Lincoln Appreciation Week- Day 2: Favorite Quote
Yep, I'm going to kill you with angst. Just kidding…or am I?
"She was already strong."
He meant it. Bellamy didn't mean to slight his sister, but Lincoln had to show him what he saw.
Octavia had been strong long before he met her. What she went through on the Ark, lesser people would have taken their own lives. Being hidden underneath the floor should have destroyed her, but it only made her more resilient.
She kept that resilience for the year she was in prison, and then again when she came down to Earth.
He remembered the night he found her. He had seen her before with the teenagers, but she had a little spunk to her. One of the few that challenged the leader he later found out was her older brother.
The fear in her eyes when she first saw him made him hesitate for a moment, but he took her in anyway. When he looked at her, he swore he saw the broken man lying there instead. Then he cleared his eyes, and it was her wide eyes staring at him. Scared but daring. That's when he knew her strength.
She fought him when he tried to heal her, but his physical strength overpowered hers. She had been fearless when she escaped, running straight into danger.
Thankfully he made it to her in time and showed her what would have happened if she hadn't come along. After that, she no longer feared him. She even trusted him to carry her. Some would thought her foolish, but he knew. She could take him by surprise if she wanted to.
She later did when she bashed his head with a rock for tying her up. He was more amused and proud then he was angry. His anger didn't surface until her friends showed up to take her and later him.
She fought for him time and time again. When he was tortured, and she drew that poisoned blade across her skin. When he spoke, and she covered for him. When she left to die with her people, but he prevented it. She might be strong without him, but he wasn't going to let her die over it.
From then on, it was a battle of them risking their lives for each other. Each time, he did it happily. His reward was the awe and love on her face whenever she laid eyes on him.
He was strong too. She told him often enough. He was the first person to survive being a Reaper. He had also taken so many gunshots, arrows, and knives that she was surprised he could still function.
But more than the physicality, his mind was as kind and gentle as ever. Supporting those that had once tortured him and taking on nearly impossible challenges to prove himself.
He could see why Bellamy thought he made her strong. He taught her how to fight and survive in the wild, but he wanted Bellamy to see what he saw.
Octavia was already strong. He just showed her the avenues to make sure that others knew it as well. Hell, even Indra took notice, though she claimed to hate the girl.
Octavia was strong, and he was stronger for having known her.