Day 4: Favorite Platonic Relationship - Clarke and Lincoln
"You're my people," she said before she shot through him to get the sniper.
The bullet wound hurts like hell, but it's not his first time getting shot. Just another scar to add to the collection.
He never really felt of the TriKru. While he was born a warrior in size, his heart did not match.
He later found understanding in Octavia, then Finn. But Clarke. She was something different.
He knew from the moment he met her that she was a leader. Bellamy might have been in charge, but Clarke was the one who led the surviving 100. She was the voice of reason amongst them, even though he didn't always agree with her.
She let him get tortured. Anya and Lexa would have done the same. Actually, they did. Clarke didn't partake in the torture herself, but she watched, adamant that she was going to get the antidote.
She stayed through the entire ordeal even though he knew that it bothered her. He remembered when Lexa had been like that. Eager for the result, but queasy about the journey to get to it.
While he and Clarke did not always get along or agree, he had respect for her. She was a child when she first landed, but now she rivalled even the adults in leadership. She made the hard decisions and bore the consequences so the people she loved didn't have to.
She killed Finn. At first she fought like hell for him. Lincoln noticed that the boy had been a weakness of hers, but she killed him to spare him the pain. Lincoln hoped that he would never be put in a position like that when it came to Octavia because he knows he wouldn't have the strength to do it.
She let the missile hit TonDC. He immediately knew once he saw her. She and Lexa made that decision. He couldn't fault them. It was the best tactical move, even though it cost them nearly 250 people in the process. He was actually proud.
She had come a long way from the violence-avoidant healer she came down as. He feared that she would harden her heart like Lexa, but Clarke maintained her humanity all throughout their odreals.
He wished he could have talked to her before she left the camp. He wanted to tell her that it would pass. Everyone's done horrible things to survive, including him. Octavia had seen him at his worst, yet still she loved him.
He admired Clarke a lot. She understood him in a way that no one could, and he understood her. The hard choices she had been forced to make had mirrored some of his own.
It hurt him when she left. She was his person, just as much as he was one of her people. She saved his life twice, and he had saved hers many times as well.
Once he heard she left, he wanted to follow her. He knew the area well and would have been able to warn her about any upcoming dangers. But he was needed at the camp, and Octavia would not have been too happy about that.
They disagreed over the missile, and so they decided to not talk about it. Octavia felt betrayed and hurt, and Lincoln couldn't blame her. If Octavia had been caught in the blast, he might have killed Clarke himself or atleast tried to.
It was a no win situation, so he just let the matter drop from his mind.
Now Clarke was on her own. She made the choice to leave and deal with decisions she made. He sent a prayer to the gods to look after her because he couldn't anymore. He had to move forward, but some day he would come looking for her.
He owed her that much.