned well that what he'd done was damned underhanded, Vance promised himself he'd drop off the soup, make sure Robbie was all right and leave him alone. Promised himself.
With that in mind, he reached up and hit the alert button that would let Robbie know he was at the door.
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Still, Vance had gotten a whiff of fear gas and it had been enough to throw him back to Earth, back to the aftermath of Cap and Stark's little war. Back to being the survivor of the family, the one who had lived. Only it had been worse because it wasn't just Dwayne and Nita and Robbie gone. Angel lost to cancer. Rich lost with Quill. Elvin, Sil, Mickey, Mike, Rina, Chris. All gone.
It shook him, but Vance put it aside. Rich and Nita and Robbie were all right. Rich and Nita, Vance had already seen with his own eyes after the mission. It was just Robbie that he needed to see and assure himself of now.
And while he knew damned well that what he'd done was damned underhanded, Vance promised himself he'd drop off the soup, make sure Robbie was all right and leave him alone. Promised himself.
With that in mind, he reached up and hit the alert button that would let Robbie know he was at the door.