We all have choices to make...

[governmentninja]

Now that Leon knew he'd have a place with the STARS team, as a liaison for STRATCOM, he wasn't sure if that would make talking to Claire about her joining STARS easier, or more difficult. This is the first time that work has been an issue, or at least a major factor, for them. Not that he would be her boss, but he didn't want her to think that this was some kind of recruiting drive on his part.

He figured he was being silly, though. He knew Claire, but more importantly, Claire knew him. She would know he wouldn't push her into something like this.

He also knew why she was hesitating. She had her reasons, all of which were very good reasons not to join. He truthfully didn't know what to tell her, but he didn't need to know. He wasn't there to talk so much as to listen.

Of course, to talk or listen, he'd actually have to find Claire, so he set out to look for her.

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[finalgirl.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," she said. "I was fighting just to stay alive... and then I was fighting to find Chris. Sometimes I think I was fighting to find you and Sherry, too, even if I didn't know it at the time.

"Now... I guess it's just to end the whole damn thing, one way or another."

[governmentninja]

He thought about that for a second.

"Those are all good things to fight for, you know."

[finalgirl.livejournal.com]

"That's about all that keeps me going, at times," she said after thinking about it. "I have reasons."

[governmentninja]

He once again brought up a hand to run through her hair.

"As strange as it sounds, though, I still think it's better than having nothing in your life that's worth fighting for."

[finalgirl.livejournal.com]

She leaned back into his hand. Claire could probably be half-dead from blood loss and she'd respond positively to Leon stroking her hair.

"I've got so many things to fight for I sometimes lose track. It's not fighting for things that bugs me. It's having to fight at all."

[governmentninja]

"I can understand that. It's an ugly thing... but it's still a less worse option than doing nothing." He shrugged a little, but continued to stroke her hair. "But at least you know you'll have people you can count on right there with you."

[finalgirl.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Claire said. "Everything's actually working out pretty nicely, except having to do any of it at all."

[governmentninja]

There really wasn't much he could say to that. So he didn't say anything at all for a while. He just lazily continued to run his hand through her hair as he looked at the water.

"You'll make it through this, you know", he started, to finally break the silence, "and you'll come out of this alright."