( well, suck it up, harry, because eggsy's got emotional fuel to spare and a deepseeded respect for personal boundaries and militant professionalism with superior officers that was a little cracked the first time harry hugged him.
he raises his chin, keeps a strong line of composure around the mouth, but there's something deeply pained around his eyes and he's already in harry's personal space, more or less. it's no big exertion to reach out an arm and carefully avoid any visible splotches of blood when wrapping harry into a quick, tight squeeze.
it's something of a selfish gesture. no, this isn't right. on top of everything else — the explosives, the kidnapping, and the containment — the only one that would matter in the long run, if and when they got out, was that harry hart was dead in the real world. it'd been disconcerting to see two "ghosts" of the same man, at the same time. it was upsetting to think he'd see neither if they did get out, and eggsy really wants to get out.
so for now he takes the time to reassure himself that at least one of the ghosts is solid. )
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he raises his chin, keeps a strong line of composure around the mouth, but there's something deeply pained around his eyes and he's already in harry's personal space, more or less. it's no big exertion to reach out an arm and carefully avoid any visible splotches of blood when wrapping harry into a quick, tight squeeze.
it's something of a selfish gesture. no, this isn't right. on top of everything else — the explosives, the kidnapping, and the containment — the only one that would matter in the long run, if and when they got out, was that harry hart was dead in the real world. it'd been disconcerting to see two "ghosts" of the same man, at the same time. it was upsetting to think he'd see neither if they did get out, and eggsy really wants to get out.
so for now he takes the time to reassure himself that at least one of the ghosts is solid. )