she can tell in the way he walks, the way his hand skates up his neck into his already mussed hair for the third time as they head through the crowded hall. she knows it's more than simply lack of sleep that ails him, yet a part of Diana feels powerless in watching him. the exhaustion in his face only grows the closer they get to this front, and no matter how she tries to reassure him with the promise she will stop Hades before it is too late, it never seems to cheer him. similar promises live on the tip of her tongue, yet as Diana watches the heavy line of his shoulders, she bites them back.
she falls into step next to him over behind, trying to push the wide brim of her hat out of her eyes. she is not sure why Steve Trevor insists on her wearing things that limit her peripheral vision. ) This aeroplane we are flying. Tell me about it.
( their mission is dire, and serious, and yet there's an obvious hum of excitement in her tone. she knows enough about airplanes to know that they will be flying, and how could that prospect not be thrilling? )
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she can tell in the way he walks, the way his hand skates up his neck into his already mussed hair for the third time as they head through the crowded hall. she knows it's more than simply lack of sleep that ails him, yet a part of Diana feels powerless in watching him. the exhaustion in his face only grows the closer they get to this front, and no matter how she tries to reassure him with the promise she will stop Hades before it is too late, it never seems to cheer him. similar promises live on the tip of her tongue, yet as Diana watches the heavy line of his shoulders, she bites them back.
she falls into step next to him over behind, trying to push the wide brim of her hat out of her eyes. she is not sure why Steve Trevor insists on her wearing things that limit her peripheral vision. ) This aeroplane we are flying. Tell me about it.
( their mission is dire, and serious, and yet there's an obvious hum of excitement in her tone. she knows enough about airplanes to know that they will be flying, and how could that prospect not be thrilling? )