[Taako smiling like this, full of hope and joy and not an ounce of his usual skepticism, is honestly the most beautiful sight Lup's ever seen.
Even while they move to stand, she keeps her twin close, let's his hands pet over her hair, her own still tangled loosely into the fabric of his shirt. The arena is chaos around them, newcomers scrambling against the mayhem they've been thrown into, trying to find their wits. But Lup and Taako only have eyes for one another, the rest of the world fading like static around them, the woman's full attention on her brother.
And then he speaks and the ground sways beneath her.
Lup's grip on her twin tightens as she teeters there in his grip, mouth parting in quiet surprise, like she wants to ask if he's joking, but the curve of his smile is already telling her everything she needs to know. For a moment, she looks shaken to her very core, eyes wet with tears while her fingers tremble against him. It's like she can't process this news, that over a hundred years of fighting are over just like that, that they finally managed to save something, to find a home after going so long without...
But the next minute she's leaping at Taako, arms coming up to wrap tightly around his neck, a kiss pressed into his cheek while her full weight crashes into him all over again.]
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Even while they move to stand, she keeps her twin close, let's his hands pet over her hair, her own still tangled loosely into the fabric of his shirt. The arena is chaos around them, newcomers scrambling against the mayhem they've been thrown into, trying to find their wits. But Lup and Taako only have eyes for one another, the rest of the world fading like static around them, the woman's full attention on her brother.
And then he speaks and the ground sways beneath her.
Lup's grip on her twin tightens as she teeters there in his grip, mouth parting in quiet surprise, like she wants to ask if he's joking, but the curve of his smile is already telling her everything she needs to know. For a moment, she looks shaken to her very core, eyes wet with tears while her fingers tremble against him. It's like she can't process this news, that over a hundred years of fighting are over just like that, that they finally managed to save something, to find a home after going so long without...
But the next minute she's leaping at Taako, arms coming up to wrap tightly around his neck, a kiss pressed into his cheek while her full weight crashes into him all over again.]
We did it! Holy shit, Taako! We fucking did it!