A glimmer of silver...

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Having to get used to your own body isn't something that most people ever have to do. Luckily for Selina, it doesn't seem to be taking her very long at all. Still, she hasn't ventured out onto the rooftops yet. Not further than her own roof, at least.

Wouldn't want to go and do something really embarassing.

Looking out over the city, a glimpse of something silver catches her eye as it moves through the night. Soft notes reach her ears as she turn to look, one of the facets drawing her eyes to it.

Whatever this is, she would like to keep it.

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It still makes her shiver and she's thankful for it. It helps put her in a more comfortable place.

"I do." Turning, she kisses his cheek and then carefully manuvers herself out of his arms. She squeezes his hand and then steps out of the bathroom, before turning to look at him. She can't have him so close right now.

"I... I'm... I ha..." Damn it.

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He doesn't move to close the distance. If it'll help her, he's happy to maintain it.

Into his trouser pockets, he drops his hands. "I went to see Leslie yesterday."

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Selina looks up at him, the fear written plain for a few moments. She wouldn't have told him. Not without letting her known that she'd told him.

What she wants is to walk over to him and not go to the charity thing. She wants him to tell her everything will be fine and she doesn't have to worry and to just ... be okay.

She starts to look back down before she realizes she has to look him in the eye as the words are spoken. "I have cancer." Her voice is low and hushed, as she suddenly has to force air to move through her lungs at all.

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Blood drains from his face. He'd hoped with every fiber of his being that he was wrong.

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Selina swallows and waits.

She starts to shake but she just tightens her hands into fists. At first, she can't even find a place to begin, her mind is devoid of words. And then they start rushing out, attempting to fill up the space.

"We've got a treatment plan. I'm going to have to go in for surgery and then there will be weeks of radiotherapy. I might not even lose my hair. It could just be a little thing. Something thousands of people survive every day..." And now that she's started, she can't seem to stop talking.

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Fear is rolling off her in waves. He recognizes the flood for what it is. An attempt to capture hope. Cancer isn't "a little thing". In any shape or form. The distances between them disappears. He wraps his arms around her in desperation. A hand travels into her hair. Down her face.

"Stop," he pleads.

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The words cut off as he speaks.

Selina leans into him. Right now, she wants to appologize, so she keeps her mouth shut. She wants to reassure him but she's having a hard enough time holding herself together.

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"We've fought and won before," he murmurs quietly. This will be no different. It can't be. He wills his heart to stop racing.

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As she opens her mouth, the appology almost tumbles out and so she closes it again quickly. Turning her head, she presses her face into his chest.

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He holds her long and tight. As if it'll be the last.

"Fight," he demands.

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Selina punches him in the shoulder as she pulls back from him a little, "You think I'm not? I've never been this damned scared in my entire life."

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He takes the punch in stride. Lord knows he deserves. "I think you're strong. I think you're going to beat this."

You have to beat this.

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Selina leans up and kisses him.

She can't think of the words she needs.

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Words can wait. They have each other. For the time being that's all that matters.