Theme: #7 – Smile
Summary: She said two words which could not possibly tell him how much she needed him to return safely.
Word Count: 248
A.N: Summer and Dillon's thoughts in 'Beyond A Doubt' when he says goodbye to the team before he and Tenaya attempt to infiltrate Venjix's palace.
Disclaimer: I'm just playing with them for a little while. I don't actually own any of the characters.
Dillon handed his morpher to Ziggy after a few moments hesitation. This was it. There was no going back if they were caught – he would have no way of contacting the team if they ran into any trouble and he'd be defenceless against Venjix's army. Summer had seconds, so she stepped forwards with the intent to say something – anything – to make sure he came back.
"Good luck." It sounded so entirely inadequate to what she had wanted to say. She wanted to throw her arms around him, make him promise to come back, kiss him unabashedly in front of the team. Instead, she did nothing. She said two words which could not possibly tell him how much she needed him to return safely. She looked up, searching his eyes in quiet desperation.
Something that always struck her about Dillon was his unfailing ability to keep his true emotions hidden. He could bottle up his feelings and hide himself away from her but at that moment she saw something in his eyes. Was it apprehension? Was it an apology? Summer could not be sure. And then he smiled and she understood.
He knew.
She did not have to say anything else because he already knew everything she wanted him to. He smiled and all at once she felt a tiny bit better. In his eyes, it was a promise. He was promising to come back to her. And so she watched him go and take her heart with him.