[It is mutual, but not in the way it would be for most people, with romance and public displays of affection. You and me together would be like a four alarm fire in an oil refinery, Shaw said once, moments before being gunned down and captured by the enemy, and she was right: Root's love for Shaw is powerful and all-consuming, like a forest fire. Root almost burned the world to the ground to find Sameen when she was taken away.
Shaw's feelings are muted, quieter, like the sound of an old tape that most people can't pick up on, but that Root has always paid close attention to. The signs are there, like the time when Shaw rode a bicycle from New York to New Jersey in the middle of blackouts and riots to check on her (and the mission), or when she admitted, after escaping nine months of psychological torture via VR simulations to try to break her and turn her to the enemy's side, that she killed herself over 7,000 times to keep Root from getting hurt-- that she would rather kill herself in the real world than to risk Root's life.
Root loves romance, candlelit dinners, and weddings, and she knows she'll never get any of that with Shaw, but that's okay. What they have is so much more.]
Yuuri? [Her eyebrow raises.] The same Yuuri who just commissioned me for an app to keep track of other people during missions?
[Her expression changes from 'curious' to 'absolutely smitten' when Victor mentions Bear having good parents. (See: icon.) She always feels a childlike sort of joy when someone acknowledges her and Shaw as a couple, no matter how subtly they do it.]
Thank you! And you're right, it is quite amazing. I have to admit I was worried about Bear adapting to space, but making new doggy friends has made that transition much smoother.
there, there. damn it I almost forgot to add this: cw for torture and suicide
Shaw's feelings are muted, quieter, like the sound of an old tape that most people can't pick up on, but that Root has always paid close attention to. The signs are there, like the time when Shaw rode a bicycle from New York to New Jersey in the middle of blackouts and riots to check on her (and the mission), or when she admitted, after escaping nine months of psychological torture via VR simulations to try to break her and turn her to the enemy's side, that she killed herself over 7,000 times to keep Root from getting hurt-- that she would rather kill herself in the real world than to risk Root's life.
Root loves romance, candlelit dinners, and weddings, and she knows she'll never get any of that with Shaw, but that's okay. What they have is so much more.]
Yuuri? [Her eyebrow raises.] The same Yuuri who just commissioned me for an app to keep track of other people during missions?
[Her expression changes from 'curious' to 'absolutely smitten' when Victor mentions Bear having good parents. (See: icon.) She always feels a childlike sort of joy when someone acknowledges her and Shaw as a couple, no matter how subtly they do it.]
Thank you! And you're right, it is quite amazing. I have to admit I was worried about Bear adapting to space, but making new doggy friends has made that transition much smoother.