Please

Note: The following is a phone call set after the wholly underwhelming ending to the Himiko possession saga, in Dark Horse Comics' Tomb Raider II #12. Because, really, after 18 months of waiting, this is the resolution – Sam on ice again?

Issue 12 spoilers ahead…

Hey, Lara.

It's Sam.

I'm not really surprised this went straight to voice mail. I'm gonna assume you're out of cell range in the middle of nowhere, or travelling to the middle of nowhere. That's pretty much your life these days, isn't it? Cut off from everything and everyone.

Honestly, I'm not even expecting you to respond to this. It's just… I wish you'd talk to me.

I mean, a box of Jaffa Cakes? Seriously, Lara? Is that really how you're going to leave things between us? If you die tomorrow in some lost tomb in the middle of the Himalayas or wherever, that's all I'll be left with – a bulk pack of biscuits? Oh, and the knowledge that the last time we spent any amount of meaningful time together, we were fighting.

I know I played a big part in that. I wish I could blame Himiko, but losing my shit was all me. I could see you were different after Yamatai, pulling away, and as far as you were concerned there was no place for me anymore. Do you have any idea how much that hurt? We were always such a good team. I loved helping you and suddenly you could only see me as something slowing you down. A damsel in distress. I'm not stupid. I saw that look in your eye. Pity and worry all the time for me.

Even now, I know you think you're protecting me.

But that's bullshit! I fought Himiko. I stabbed her. I opened my eyes and got her out of me. You're the one making excuses. And I don't know why. Why won't you tell me?

Then again, I guess that's the difference between us: I shout and sulk, and you run.

Lara Croft. The Lone Wolf. The great unknown martyr. But that's bullshit too. What's going on in your head that you think you have to live like that? What are you so afraid of that you keep trotting out these stupid B-movie rationalisations?

"I need to do this alone." Just… what the fuck, Lara? Who are you now? Did Himiko actually take your soul too? Cos more and more you're looking like a hollow version of yourself.

I know that if we could just sit and –

Shit, my mom. If she found out I called you, she'd completely freak out. And how fucking stupid is that? Like I'm a grounded 15 year old.

I just want my life back. I want you back in it.

We've been through so much, and lost so much.

Don't shut me out.

Talk to me.

Please.

I love you.