Drabble: Brink

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Title: Brink

Author: interpretthis

Fandom: Heroes

Pairing: Noah/Claire

Rating: PG

Notes: Requested by augrah. 
Summary: He is her home. (Post 2x04.)

 

               

                “I don’t want you to leave.”

                     

                “Claire.”  His brows furrowed, eyes going dark with the sort of compassion that hid behind multifaceted doors, almost too sincere in appearance to be sincere in nature.  He was hiding something, she knew it.  He was always hiding something.  “Come here.”

 

                He motioned gently and she obeyed almost mindlessly, trailing into the office to stand before him at his desk, twisting her fingers in nervous hands.

 

                “Come here baby.”

 

                He reached out and she sank into him, curling into his lap like it was home, burrowing against the starchy fabric of his shirt.  One warm, strong arm came around her back while the other led his hand to cup her face.

 

                “Claire, sweetheart.”  He leaned forward to press a soft kiss to her hair.  Clutched her face with both hands and kissed her forehead.  Her cheeks.  Her eyes.  The warm, rough pads of his thumbs swept at the faint tear tracks below.  She shuddered against him, tensing.  Their lips met.  It was short and slow and warm and right and her heart jumped and his mind fell and it was everything.  He broke away and gasped and her arms snaked around him, desperate, desperate as he clutched her head to the crook of his neck.

 

                “Take me with you.”