[For about a good solid minute, Leo is still and silent where he landed, just breathing as his mind spins through trying to process all it just went through.
Then he slowly pushes himself up, not quite sitting but more into a side lean on his arm, and slides the goggles up over his head. For a disorienting moment he expects to see blood on his legs and shell but finds himself at worst a little sweaty.
The hallway is bright and normal, the fluorescent lights buzzing away above their heads. He half expects to hear guards running toward them, but he can’t hear any footsteps anywhere nearby.
They did it.
He feels no joy, no satisfaction, just exhaustion.
He turns his attention to Donnie, who’s curling into a ball on the floor, and then Accelerator, also curled up with a hand over his eyes. He wants to reach out to them, wrap them both up in a big trembling group hug, but he’s not sure how overwhelming that would be for both of them and moreover his own arms feel like jelly.
So instead he gets the rest of the way to sitting and then pulls his knees up and buries his face against them, arms wrapped around his legs.
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Then he slowly pushes himself up, not quite sitting but more into a side lean on his arm, and slides the goggles up over his head. For a disorienting moment he expects to see blood on his legs and shell but finds himself at worst a little sweaty.
The hallway is bright and normal, the fluorescent lights buzzing away above their heads. He half expects to hear guards running toward them, but he can’t hear any footsteps anywhere nearby.
They did it.
He feels no joy, no satisfaction, just exhaustion.
He turns his attention to Donnie, who’s curling into a ball on the floor, and then Accelerator, also curled up with a hand over his eyes. He wants to reach out to them, wrap them both up in a big trembling group hug, but he’s not sure how overwhelming that would be for both of them and moreover his own arms feel like jelly.
So instead he gets the rest of the way to sitting and then pulls his knees up and buries his face against them, arms wrapped around his legs.
Just… give him a second.]