[He watches her for a moment, then looks away quietly. To brush off the uncertainty, he glances at the map, even though he's not really processing anything on it. It's just a bunch of meaningless lines.]
[Bellamy spent most of his life on the Ark being expendable in his station. Looking after Octavia was the only sense of importance he'd felt for so long, and long were the days he had to look after himself because no one else would. People don't usually need him.]
[The Earth changed that, in a lot of ways he's still adjusting to, still getting comfortable with. The teenagers sent to die, his sister included, who looked to him even after his selfish hostility. The way his life has suddenly become something worth more value, that more than just Octavia would realize him missing.]
[It's one thing for all the implications, the plans, the way Clarke hints that she wants him safe, but it's another to hear her say so out loud. To flat out hear her say she can't lose him again.]
Don't do anything reckless yourself. [His voice is a notch quieter than it was before, but there's a promise in it anyway - even if he doesn't respond directly to her words, even if he's still not quite looking at her, Bellamy refuses to let Clarke down.] We'll get out of this. I'll make sure of it.
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[Bellamy spent most of his life on the Ark being expendable in his station. Looking after Octavia was the only sense of importance he'd felt for so long, and long were the days he had to look after himself because no one else would. People don't usually need him.]
[The Earth changed that, in a lot of ways he's still adjusting to, still getting comfortable with. The teenagers sent to die, his sister included, who looked to him even after his selfish hostility. The way his life has suddenly become something worth more value, that more than just Octavia would realize him missing.]
[It's one thing for all the implications, the plans, the way Clarke hints that she wants him safe, but it's another to hear her say so out loud. To flat out hear her say she can't lose him again.]
Don't do anything reckless yourself. [His voice is a notch quieter than it was before, but there's a promise in it anyway - even if he doesn't respond directly to her words, even if he's still not quite looking at her, Bellamy refuses to let Clarke down.] We'll get out of this. I'll make sure of it.