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[He has a lot of things he's imagined that his mirror self does. It's terrifying, nightmare fuel at best.]

I'm not.

I know.

[She and anyone with eyes in their head to see. Those probably weren't required, either, really. She cradles his head in one hand, even as they're still held together.]

I can't send them back.

[There's an extra piece that he hasn't yet admitted to the people who've approached him for accountability. It can only be uttered here, softly, when Jemma is holding him this tightly.]

It was too dependent on Cisco's powers. It was an amplifier primarily. I can't make it run a retrieval.

And there's a very good chance that Cisco's been permanently killed because of this.

Then that was a risk Cisco was taking.

[She's sure she doesn't have the whole story, and she's not sure she would get it if she could Chinese water torture the lot of them. But Fitz is here in front of her, with his best intentions sacrificed on the altar of scapegoating, so that is all she can deal with at the moment.]

We thought it would be like any other death here.

We were counting on Wonderland bringing us back if anything went that wrong.

Jemma, why else would I shove you out of the lab during an experiment?

[They thought it was a controlled sacrifice, if it would demand a life in the first place.

He's miscalculated. It's his fault.]

[She huffs a little. So, that's it. Truthfully, in her insecure and irrational moments, she'd wondered if their relationship changing outside of the lab had changed it inside as well, without meaning to.]

I'm sure I don't know, but that is not a decision you get to make for me, Leo Fitz, do you hear me?

[She's trying not to be angry, but the almost-fullname slips in there.]

I just -- I want you to stay safe.

[It wasn't very long ago that he held her corpse in his arms. It can't happen again.]

[She draws back enough to look him in the face, and gently took his face in her hands so he'd be looking back.]

And I want you to be safe. How am I supposed to help you and keep you safe if you kick me out of the room? You shouldn't be the only one who gets to protect, here.

[Really, this comes down to the conclusion she'd come to in their terrible time apart, even if it was all her doing and her fault.]

We're better when we're together.

[His eyes well up as he stares at her. She deserves so much better than him. Why does she stay? Others are better. Stronger. Smarter.]

I drag you down.

You do no such thing.

I've brought all of this upon you.someone else could have handled it all better.

[ He's certain of it. The science was flawless, but they still hadn't pictured this. Maybe he wasn't creative enough. Maybe he was too desperate. ]

I don't want someone else and the idea is ridiculous. I won't put up with it.

[Her throat is tight and she doesn't bother trying to keep it steady. Despite her attempt to be authoritative, it's sounding much less so.]

[ he shifts himself in her arms, curling into the warmth of her body. ]

I'm too selfish to let you go.

Same.

[She cradles him closer, comforting as much as being comforted.]

I suppose we're stuck with each other, in that case.

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