TITLE: THESE MOMENTS
NOTE: Set during T6. Jin-Nina drabbles inspired by some of these prompts. (Going by 3,6,9…etc)
(64 damn- prompts. livejournal profile)
Might change title later.
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*Sky*
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Jin catches her looking out the window, determined blue eyes focusing on the clouds beneath. The chopper hums in their silence. She sighs, almost unheard but he never misses a sound.
"The view from below is better."
A smile reaches her lips.
Once she looks at him, he realizes how much they remind him of the sky. They were easy to gaze at, easy to get drawn in.
"What makes you say that?"
He had flown in the sky many times, with those demonic wings. And every time he had, there was pain associated with it.
"Experience." He tells her.
That one word was something she understood. She doesn't prod him for details, something he's grateful for right now.
"That's strange. I thought you might prefer it up here since there's gunfire down there and whole lot of nasty things."
Things that you won't like to see.
His muscles tense. Nina doesn't notice. It's better that way.
"Do you miss it, being able to walk and look at the sky without worrying about getting shot at?"
One of the things that had changed drastically in his life was the chance for a normal walk, how he missed going to the forest- where he could gaze at the sky for peace and quiet. Times when he was a simple human. Unlike a beast on the prowl. Now, he had to be guarded at all times, even with Nina by his side.
"Yes." He answers, meeting her gaze again, this time there was something soft behind them- something honest.
It ebbs the tension away.
Strange.
"I didn't peg you for the sky gazing type." Nina teases a smirk on her lips. "Must be a hobby of yours."
He affirms it and returns the smirk.
"I heard a saying once. Don't know if it has anything to do with the sky or not but it always reminds me of it."
He waits for her to continue.
"If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you."
Those words sink in, although he can't completely understand it, they merge into his mind. Nina has the same look, expecting him to explain it to her. Maybe she pegged him as a philosophical type as well.
He shakes his head. "I have no idea who invented that."
"Nietzsche. You might understand his other quotes."
"I heard the name before. I'll look into it." Jin responds and then looks out of the window-white fluffy clouds filled his vision.
It was an effective curtain, to hide what was beneath.
"Is there a place you can go sky gazing from the ground?"
Yakushima. Home.
There is a small smile on his lips. "I suppose so."
"Well, that's where we'll be going then."
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